AfriForum welcomes the ConCourt’s landmark ruling on the Citizenship Act [SOUND]

# AfriForum has welcomed the Constitutional Court’s confirmation of a 2023 order by the Supreme Court of Appeal, that a section of the South African Citizenship Act 88 of 1995 is unconstitutional and invalid. The section caused South African citizens to lose their citizenship automatically if they voluntarily acquired citizenship of another country. AfriForum’s Sue-Ann de Wet says the ConCourt’s decision is a milestone for thousands of South Africans abroad who, based on this section, automatically lost their citizenship: