by Okeri Ngutjinazo HOME affairs minister Frans Kapofi last week said over 3 000 foreign nationals were granted Namibian citizenship from 2010 to 2016. Kapofi revealed this in the National Assembly last Thursday when answering questions from Rally for Democracy and […]
Erika Gibson The Gupta brothers have each been provided with a plethora of South African passports that will ensure they can still get around for a long time.City Press’ sister newspaper Rapport has obtained copies of computer records from the […]
By Pamela Shumba, Senior Reporter THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Defence, Home Affairs and Security Services will next week quiz the Registrar General (RG) Mr Tobaiwa Mudede on why Zimbabweans continue to face difficulties in obtaining national documents at the […]
Nationality laws which do not grant women equality with men in conferring nationality to their children are a cause of statelessness and a concern for UNHCR under its mandate to prevent and reduce statelessness. Since 2012, UNHCR has issued an […]
By Catherine Harrington, Campaign Manager, Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights Amid the tragedy and uncertainty of today’s global challenges, there have been several important developments in the fight for gender equality in the past year. Importantly, these wins do […]
By Thapelo Lekabe In June last year, Gigaba said there was nothing untoward about him granting members of the family SA citizenship. Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Lindiwe Sisulu says she is surprised the Gupta brothers are not South […]
Atul and Rajesh Gupta are South African citizens; the fugitive Ajay Gupta is not. This is the clarification given by the home affairs department after confusion reigned for around 22 hours and 30 minutes on the status of Atul. At […]
Makhosandile Zulu The family had applied for citizenship as a collective but this was rejected because more than one family member did not qualify. Neither of the brothers Ajay and Atul Gupta – in fact not a single member of […]
By Mashadi Kekana Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba says the law does allow for naturalised citizens to have their citizenship revoked and claims the controversial Gupta family was not favoured when they applied for naturalisation. Gigaba, on Tuesday, gave feedback […]
By Kyle Cowan Recently re-appointed minister of home affairs Malusi Gigaba on Tuesday said that Atul Gupta was not a South African citizen – but TimesLIVE has proof that Atul is in fact a citizen. Contained in thousands of #GuptaLeaks […]
By Ernest Mabuza A couple originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo have found themselves stateless after renouncing their citizenship in order to be naturalised as South Africans. While one of their children has been granted South African citizenship‚ the […]
CRC/C/SYC/CO/5-6 Droit de l’enfant d’acquérir un nom et une nationalité, de connaître ses parents et d’être élevé par eux, et d’avoir une identité 20.Le Comité constate à nouveau avec une vive préoccupation qu’aucune loi n’a été adoptée pour garantir le […]