Sports, Arts and Culture Miniter Gayton McKenzie said he will apologise if it proven that Adetshina has South African citizenship.
'There is no actual matter before Home Affairs, we cannot go and violate the Protection of Personal Information Act'Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber said his department will not be “dragged into rumours” about the nationality of Miss South Africa finalist Chidimma Adetshina.
There’s been massive controversy over Adetshina’s participation in the popular pageant in light of her having a Nigerian father and a Mozambican mother, despite having been born and raised in South Africa. The 31-year-old Adetshina was born at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto and raised in Pimville. She later moved to Cape Town where she stayed with her parents."There has not been a single complaint with actual evidence. We're not gonna be dragged into rumours." – Home Affairs Minister Dr Leon Schreiber addresses the Miss SA finalist Chidimma Adetshina'sin recent years is all these court cases that have ruled against the department.
“There has not been a single actual complaint with actual evidence, not one…We’re not gonna be dragged into rumours,” Schreiber said.“I don’t know if this lady is South African or not. But as a leader, I must investigate. We are busy investigating and the media is on top of me. So, if the media’s job is to bring out she was born in South Africa, show us the paperwork that she’s South African.“It’s going to be embarrassing for the country, and if she’s South African, we must apologise.
“South Africans shouldn’t be shamed and accused simply because they are asking needed questions of the lady that wants to represent them as Miss South Africa,” McKenzie said.represent South Africans, you are willingly opening yourself up for scrutiny, South Africans shouldn’t be shamed and accused simply because they are asking needed questions of the lady that wants to represent them as Miss South Africa.
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