The cabinet has approved the submission of the Recognition of Customary Marriages Amendment Bill to parliament.
Addressing a post-cabinet media briefing on Thursday, minister in the presidency Jackson Mthembu said the bill is intended to bring the existing act in line with judgments of the Constitutional Court, which declared sections of the act constitutionally invalid on the grounds that they unfairly discriminated against women in customary marriages...
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