After a six-year legal battle, a girl born in South Africa to Cuban parents has a country she can call home. Yesterday, the girl’s mother said she was able to sleep again after the Pretoria High Court last week ruled […]
The North Gauteng High Court set a precedent last week when it ordered the government to change its citizenship act to facilitate the granting of citizenship to children born in the country to foreign parents – and, therefore, prevent statelessness. […]
Last week, the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria set a precedent by declaring a six-year-old child a South African citizen The child was born to Cuban parents who, due to Cuban law, were not able to pass their citizenship […]
By Khadija Patel In the gritty Johannesburg suburb of Mayfair a family was last month rejected as tenants of a new block of flats when a caretaker said the building enforced a strict ‘no foreigners’ rule. Never mind the dubious […]
South African-born Kim Simpson decided, after a long stay in the UK, to return to South Africa for good. But when she visited the consulate to arrange the move, her South African passport and identity document were cut to pieces […]
The Appellant, Iman Hasan Benjamin, filed a constitutional appeal against the government of Sudan seeking that Article 10(2) of the Act be declared invalid on the grounds that it deprives her of her Sudanese nationality. The Appellant was born in […]
High Court order in which the applicant (who was born stateless in South Africa) is declared a South African citizen by birth and the Department of Home Affairs is ordered to make and implement a regulation to facilitate applications for […]
In the 1950s a community of Kenyans crossed into neighbouring Uganda, settling in present-day Kiryandongo district. Until recently, the Maragoli community considered themselves Ugandans at all levels. But an ongoing national ID registration process, which requires all Ugandans to acquire […]
The automatic loss of South African citizenship when acquiring other nationalities has long been viewed as a constitutionally questionable act, and could soon be put to the test at the Constitutional Court if a newly launched campaign manages to attract […]
This report presents the context and findings emerging from the application of the identity assessment tool, which was developed as part of the Social Protection Assessment (SPA) multiagency platform, including dedicated reference and technical working groups.2 In particular, the tool […]
Le contenu du présent Manuel a été publié pour la première fois en 2012 sous la forme des trois Principes directeurs du HCR centrés, respectivement, sur la définition des apatrides, les procédures de détermination de l’apatridie et le statut des […]
Frederik Ngubane, a stateless man who took Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba to court, has had his application for permanent residence denied because he could not prove his citizenship. The decision means that Ngubane cannot legally enter or remain in […]