NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 1 — The government has commenced the registration of over 5,000 members of the Pemba Community ahead of conferment of Kenyan citizenship following President William Ruto’s directive. Speaking in Kilifi County on Wednesday, Immigration and Citizen Services […]
By Molemo Mothoa Home Affairs has again been urged to ensure that the National Health Laboratory Service conducts free DNA tests for indigent South Africans where such a test is required to prove one’s South African citizenship. This follows the […]
Judgment declaring the applicant, a child born in South Africa in 1997 of a mother who was an irregular migrant at the time of his birth (but died while he was a child), and an unknown father, to be a […]
ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has ended the agony of three minors, who were stateless and unable to pursue their educational exploits after failing to obtain birth certificates. Two of the three minor children, whose mothers passed away in […]
Phindile Mazibuko hasn’t been able to travel, open a bank account or apply for citizenship for more than 10 years after Home Affairs flagged her ID document. Thousands of other people are in the same situation. By Dianne Hawker When […]
The recent recognition of the Pemba as one Kenya’s ethnic groups must not remain a dead letter. The government must ensure that they are issued with identification documents that will enable them to enjoy their rights as Kenyan citizens. By […]
Tanzania deactivated 970,046 SIM cards despite extending the deadline for its SIM registration law, a move to combat fraudulent activity through mobile phones. However, the vast majority of mobile users in Tanzania did register as 60.47 million out of 61.44 […]
By Aletta Shikololo Ongwediva — For his entire life, Nghidipo Rafael has had to prove that he indeed exists. The 29-year-old from Outaukondjele village in the Ohangwena region was born from Namibian parents, yet he is stateless. This fact has […]
Le 22 février 2023, la Représentante de l’OIF pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest a participé à la remise officielle au Ministre de l’Intérieur et de la Décentralisation du Niger du « Plan stratégique pour l’amélioration du système d’enregistrement des faits d’état […]
By David Bilchitz and Reuven Ziegler An apartheid-era relic which allowed the minority white government to strip Bantustan residents and exiled freedom fighters of their South African citizenship is being challenged in the Supreme Court of Appeal. Believe it or […]
By Ayang Macdonald The National Identification and Registration Bill 2022, a piece of draft legislation which seeks to introduce a single and integrated biometric national identification system (NIS) for all persons living on South African territory, has been approved by […]
THE Attorney General (AG) has submitted three objections to ask the High Court to throw out proceedings on dual citizenship, citing irregularities in the oaths of the applicants and violation of section 4 of the Basic Rights and Duties Enforcement […]