Many South Africans mistakenly believe customary marriages can be ended without formal divorce proceedings. This legal ...

Members of the public have expressed concerns over South Africa's new Marriage Bill, which seeks to centralise the nation's ...

In Nigeria, child marriage rates are among the highest in Africa. The Child Rights Act (CRA) of 2003 prohibits marriage below age 18, but the Nigerian Constitution contains provisions that conflict ...

Governments and religious institutions regulate marriage. Such regulations are heavily laden with specific moral ideas and cultural taboos. There are heated debates around what counts as “proper” ...

When the law of the state collides with the law of God, there is bound to be trouble for both state and church. Presumably, the racist Malan government of South Africa, when it banned marriages ...

If Black Coffee appeals against the judgement, he’s unlikely to succeed unless he successfully argues a technicality.

Home Affairs Completes Western Cape Marriage Bill Hearings with Concern that Polygamy Might Entrench Gender-Based Violence ...

This is NEWS & NOTES. I'm Farai Chideya. Today, a special roundtable discussion on the state of black marriage in 2006. But first, back to 1965. A report called Black Families in Crisis, written by ...

Analysis - Despite international efforts to eliminate child marriage, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to have high rates of this harmful practice.