Birth Registration

This is another topic which is governed by an outdated law which has already been overtaken by practice.

• • • The current law is described in several publications produced by GR&AP:
      • a comic on birth registration (in English, Afrikaans and Oshiwambo),
      • a booklet on birth registration (in English, Afrikaans, Oshiwambo and Rukwangali)
      • a booklet on how to change the surname of a child (in English, Afrikaans, Oshiwambo and Rukwangali).
    • During 2017-2019, GR&AP has worked closely with the Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration on a bill based on an extensive public consultation process about the proposed law reforms. A series of factsheets presents some of the options for law reform which were discussed during this process.

  As of mid-2020, the proposed new Civil Registration and Identification Bill was still under discussion by Government.
  Further information may be found in Namlex and Births, Marriages and Deaths.