Two Years After Being Bullied Out Of Miss South Africa, Chidimma Adetshina Faces Fresh Deportation Battle

The dispute dates back to 2024, when South Africa’s Home Affairs Department launched an investigation into her citizenship, alleging that her mother, Anabela Rungo, fraudulently registered Adetshina’s birth using a stolen South African identity. Three Home Affairs officials were also implicated in that registration, one of whom has since died, with two others still under investigation.

Rungo, who is Mozambican, was arrested in February 2025 over the alleged fraud. Authorities later cancelled both her and Adetshina’s South African documentation.

Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber said Adetshina was notified in September 2024 that her documents would be cancelled but did not respond. He further alleged she later obtained a Nigerian passport before applying for a South African visa using a fraudulent bank statement, leading to her being declared a prohibited person in December 2024.

Schreiber also claimed she re-entered South Africa through the Lebombo border from Mozambique, presenting herself as a South African citizen, before applying again for permission to stay. That application, along with one filed for her son, was rejected.