By Alicia Mmashakana
Minister of Home Affairs Leon Schreiber has announced an official investigation into controversial Miss SA contestant Chidimma Adetshina’s citizenship following a request from the organisers of the beauty pageant.
Schreiber said on Tuesday that in addition, the family of Adetshina have also asked Home Affairs to verify her citizenship status and put the matter to rest.
“We will update the public once we’ve done that, but I want to make it very clear that we are doing so with the consent of the individuals involved. We are doing this because they approached us, and we will not violate the Protection of Personal Information Act or undermine the rule of law in cases where people don’t bring evidence or don’t submit proper applications,” he said.
Adetshina has been in the news lately after it was alleged on social media that both her parents were not South African citizens
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