V. Accede to the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. ANNEX – Excerpts of relevant South African legislation The Constitution of South Africa, Act 108 of 1996 Section 28(1) (a) “every child has a right to a name and a nationality from birth”. South African Citizenship Act 88 of 1995 Section 2: (1) Any person – (c) who immediately prior to the date of commencement of the South African Citizenship Amendment Act, 2010, was a South African citizen by birth; or (d) who is born in or outside the Republic, one of his or her parents, at the time of his or her birth, being a South African citizen, shall be a South African citizen by birth. (2) Any person born in the Republic and who is not a South African citizen by virtue of the provisions of subsection (1) shall be a South African citizen by birth, if – (a) he or she does not have the citizenship or nationality of any other country, or has no right to such citizenship or nationality; and (b) his or her birth is registered in the Republic in accordance with the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1992 (Act No. 51 of 1992). (3) Any person born in the Republic of parents who have been admitted into the Republic for permanent residence and who is not a South African citizen, qualifies to be a South African citizen by birth, if – (a) he or she has lived in the Republic from the date of his or her birth to the date of becoming a major; and (b) his or her birth is registered in the Republic in accordance with the Births and Deaths Act, 1992 (Act No. 51 of 1992) “ Section 3: Any person who is adopted in terms of the provisions of the Children’s Act by a South African citizen and whose birth is registered in accordance with the provisions of the Births and Deaths Registrations Act, 1992 (Act No. 51 of 1992), shall be a South African citizen by descent.” Section 4(3): Any child born in the Republic of parents who are not South African citizens or who have not been admitted into the Republic for permanent residence, qualifies to apply for South African citizenship upon becoming a major if – (a) he or she has lived in the Republic from the date of his or her birth to the date of becoming a major; and (b) his or her birth has been registered in accordance with the provisions of the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1992 (Act No. 51 of 1992). Section 6: (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), a South African citizen shall cease to be a South African citizen if – 10