New, single marriage law proposed based on ‘principle of equality’
The major overhaul will address issues of under-age and fraudulent marriages, as well as ‘marriages of convenience’
Government is developing a new marriage policy for the country with a view to creating one single consolidated marriages act, home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi has said.
Currently, marriages in SA are regulated through three pieces of legislation: the Marriage Act of 1961, which is for monogamous marriages for opposite sex couples of largely Western and Christian backgrounds; the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act of 1998, which caters for traditional, polygamous marriages for opposite sex couples; and the Civil Unions Act of 2006, which makes provision for monogamous partnerships for both same and opposite sex couples...
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