'Lobola still required for customary union'

LOBOLA remains a requirement for registration of a customary marriage under the new Marriages Act, although not for registration of a civil marriage, Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister ...

Zimbabweans should take back power from political parties

For nearly four decades, since Zimbabwe attained its independence from Great Britain in 1980, real prosperity, democracy and development have alluded the majority of citizens of this nation - leaving ...

Of Cabinet folly, contradictions and civil unions

ON Tuesday Cabinet purportedly "withdrew" clause 40 of the Marriages Bill. The clause contained the much-maligned civil partnerships clause that has caused great consternation in the country.I...

SA Church ordered to solemnise gay and lesbian marriages by court

The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has found that the Dutch Reformed Church's policy against solemnising same-sex marriages, diminished the integrity of gay congregants.Judges Sulette Potteril...

Same-sex marriage has no effect on straight couples - Research

New research published June 11 in the Public Library of Science, show that same-sex marriage has no impact on straight couples."[A] deleterious effect on rates of state rates of opposite sex ...

'Gay marriage could lead to fathers marrying their sons,' claims actor

Actor Jeremy Irons claims that gay marriage could lead to fathers getting married to their sons - for tax reasons.The 64-year-old claimed he didn't have 'strong feelings' about same-sex ma...

US state bans gay marriage

Raleigh - North Carolina voters on Tuesday approved a state constitutional amendment that bans same-sex marriage and civil unions, major media projected, dealing a blow to efforts across the United St...