What is marital rape and why should we pay more attention to it? Though marriage rates in southern Africa have decreased over the past decades, marriage is still considered to be an ideal social tool ...

Marriage in West Africa has played a central role in shaping aspects of society and has evolved over time. While traditional heterosexual unions dominate discussions, a lesser-known but significant ...

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's top court ruled on Thursday that an apartheid-era law banning husbands from taking their wife's family name or hyphenating both spouses' surnames was unconstitutional.

Every year, 12 million girls around the world get married, adding to an estimated 650 million child brides, and in East and Southern Africa, 31 per cent of girls are married as children before they ...

Residents of the Mopani District Municipality have called for the proposed Marriage Bill to introduce tighter measures to regulate marriages between the South African citizens and foreign nationals, ...

At the summit Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde spoke about how movies and the media can help to stop child marriages in Africa. The historic event took place on November 27, 2015. At the summit Omotola spoke ...

Freedom of religion is granted by South Africa's constitution. Section 15 (1) says "Everyone has the right to freedom of conscience, religion, thought, belief and opinion." But members of certain ...

Over the years, psychologists have conducted dozens of studies to identify which variables are generally associated with happier marriages (Karney and Bradbury, 1995). These variables are good ...