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Dad takes takes on Gigaba over baby’s citizenship

Johannesburg – An SANDF member has taken Minister of Home Affairs Malusi Gigaba to the high court after his department allegedly refused to register his eight-month-old daughter, born to a Congolese woman, as a South African national.

Menzile Lawrence Naki filed papers in the high court in Grahamstown on Tuesday in which he gave a detailed account of his troubles in registering his daughter, who was born in February. In court papers, Naki stated that his child was born at Settler’s Hospital in Grahamstown and her mother is a citizen of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

He said he met Dimitrila Marie Ndovya while he was deployed as a peacekeeper in Goma in 2008.

“We fell in love soon after we met and I later proposed to her. In 2008, we entered into a customary marriage in the DRC.

“My mission ended in 2009 and I returned to South Africa. Dimitrila and I remained in constant communication. I returned to the DRC in 2013, on another peacekeeping mission,” he said.
He said in September last year, Ndovya came to South Africa “leaving our elder child in the DRC in the care of her mother. She travelled on her Congolese passport, having been issued with a three-month visitor’s visa in Lubumbashi. The visa expired on December 23, 2015.
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Foreign investment in Mauritius jumps by 69% in first half of 2016

Foreign direct investment in Mauritius grew 69% year-on-year in the first half of 2016, to 7.96bn rupees ($222m), driven by real estate, financial services and manufacturing, the board of investment said on Thursday.

The agency said investment in real estate totalled 5.03bn rupees, while financial and insurance activities received 2.01bn rupees.

“The largest inflows have come from developing economies, mainly from South Africa and China, contrary to previous years where a considerable proportion of FDI flowed in from developed economies,” the board said on its website.

The board said several major projects, such as smart cities and the African Leadership University, will attract more foreign investment but the statement offered no further details.

Famed for its white sand beaches and luxury spas, the Indian Ocean island nation is diversifying its economy away from sugar, textiles and tourism into offshore banking, business outsourcing, luxury real estate and medical tourism.

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