CITIZENSHIP AND STATELESSNESS IN THE MEMBER STATES OF THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY 2020 ANGOLA !! x x x x STATELESSNESS PROTECTION AGAINST Work for foreign disloyal behaviour ordinary crime crime vs state Fraud Crime vs state Acquires / retains COUNTRY Permit required to CITIZENSHIP BY NATURALISATION Work foreign state CITIZENSHIP FROM BIRTH res. out of country Table 7: Loss or deprivation of citizenship LEGAL PROVISIONS (DATE OF LATEST AMENDMENT IN PARENTHESES) C2010ART9 L2016ART17 BOTSWANA COMOROS x x x x x x xMS x x x x x L1998(2004)ART16&18 x 10 yrs C2001(2018)ART5 L1979ARTS51-59, 68 DR CONGO x x ESWATINI x L2004ART1S27-29 x x partial C2005ART49&50 L1992ART10&11 LESOTHO x x x x Yes C1993(2018)ART42(2) L1971(1993)ART23 MADAGASCAR x x x x x x 10 yrs L1960(2017)ART4254&63 MALAWI x x x x x x C1994ART47 L1966(2019)ART23-26 MAURITIUS x MOZAMBIQUE !! x x x x x Yes x x L1968(1995)ARTS11&14 C2004ART31(A) L1975ART14 NAMIBIA !! x x x x x x partial C1990(2010)ART4(7)&(8) L1990ART7-9 SEYCHELLES x x x x x x partial C1993(2011)ART13(1)(B) L1994(2013)ARTS1011&11A S. AFRICA !! (x) x x x x partial C1996(2013)ART20 L1995(2010)ART6-8 TANZANIA x x ZAMBIA x x x x L1995ARTS7,13-17 x C2016ART40 L2016ARTS27-31 ZIMBABWE !! x xMS x x x x x partial C2013ART39 L1984(2003)ART11 shaded: citizenship from birth cannot be revoked (x) dual nationality allowed only with permission !! Constitution and law conflict x provision in the law is unconstitutional MS permission required to renounce nationality only during period for which may be called for military service UNHCR / December, 2020 53

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