South Africans are losing their citizenship - and don't even know it. DA fights little-known rule

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Many South Africans who move elsewhere to work lose their South African citizenship without even knowing it. This is because there is an obscure law that requires you to report in to the Department of Home Affairs very early in the process of obtaining another passport. Dr Rory Jubber, leader of the Democratic Alliance Abroad, explains how South Africans of all demographics - and many medical professionals and healthcare workers - are finding well-paid jobs elsewhere but it comes at the price of SA citizenship. The DA has taken on this issue in court; a judge is expected to rule in the next month or so. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
27 May 2021 11AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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