Chidimma Adetshina’s Fight to Stay in SA Delayed Again
- On Wednesday, the Cape Town Regional High Court postponed final judgment in Chidimma Adetshina's citizenship case until 27 February 2027, as Magistrate Jane Kgorane reviews her application to reinstate her South African citizenship.
- Home Affairs seeks to detain Chidimma and her son pending deportation, alleging her Mozambican mother committed identity fraud when registering the 25-year-old's birth in Soweto to a Nigerian father.
- Chidimma argues she cannot be held liable for her mother's actions, emphasizing her birth in South Africa and her reliance on legal channels to determine her status while remaining out of detention.
- Speaking to media outside court, Chidimma called for the rule of law and guidance by the spirit of Ubuntu, while members of Operation Dudula protested the proceedings, demanding her deportation to Nigeria.
- She will return to the regional court on 27 February 2027 to continue her High Court challenge to the Department of Home Affairs' decision to revoke her South African citizenship.
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Adetshina’s deportation case postponed as South African protesters demand her return to Nigeria
PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that she submitted an affidavit explaining the measures she had taken to regularise her status in South Africa. The post Adetshina’s deportation case postponed as South African protesters demand her return to Nigeria appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
Chidimma Adetshina faces key Cape Town detention ruling
Chidimma Adetshina is due to learn her immediate fate today as the Cape Town Regional Court considers whether she should remain detained pending possible deportation from South Africa, Cape {town} Etc reports. The former Miss South Africa contestant and Miss Universe Nigeria was arrested in June after allegedly entering South Africa through the Lebombo border from Mozambique. According to Sunday... Read more → The post Chidimma Adetshina faces …
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