LEGISLATION AS A CRITICAL TOOL IN ADDRESSING SOCIAL CHANGE IN SOUTH AFRICA: LESSONS FROM MAYELANE V NGWENYAMA
Several changes have occurred in South Africa within the customary law system to ensure gender justice, including the enactment of the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998. The purpose of the Recognition Act is to recognise customary marriages as valid in law with equal status and capa...
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Language: | Afrikaans |
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North-West University
2015-11-01
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Series: | Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal |
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Online Access: | http://www.nwu.ac.za/sites/www.nwu.ac.za/files/files/p-per/issuepages/2015volume18no4/2015%2818%294Ozoemena.pdf |