Citizenship Non-compliance with Section 5

http://www.pmg.org.za/node/29273



QUESTION 1340 / NW1486E
DATE OF PUBLICATION: Thursday, 21 April 2011

INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 12 of 2011
Mrs A T Lovemore (DA) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:



(1)        Whether, with reference to Section 5 of the South African Citizenship Act, Act 88 of 1995, she has tabled in Parliament the names of any persons to whom she has granted citizenship notwithstanding their non-compliance with the prescribed requirements and the reasons for the granting of the citizenship; if so, what are the relevant details in (a) 2010 and (b) 2011 in each case; if not;



(2)        what (a) are the names of persons that she granted citizenship to since the beginning of 2011 and (b) were the reasons for granting citizenship in each case?

NW1486E



REPLY:



(1)  No.           

(2)(a)&(b). I have directed the Department to submit to Parliament the relevant

                 information.