Any marriage that is celebrated according to the rites of an African community where at least either the bride or groom is a member of that community, is deemed a customary marriage. In Ugandan law, a ...

Q. My fiancÈ and I have dated for five years and we plan to get married this December. However, I wanted a church wedding but he is against the idea arguing that the money we would spend can help us ...

Zimbabwe continues to navigate the intersection of culture, constitutional rights and evolving family structures, with growing calls for customary marriages to receive the same legal recognition as ...

Official data from Statistics South Africa shows customary marriages have plummeted by nearly a quarter in a single year, raising questions about the future of a centuries-old tradition The latest ...

When a woman has to prove, years later, that her own marriage existed, the law’s distance from lived reality becomes painfully clear. The judgment is important because it shows the ongoing tension ...

South Africa’s latest Constitutional Court ruling on customary marriages means that many South Africans getting married need to plan carefully. The Constitutional Court judgement, handed down on 21 ...

Brides attend a mass wedding ceremony at the International Pentecostal Holiness Church, south of Johannesburg. Ihsaan Haffejee/AFP via Getty Images South Africa is changing its marriage law to ...