The National Assembly approves law amendments to allow women born out of customary marriages to inherit from their deceased parents’ estate.
South Africans needed to stand up against the abuse of women, President Thabo Mbeki said in a speech prepared for delivery on Women’s Day on Saturday.
In observing Women’s Month, Women’s Day and the 16 days of activism, we have lost the real political and liberating philosophy of days past.
Authorities in a Malaysian city ruled by conservative Islamists urge its women to forsake bright lipstick and noisy high-heels to avoid rape.
The Nwamitwa-Shilubana judgement by the Constitutional Court ensured the advancement for the transformation of the institution of traditional leaders.
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/ 27 November 2007
Two cousins took their battle for chieftaincy of the Valoyi tribe to the Constitutional Court on Tuesday, in a case that challenges customary law in their tribe that says only men may be chiefs. Tinyiko Shilubana and Sidwell Nwamitwa each insist that they are the rightful head of the Valoyi tribe.