Dual citizenship with USA & South Africa and exited South Africa on wrong passport (USA). What passport do I use to reenter SA?

Question

My daughter lives in SA permanently and left SA mistakenly with her USA passport for a holiday. She is 19 years old and was not aware that this could be a problem. What passport should she use to renter SA in 1 weeks time?

Answer 1

The South African passport. She cannot be denied entry with that passport.

The fact that she left on another passport is irrelevant, and not an issue for her re-entry. It probably wasn’t an issue for her exit either or they would have said something about it.