Chidimma Adetshina’s fight to stay in SA delayed again
The court is reviewing her bid to reinstate South African citizenship as deportation proceedings continue against her and her young son.
- 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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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 …
‘I was born in South Africa’, says beauty queen facing legal bid to deport her
Beauty queen Chidimma Adetshina, who is facing deportation from South Africa, has reiterated that she was born in the country and believes she has been “treated unfairly and targeted”. South African officials want her detained as they pursue her deportation after she was declared a prohibited person in 2024. Adetshina, 25, whose mother has Mozambican roots and her father is Nigerian, was stripped of her identity documents after questions around …
Chidimma Adetshina: ‘I was born in South Africa’, says beauty queen facing deportation
Adetshina, 25, whose mother has Mozambican roots and her father is Nigerian, was stripped of her identity documents after questions around her citizenship were raised when she took part in the 2024 Miss South Africa contest. She then left the country.
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