A unanimous Constitutional Court ruling has sparked fierce controversy by affirming the right of South African men to adopt their wives’ surnames if they wish to. It emerged from a lawsuit against the ...

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 is steadily losing ground in South Africa as fewer couples tie the knot and more unions end in divorce. New figures from Statistics South Africa show women are initiating the majority of ...

In Niger, a camel dance is done at the wedding reception with a real camel dancing For most couples in Africa, marriage is "till death do us part" due to certain deep-rooted traditions that binds not ...

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.

According to Educating Girls and Ending Child Marriage: A Priority for Africa report, more than three million (or one third of) girls in Sub-Saharan Africa marry before their 18 birthday each year.

The Department of Home Affairs has removed a key requirement affecting Muslim marriages in SA. Here’s what it means for the ...

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican on Tuesday doubled down on the value of monogamous marriage between a man and woman, responding to concerns raised by African bishops about the practice of polygamy in their ...