South Africans applying for another citizenship need to reapply to retain their South African one.
However, Judge Jody Kollapen ruled in court last month that the SA Citizenship Act did not deprive South Africans of their citizenship and that the act made provision for them to apply to retain their citizenship before obtaining a new one.Breakfast with Refilwe Moloto
show on Cape Talk, immigration law specialist Stefanie De Saude Darbandi said the effect was that the person ceased to be a South African, with no passport or right to vote. "South Africa has no issue with dual or multiple citizenship status. The act makes provision for anyone who wants to renounce their South African citizen status. So, if they do want to give it up, there is a way to do that.
“The judge believed that the purpose is that it allowed South Africans to give it up but it defeats the purpose of the provisions that allow the renunciation. And most of these people who acquire this foreign nationality don't want to give it up their citizenship. "There was ample proof to show that if people knew they needed to ask the minister for the consent, they would’ve done so," she said.
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