For years, Zomba-based Maureen Goodson believed she was married after a traditional ceremony. Yet, when her husband divorced ...

Also, religious or community leaders can face prosecution if they are involved in child marriage. This is one of the ...

The Limpopo High Court, sitting in Polokwane, was faced with an application to decide whether a then 17-year-old who married a soldier in 1970 in terms of customary law in Zimbabwe is deemed to be ...

South Africa is on the brink of significant changes to its marriage laws, with public consultations on the proposed Marriage Bill kicking off in Gauteng. The process has already ignited spirited ...

This led to the inclusion of civil unions, customary marriages and Muslim marriages under legal protection. The Marriage Bill aims to simplify and harmonise South Africa’s marriage laws by ...

In response to the Daily News article titled Customary marriage under judicial spotlight ... She should, according to Zimbabwean customary law, benefit from his Zimbabwean estate, but about ...

KOTA KINABALU: The state government will enact legal reforms to address child marriages within ... Enactment (Native Customary Law) 1995 are being prepared by a committee under the Sabah Native ...

“When a marriage which is valid under the customary or personal law or any act committed within that marriage are called in question as it constitute an offence under a special statute, inviting ...

South African Acting Judge Malose Monene was faced with an application to decide whether a then 17-year-old woman who married a soldier in 1970 in terms of customary law in Zimbabwe is ... wife and to ...