Victory for couples in domestic partnerships
Nov 14, 2020
3 minutes
CHARLENE MAY and MANDI MUDARIKWA
COUPLES living together, either prior to marriage or instead of marriage, known in law as a domestic partnership, are common practice in South Africa.
Work done by the Women’s Legal Centre has highlighted that one of the reasons why fewer opposite-sex couples enter the institution of marriage is because patriarchal notions demand that the decision to marry be made by the man in a relationship, with South Africa a deeply patriarchal country.
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