ATM welcomes report on Miss SA contestant’s questionable citizenship

Johnathan Paoli

THE African Transformation Movement (ATM) has welcomed the recent finding by the Home Affairs department regarding the investigation into the citizenship status of Miss SA contestant Chidimma Adetshina.

ATM spokesperson Zama Ntshona said on Thursday that the preliminary report by Home Affairs minister Leon Schreiber which indicated that Adetshina’s mother possibly committed fraud and identity theft remained concerning.

After requests from convenors of the pageant to establish Adetshina’s bona fides, Schreiber announced on Wednesday that his department had found prima facie evidence of possible illegal actions by the contestant’s parents in securing their citizenship in the country.

Ntshona said his party had been consistently inquiring over the origins and status of the contestant’s parents and how they had entered the country and while the Home Affairs findings are a good start, more information was required in order to appreciate the extent of the possible crime that took place.