There’s been controversy over Adetshina’s participation in the pageant in light of her having a Nigerian father and a Mozambican mother
Chidimma Adetshina is a contestant in the upcoming Miss South Africa event.The Department of Home Affairs said it has found prima facie indications of fraud committed by Chidimma Adetshina’s mother after it launched an investigation into her citizenship.There’s been massive controversy over Adetshina’s participation in the popular pageant in light of her having a Nigerian father and a Mozambican mother, despite having been born and raised in South Africa.
Schreiber said that upon receiving this request, the department deployed every resource at its disposal to establish the truth.“From the information we have uncovered thus far, the Department of Home Affairs can indicate that prima facie reasons exist to believe that fraud and identity theft may have been committed by the person recorded in Home Affairs records as Chidimma Adetshina’s mother,” Schreiber said.
“An innocent South African mother, whose identity may have been stolen as part of the alleged fraud committed by Adetshina’s mother, suffered as a result because she could not register her child.
The 31-year-old Adetshina was born at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto and raised in Pimville. She later moved to Cape Town, where she stayed with her parents.said in a Facebook Live to Patriotic Alliance members that he would apologise if it were proven that Adetshina has South African citizenship.
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