South Africa: Everything you need to know about SA’s citizenship laws

Citizenship, in the legal sense, means being recognised by a country’s laws as a member of that country. But beyond the legalities, there is the subjective aspect of citizenship — the profound sense of belonging and identity. 

“There’s a legal side of it, in terms of which you have certain benefits, rights, privileges and obligations. And then of course it becomes subjective, and that varies from person to person,” immigration lawyer Stefanie de Saude Darbandi told Daily…