Question NW1869 to the Minister of Home Affairs
13 July 2017 - NW1869
Paulsen, Mr N M to ask the Minister of Home Affairs
With reference to persons who did not have permanent residence permits for a period of 10 years, (a) what is the total number of persons who have been granted citizenship by her department as at 31 May 2017, from the date of obtaining permanent residence in the Republic of South Africa and (b) what were the relevant details of the exceptional circumstances for the granting of the specified requests in each case?
Reply:
a) The total number of persons who were given early naturalisation according to available information is 22.
b) The relevant details for each are appended in the table below: -
|
NAME |
NATIONALITY |
REASON FOR EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES |
DATE OF BIRTH |
DATE OF APPROVAL |
MINISTER |
|
Jerome Walter Henri Valcke |
French |
Secretary General of FIFA |
1960.10.06 |
2012.06.16 |
MINISTER NKOSAZANA DLAMINI- ZUMA |
|
Mohamed Salman Momed Elherfi |
Palestine |
Managing Director |
1980.02.13 |
2012.02.01 |
MINISTER NKOSAZANA DLAMINI- ZUMA |
|
Prevost James Casell |
American |
Specialist Consultant |
1967.10.30 |
2014.03.20 |
MINISTER NALEDI PANDOR |
|
Aguiar Vasco De Jesus Barradas |
Portuguese |
Investor (Vascontelo Investment Company) |
1955.01.01 |
2014.04.15 |
MINISTER NALEDI PANDOR |
|
Alablak Ali |
Egyptian |
Investor Manufacturing Company - Furniture |
1971.09.15 |
2015.05.03 |
MINISTER MALUSI GIGABA |
|
Dino Gabriell |
Italy |
Pastor |
1955.09.19 |
2015.05.27 |
MINISTER MALUSI GIGABA |
|
GUPTA FAMILY APPROVAL |
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|
Gupta Angoori |
Indian |
Business |
1945.12.30 |
2015.05.30 |
MINISTER MALUSI GIGABA |
|
Gupta Shivani |
Indian |
Business Investment |
1970.05.10 |
2015.05.30 |
MINISTER MALUSI GIGABA |
|
Singhala Kamal Kant |
Indian |
Business Investment |
1992.10.25 |
2015.05.30 |
MINISTER MALUSI GIGABA |
|
Surya Kant |
Indian |
Business Investment |
1995.03.10 |
2015.05.30 |
MINISTER MALUSI GIGABA |
|
Dominic Kincaid Ferszt |
American |
Court Order |
1967.09.11 |
2016.11.11 |
MINISTER MALUSI GIGABA |
|
CHADHA FAMILY APPROVAL |
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|
Chadha Arun Suraj |
Indian |
Business Investor CEO of Allied Steelrode |
1959.04.21 |
2016.02.02 |
MINISTER MALUSI GIGABA |
|
Chadha Renika Arun |
Indian |
Family Business Investment |
1964.12.09 |
2016.02.02 |
MINISTER MALUSI GIGABA |
|
ADENIJI FAMILY APPROVAL |
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|
Adeniji Adeloye Amoo Temitope |
Nigerian |
Specialist Professor |
1970.10.30 |
2016.02.02 |
MINISTER MALUSI GIGABA |
|
Adeniji Selinah Idowu Adeyemi |
Nigerian |
Accompany Spouse |
1972.09.26 |
2016.02.02 |
MINISTER MALUSI GIGABA |
|
KALUMBU FAMILY APPROVAL |
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|
Kalumbu Nathan |
Zimbabwean |
President of Coca – Cola Eurasia and Africa |
1964.04.28 |
2016.02.04 |
MINISTER MALUSI GIGABA |
|
Kalumbu Siphiwe |
Zimbabwean |
Accompany Spouse |
1966.10.18 |
2016.02.04 |
MINISTER MALUSI GIGABA |
|
Kalumbu Kamuyambeni Nigel |
Zimbabwean |
Dependent |
1991.02.22 |
2016.02.04 |
MINISTER MALUSI GIGABA |
|
Kalumbu Chelsea Robin |
Zimbabwean |
Dependent |
1995.11.07 |
2016.02.04 |
MINISTER MALUSI GIGABA |
|
Kalumbu Anna-Marie Danai |
Zimbabwean |
Dependent |
2000.09.06 |
2016.02.04 |
MINISTER MALUSI GIGABA |
|
Du Hyen Kim |
North Korean |
United Nations Representative. |
1987.01.11 |
2016.02.11 |
MINISTER MALUSI GIGABA |
|
Wieslaw Tomasz Honik |
Polish |
Court Order |
1950.09.22 |
2016.02.18 |
MINISTER MALUSI GIGABA |