South Africa: DA wants ConCourt to rule Citizenship Act
Published: 20/Oct/2024
Source: Sunday Independent / IOL (Johannesburg)
Written by Manyane Manyane & Loyiso Sidimba
The Democratic Alliance (DA) wants the Constitutional Court to endorse the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) ruling against the Department of Home Affairs.
This was after the SCA said the section 6(1)(a) of the South African Citizenship Act was inconsistent with the Constitution.
The SCA said this section was invalid from its promulgation on October 6, 1995.
It further extended that those who lost their South African citizenship by operation of section 6(1)(a) of the Act were deemed not to have lost their citizenship.
There has been a long struggle from some ten years to restore the rights of South Africans to their citizenship after taking out citizenship in other countries.
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