(a) The letter submitted to the Speaker of the National Assembly and the Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces relates to Section 5(9) of the South African Citizenship Act 88 of 1995, which requires the Minister of Home Affairs to within 14 days after the commencement of the sitting of Parliament in each year, to table in Parliament the names of any person to whom certificates of naturalisation were granted in the preceding year, including the reasons for granting such certificate. In this regard, no application for naturalisation in terms of Section 5(9) of the Act was received which requires granting of a certificate of naturalisation.
(b)(i) and (ii)
There is currently no backlog on application for naturalisation in terms of Section 5(9) of the South African Citizenship Act.
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