A new film franchise explores modern love but fumbles the chemistry and connection
As a girl child, I am valuable to my family. When they tried to marry me off, I ran away. But now I am back home. In a country where girls have few rights
Constitutional court ruling enables people in opposite-sex life partnerships to inherit from their deceased partner, even if they haven’t left a valid will
Registration of customary marriages is important for extending legal protection and rights to spouses, many of whom struggle for legal recognition
A major review of South African marriage law is underway and we must ensure that the proposed reforms reflect the democratic values of our pluralistic society
Mpumie Moholo (1947-2021), who passed this week, was the engine driving the success of her husband, jazz drummer Louis Moholo-Moholo
Just because they are performed differently from civil unions does not mean they don’t come with the same responsibilities — people just don’t know it
COMMENT A deeply embedded patriarchal practice assumes that a married woman must change her surname to that of her spouse. This was standard practice at the department of home affairs. Officials would automatically change the surname of the newlywed wife to that of her husband, sometimes even in violation of the wife’s express intention to […]
What could be a landmark case seeking recognition for a woman’s right to inheritance and maintenance in the event of her partner’s death, is currently being adjudicated
I started singing formally in 2003. Before that I was in the school choir. I came to visit family in Cape Town, and by luck I met people who were opera singers. They encouraged me to audition for the Cape Town Opera, and that is how it started. It was not always easy. I went […]
Despite a new Act, many women and children are up against discriminatory practices
Women, celebrate achievements besides those of marrying and having babies
‘This belief that women divorcées are embittered — there’s a very overt streak of patriarchy in that’
The judgment should improve the home affairs department’s attitude to transgender marriages
‘The fight to have their union officially recognised contrasts markedly with the traditional wedding ceremony they enjoyed beforehand.’
Religious freedom, at times masking discrimination, is used too often to trump others’ right to marry.
You meet, you go out, you discover you are in love. But your emotions explode when the one question calls for the ultimate commitment.
Research backs up this finding — but it also revealed that young people are crap at matrimony.
Polyamory is gaining traction as an ethical way to be romantically involved with more than one person.
A marriage proposal should be an intimate affair, not an egotistical YouTube video.
It’s not fair that Senzo Meyiwa’s mistress has to carry the blame for his cheating ways.
Desperate women are seeking refuge from war in arranged marriages, despite reports of abuse.
New legislation offering protection to people in common-law relationships is long overdue.
Women just can’t catch a break: new research has shown that the rate of a woman’s wage growth slows after she gets married, whereas men’s increases.
Experts blame the economic crisis and changing social attitudes for the decline in weddings among young Europeans, as well as the falling birth rate.
Muslim women today have social networking, matrimonial sites, samoosa runs and matchmakers to help find the right husband. But it’s still not easy.
The 20-year deadlock has been broken. The next step is to designate women as marriage officers, write Fatima Seedat and Farhana Ismail.
In a bold step the American president has openly stated his full support for same-sex unions.
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/ 18 November 2010
A study by the Pew Research Centre reported more people are accepting the view that wedding bells aren’t needed to have a family.
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A Taiwan woman is so good at matchmaking that in the past 30 years, she had helped 573 couples tie the knot, a newspaper said on Sunday.
A Japanese firm has begun accepting reservations for couples who really want to make the big leap — by blasting into space to exchange wedding vows.
Do not rely on common law to provide you with protection in the case of death or separation, writes Maya Fisher-French.