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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – South Africa’s Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday that men can assume their wives’ surnames after marriage, striking down provisions of a 32-year-old law as unconstitutional gender discrimination. The court declared Section 26(1)(a) to (c) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act invalid for failing to afford men the same surname rights automatically […]
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