What is marital rape and why should we pay more attention to it? Though marriage rates in southern Africa have decreased over the past decades, marriage is still considered to be an ideal social tool ...

South Africa’s new Marriage Bill sparks calls for tighter regulation of marriages between citizens and foreign nationals, as residents raise concerns over fraud and loopholes.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's top court ruled on Thursday that an apartheid-era law banning husbands from taking their wife's family name or hyphenating both spouses' surnames was ...

A unanimous Constitutional Court ruling has sparked fierce controversy by affirming the right of South African men to adopt their wives’ surnames if they wish to. It emerged from a lawsuit against the ...

Residents of the Mopani District Municipality have called for the proposed Marriage Bill to introduce tighter measures to regulate marriages between the South African citizens and foreign nationals, ...

The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs has concluded its provincial public participation process on the Marriage Bill. The committee is satisfied that the quality, depth and breadth of the ...

Anthony Diala works for the University of the Western Cape and serves on an Advisory Committee of the South African Law Reform Commission. He previously received funding from the National Research ...

Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma criticises South African women who date foreigners and give away savings, pensions, or other assets to ...