Chidimma Adetshina: How Miss SA sparked a nationality row – BBC Africa

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Chidimma Adetshina: How Miss SA sparked a nationality row – BBC Africa


This year’s Miss South Africa beauty contest has turned into one of the biggest rows in the country. Chidimma Adetshinacha ended up giving up on the contest amid a massive backlash over her participation and claims about her nationality, age and where she was born. So what exactly is this story all about?

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  1. African xenophobic, petty issuesvamong each other, between Africans. White, Yellow and beige around the world are loving it. A wealthy continent like that, they want everything from it. The best thing for them is to see the weakest side of Africans, so they can continue to use against Africans to get the respurces and the land. For the Diáspora, show case why our ancestors got sold into slavery. Why we are in the mess we still are. Africans in the continent cannot even set and an example for us in the slave trade diáspora. 😢

  2. We don't know Chidimma as a South African even herself she claim to be Nigerian. She's lucky that finally went back to her roots. So what's the issue her. Why is she forcing herself to the country that she's does not belong to. She's playing a sheep in wolf skin anyone can see that.

  3. Not her crying foul she wants to write her own narrative, truth is her mom is a criminal who had a South African criminal home affairs helping her to steal someone identity. Do you guys know how hard it is not to have documentation?

    What erks me the most is that she is low key rubbing it in our faces that yes my mom stole someone's identity and successfully so

  4. 1:11 “Chidimma couldn’t have participated in the actions of her mother because she was an infant at the time” ‼️Girl had no control of her destiny.. she was born into something outside of her control. She was literally born and raised in South Africa. When Africa should be united in their international pursuits, it’s off putting that the South African fans 🇿🇦 are the repeat offenders in scrutinizing their women’s mixed African diaspora and heritage, including that of Mellisa Nayimuli and Chidimma Adetshina. Thank you for highlighting this issue BBC News Africa. The bullying these women received is unacceptable.

  5. As a journalist ya’l should have focused on the woman that couldn’t register her child because on Chidima’s parents for 23 years the woman couldn’t do anything because of the fraud that took place. Chidima didn’t do anything wrong but she is not a victim her parents took a decision that ruined another child’s life who has been unregistered for her whole life imagine talk about how identity fraud can mess up one’s life. South Africans constitution is clear on Chidima’s case but also the life of a child that lost benefits which were given to Chidima but Chidima didn’t know she must blame her parents for putting her in this situation they knew the truth and still didn’t stop her. I feel bad for Chidima and the kid that couldn’t be registered because her parents didn’t think about their actions

  6. What surprised me the most was that after all the fuss about not being a real south african, they gave the crown to a European south african. So basically a South African citizen with African roots is a no no, but Indian or European roots is cool. Black SA logic for you

  7. Black south africans are strange 😂😂
    So when " Van der Merwe" or "Van Zyl" competes, they are eligible. How do they represent south african heritage or culture? Or the South african indians? 😂😂

    Go eat grass.