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The Department of Home Affairs says its investigation, so far, has found that the mother of Miss SA contestant, Chidimma Adetshina, may have stolen someone's identity.
"Prima facie reasons exist to believe that fraud and identity theft may have been committed by the person recorded in Home Affairs records as Chidimma Adetshina's mother," the department said in a statement on Wednesday night.
However, the department added that Adetshina could not have participated in the alleged unlawful actions of her mother because she was an infant in 2001.
"An innocent South African mother, whose identity may have been stolen as part of the alleged fraud committed by Adetshina's mother, suffered as a result because she could not register her child."
This is a developing story. More to follow.
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