Govt delaying my citizenship — Cape Independence leader

Cape Independence Advocacy Group (CIAG) leader Phil Craig is criticising the South African government for the slow process of finalising his citizenship.

- Itumeleng Mafisa

Craig, of British descent, has lived in South Africa for more than 20 years.

Last week, the government confirmed that he is not a citizen of the country but a permanent resident.

Craig said home affairs is to blame for his citizenship problems.

"Like many people in SA, I have struggled for many years with dysfunction at the department of home affairs.

"It is ironic that the president would use my lack of citizenship against me, despite me being entitled to citizenship and attempting to claim it when the well-recorded inefficiencies of his government are the reason I don't have it," he said.