CITIZENSHIP AND STATELESSNESS IN THE MEMBER STATES OF THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY 2020 Zimbabwe (if the child is a citizen by registration).183 Namibia also provides for loss of citizenship by a child if one parent renounces it, and the other parent does not remain a citizen,184 while Comoros and Madagascar provide for the withdrawal of nationality of a child if one parent acquires another nationality and the other does not remain a national (in Madagascar, with gender discrimination within the provision.185 In Eswatini, the Citizenship Act provides that loss or deprivation of citizenship shall not automatically affect a spouse or child, but does not exclude the possibility of extension of the measure.186 In other cases, the law is silent on this point (Angola, Botswana, DRC, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, and Seychelles). Such provisions or decisions should always be subject to the tests of proportionality and the best interests of the child. 183 Namibian Citizenship Act, 1990, sec. 10(1); Citizenship of South Africa Act 1995, as amended, sec. 10; Citizenship of Zimbabwe Act 1984, as amended, sec.12; see also UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, Concluding observations on the second periodic report of South Africa, CRC/C/ZAF/CO/2, 27 October 2016. 184 Namibian Citizenship Act, 1990, sec. 8(3). 185 Loi No.79-12 du 12 décembre 1979 portant Code de la nationalité comorienne, art.55; Ordonnance n° 60 - 064 du 22 juillet 1960 portant Code de la nationalité malgache (tel que modifié), art. 48. 186 Constitution of Swaziland 2005, art.52(2); Swaziland Citizenship Act 1992, sec.13(2). UNHCR / December, 2020 52