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[WATCH] "I believe I have been treated unfairly and targeted and there has been an attempt to make me an example," Chidimma Adetshina tells journalists after the Cape Town Regional Court postponed her case in which she challenges her potential deportation and detention.… pic.twitter.com/EHCzO6Ke1f

— Newzroom Afrika (@Newzroom405) August 19, 2026

Miss Universe Nigeria, Chidimma Adetshina, deportation judgment has been postponed to 27 February 2027. She spoke on Wednesday following court proceedings.

"I would like to say that I am grateful that I once again have been able to get an opportunity to have my faith in our courts. And I remind everyone that I was born in South Africa. I have applied through the proper legal channels to have my status and citizenship determined. I believe that I have been treated unfairly and targeted, and there has been an attempt to make me as an example. But my message is not going to be one out of anger.

South Africa is governed by the rule of law, and we should not allow xenophobia and misinformation to determine how people are going to be treated. We should all be guided by the spirit of Ubuntu.

Throughout this ordeal, I have availed myself of all appropriate legal recourse, and I'll continue to respect and abide by each process. Finally, I would like to thank my family, friends, supporters, and my legal representatives for their unwavering support and commitment to my case. Thank you.

IronGalaxy:
Definitely more than 13 in South Africa..also where's the Ivory Coast that hosted a flawless Afcon not long ago?

Yep, Ivory Coast is actually 4th with 6 stadiums and Equatorial Guinea is 10th with 3 stadiums (previous afcon hosts). They're both missing on the list.

Nigeria (giant of Africa) no carry last - it's 20th with 1 stadium

These shameless business owners should be visited upon by labour inspectors and arrested/heavily fined. All along they were relying on illegal migrants and paying them peanuts.

What stops them now from hiring South Africans if not because they're exploitative? One spoke of several foreign nationals who packed stock- is that a critical skill or something that young South Africans can't do?

seppuku:
She's Mozambican as well. She can just cross beitbridge border and hang out in Maputo, Namibia or Botswana as well.

Except beitbridge leads to Zimbabwe, wena. And with what passport?

February postponement it is. It's a date.

HeatSeeker:
I sincerely hope that South Africa will become like a utopian state once all the black foreigners are gone. With the way you guys have gone about this xenophobia thing... Let's just pray

Less visa fraud will indeed lead to that utopia, thanks

educatedfool:
I have no issue with whatever the court decides, by the way. One person's immigration status isn't going to be the reason your country prospers or struggles.

It does - one person at a time. The less people we have who undermine our laws the better the country becomes.

educatedfool:
South Africa: "We don't want Chidimma!"
Also South Africa: court cases, headlines, debates, outrage and constant updates about Chidimma.
At this point, she may leave the country, but apparently she's still getting a permanent residency in their heads.

I see her being deported. Reentering the country through Mozambique after submitting fraudulent bank statements

Naija media should gear up to roll the red carpet for her once again and give her sympathetic interviews where she's portrayed as a victim.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ06ESSBcFY?si=g_rrnd-TuXpCVCeu

The Cape Town Regional Court is set to deliver judgment on Wednesday on whether Nigerian pageant queen Chidimma Adetshina should be detained, pending potential deportation.

The former Miss South Africa contestant was arrested in June for entering the country illegally through the Lebombo border in Mozambique, despite being declared a prohibited person.

The identity and travel documents of the beauty queen were cancelled in October 2024 after her mother was accused of fraudulently registering her birth to a South African woman.

Adetshina's legal team said that while the Department of Home Affairs conceded that she was never implicated in the birth registration fraud, it declared her a prohibited person after a fraudulent bank statement was allegedly submitted as part of a visa application while living in Nigeria.

Her lawyers maintain the document was submitted by an immigration agency that handled the visa application.

The Department of Home Affairs’ lawyer, however, revealed at her last court appearance that Adetshina had re-entered South Africa in 2025, despite being on a visa-restricted list as it bids to have her detained while it pursues her deportation.

brain54:
Even in South Africa, Europe and everywhere they are cases of ambulances and emergency facilities not arriving on time.
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See Nigeria emergency personnel around Anthony Joshua first on the scene while ambulance NEVER arrives.

Country that does things perfectly 🇳🇬💩 while SA does things "opposite" - to quote you.

brain54:
This comment stinks of ignorance.
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10 years unpaid teachers salaries

3 years unpaid teachers salaries

72 days unpaid teachers salaries

Undisputed champions of unpaid labour in the world 🇳🇬🏆🏆🏆🏆

brain54:
How won't filling ordinary teaching positions be complex? Hellloooooo... it's south Africa. The land of the opposites.
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Yes opposite coz here we pay our civil servants monthly🇿🇦🏆, unlike your high school teacher who hasn't been paid since 2006 in Nigeria 🇳🇬😂😂😂

brain54:
Nothing ironic about what I said or where I come from. In Nigeria and other normal places it's usually the other way around- people willing to work with less available opportunities/employment.

The irony here is South Africans complaining of people taking their jobs when they are many vacancies they can't even fill because they aren't even qualified to take up those positions in the first place.

People are taking your jobs yet there are 27000 vacancies for teachers alone they are not capable of filling.

Always opposite set of folks.
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The figure doesn't suggest a lack of qualified teaching graduates, it's far more complex as the Minister of Education explains below.

https://iol.co.za/capeargus/news/2026-08-12-why-south-africa-has-over-27-000-unfilled-teaching-position/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH_k3xHxU-s?si=EhD1-kviAry1DoQl

It was only a matter of time before artificial intelligence made it’s way into the education sector. And it looks like that time is now, because the South African Department of Science, Technology and Innovation has announced the launch of a manufacturing facility to produce AI humanoid “IRIS” tutor devices at the Dube TradePort in Durban.

CEO of BSG and Technologies, Thandoh Gumede, said that the long-term goal is to deploy the company’s IRIS robotic tutors at all 23 000 schools across South Africa. She did say in a 2025 interview that they would not be developed to replace teachers but to enhance the learning experience for pupils.

She used to be a teacher herself of maths and physical science and she said that she encountered several challenges that she believes these robots could help with. “She is a tutor robot, which means that she is assisting our teachers. Our teachers are going through a lot. They work at school, then get back home and are still working, when are they getting their time with their families?”

She went on to explain that IRIS devices function similarly to AI tools, which teachers can prompt via keyboard input or voice commands. They use AI and machine learning to provide information. Designed to resemble humanoids, they provide visual feedback via a display on their chests and audio feedback through speakers.

These humanoids could assist teachers with marking and with analysing the curriculum and learner results. This, she hopes, will make teaching more efficient. Learners can also use the robot to help in explaining concepts in each of South Africa’s 11 official languages.

Nomalungelo Gina, deputy minister of science, technology and innovation, welcomed the launch of the IRIS manufacturing facility in Durban, saying that the initiative had the potential to create 20 000 jobs over the next five years – an example of how innovation could drive industrial development and economic growth.

South Africa is currently experiencing high teacher vacancy rates amid record unemployment. As of August 2026, there were 27 000 vacant teaching posts. The Eastern Cape had the most vacancies, with more than 5 000, followed by KwaZulu-Natal at 4 700 and Gauteng at more than 3 900. The hope is that these humanoids could help to fill the many gaps.

“I developed IRIS because I wanted to create a platform that helps teachers, administrators and learners work together more effectively,” said Gumede at the launch of the facility. “It took more than seven years of persistence, self-funding and continuous development to reach this stage,” she said. Not having the funds to hire developers, she taught herself to code and develop the robots’ software.

Gumede said, “Our goal is to see IRIS deployed in all 23 000 schools across South Africa, ensuring that every learner has access to quality educational support regardless of where they live. At the same time, we aim to create 20 000 jobs over the next five years through manufacturing, technical support, training and the growth of the innovation ecosystem”.

So, it won’t be long before every South African classroom has a robot in it. Let’s hope they behave.

nlfpmod

I'm surprised this is news, these are very old videos which I've thoroughly enjoyed. There's one where's explicitly he's self-servicing.

That's how I first knew him before the activism.

zinaunreal:
Committed by those who live here.

I hope whites get their independence so we can see the real south africa bare, naked and exposed. Stop hiding behind the development of your colonizers 😆😆

They can bounce but we'll reposses their wealth, which is why they fear leaving and Trump is wailing! 😂😂😂

We have the richest tribes and lands in all of Africa sitting on gold, diamonds and platinum.

Just have a look at our platinum kingdom...🇳🇬🏆🏆🏆😎😎😎😎

zinaunreal:
South Africans. You never cease to do rubbish. Just look at how your colonizers are dealing with you guys and you're here churning your mouth. Common clear 🤣

You mean this white genocide Trump is crying about? 😂😂😂

dominique:
So you actually believe the consul general. He should provide evidence.

Hi dominique,

Just between us is suspected people called
and were suppressing this thread.

Anyway they should ingest some Panado.

brain54:
So why would she stay there? Is that were she was born?
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After SA ditched her you rigged Ms Nigeria so she can win and told her she was now Nigerian. Sympathetic interviews everywhere!

She was been dined by politicians and still Nigeria wasn't enticing enough for her. She flew out in the dark of night and returned to SA. Now she faces deportation.

How much humiliation can you take from SA?

brain54:
How did chidimma scam by returning to the place of her birth. The place she grew up in and the only home she knows? Mr South African sense.
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Miss Nigeria can't stay in Nigeria doing community work for a year? She had to flee out of there after 1 month 😂😂😂

seppuku:
Most of those people are telling the truth. Its their lived experiences. DOn't deny them that.

Proof?

Most were unsuccessful and just wanted a free ride back home.

Are you claiming all Nigerian agbero beggars were businessmen in SA?

brain54:
And they are evidences of videos and pictures of miserable folks looting and stealing from migrants shop so I wonder why tax, records and salary slips are required to prove that if not some warped mentality.
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Did we see any of the Nigerian returnees in those videos? So anyone can come back to Nigeria and say they owned a business and were looted? No wonder Chidimma scammed you all and returned to her beloved South Africa afterwards. You have no sense 😂😂😂

CSTRR:
The free speech that your useless minister couldnt't offer a Nigerian journalist.

There's protocol at SA media briefings, all other dozens of journalists behaved, she was the only one who wanted to run the show.

Besides same Minister is on tv all the time being grilled. And same Nigerian journalist got unfettered access to SA newsmakers and left the country safe without intimidation.

Respect to seun nlfpmod for allowing free speech to reign on NL 🇳🇬🏆🏆🏆

brain54:
Someone saying their shop was looted is their personal account. (And it's not just one account but multiple accounts) A diplomat making a broader factual claim is something else entirely. I asked for evidence of his claim try responding to that instead of constructing a straw man

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Are your journalists that lame they didn't ask him for proof/substantiation? Guy gave himself up for a one-on-one interview.

As for your point that multiple people said they were looted, ain't that convenient for them? I ask again, did you check their business registration numbers, tax compliance, employee salary slips?

brain54:
So you are saying nigerian businesses weren't looted and that some Nigerian returnees didn't leave their wives and family members back. Is that correct?

I want to get you clearly.
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Should anyone who claims they had a business and where looted be on frontpage without proof?

All those threads, what proof was there?

But you want proof from SA diplomat.

How rich of you.

brain54:
Randdigital the spy from the South.

Tell this your consul general or whatever he is to provide facts and data to back up whatever rubbish he is spewing from his mouth

What facts did you get from all the Nigerian returnees claiming they employed 1 million South Africans and their businesses were looted so they had to leave their wives and twin babies behind?

Did the m.o.d.s seek company registration numbers? Tax numbers? Employee salary slips?

Seppuku, jaxxy, epainos, kushites, GoToCourt, Mirasteel

IronGalaxy:
It's because they don't like taking accountability..it's either someone's "jealous" or "Lazy". I heard another Nigerian who'd just been repatriated to Nigeria saying he was driving a "big cAr" and was "attacked" for it by "jealous" South Africans; I was like, what? Do these people know the cars we drive this side? They lie for sport, Ghanians too

We're not called Africa's most advanced country for nothing 😎🇿🇦🏆

They even lie to potential investors that they're the best thing in Africa. When investors get to Nigeria they pull out after one year. Think of all the SA companies that did them a favour but all pulled out eventually 😂😂😂🇳🇬🗑️🚮

IronGalaxy:
They don't understand what a consul does.. How can a Consul to Nigeria lie about Nigeria? These people just don't like the truth; it's their hallmark

It's coz they're used to lying themselves. Have you noticed how much this Nigerian migrants association in SA lies or withholds facts? They've never acknowledged there's a pandemic of Nigerians into drugs and fraud in SA.

jaxxy:
fake news.

How convenient... So a whole SA diplomat alone in Nigeria will give fake stats?

IronGalaxy:
even Marabastad chai

Soweto 💅🏾💅🏾💅🏾🇿🇦🏆