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
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