The Marriage Act, 1961 (Act No. 25 of 1961) is an act of the Parliament of South Africa governing the solemnisation and registration of marriages in South...

215 new marriages were recorded. There are three different laws under which a marriage may be formed in South Africa: The Marriage Act, 1961, which allows...

Marriage Act 1961 may refer to: Marriage Act 1961 (Australia) Marriage Act, 1961 (South Africa) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...

Same-sex marriage has been legal in South Africa since the Civil Union Act, 2006 came into force on 30 November 2006. The decision of the Constitutional...

Marriage Act may refer to a number of pieces of legislation: Marriage Act 1961, Australia's law that governs legal marriage. Marriage Amendment (Definition...

Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, 1949, followed closely by the Immorality Amendment Act of 1950, which made it illegal for most South African citizens to marry...

Immorality Act was the title of two acts of the Parliament of South Africa which prohibited, amongst other things, sexual relations between white people...

Mixed Marriages Amendment Act, 1985. The Natives Land Act, 1913 limited land ownership by black people to 8% of the land area of South Africa. The Native...

of marriage) in South African law refers to the termination of a marital union, the canceling of the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage and...

Recognition of Customary Marriages Act, 1998 (Act No. 120 of 1998) is a South African statute in terms of which marriages performed under African customary law,...

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi)...

NP), also known as the Nationalist Party, were a political party in South Africa from 1914 to 1997, which was responsible for the implementation of apartheid...

requirements is the South African Citizenship Act, 1995, which came into force on 6 October 1995. Any person born to at least one South African parent receives...

along with autonomous marriages. In some communities, especially in rural parts of the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia, a woman who refuses...

regulations to the Marriage Act and Civil Union Act, although the requirements for a valid marriage are different. South African law, generally speaking...

Crime in South Africa includes all violent and non-violent crimes that take place in the country of South Africa, or otherwise within its jurisdiction...

The Mines and Work Act was a piece of legislation in South Africa, originally passed in 1911, amended in 1912 and 1926 before undergoing further changes...

The Civil Union Act, 2006 (Act No. 17 of 2006) is an act of the Parliament of South Africa which legalised same-sex marriage. It allows two people, regardless...

This is a timeline of the history of the area in present-day South Africa....

marriage has been legal in Australia since 9 December 2017. Legislation to allow it, the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017...

000 to 50,000 Pagans in South Africa. The Civil Union Act, which came into effect on 30 November 2006, legalised same-sex marriage and also allowed for the...

Succession Act, 1987 was restrictively interpreted to mean only those spouses who had contracted a marriage in terms of the Marriage Act, 1961. This interpretation...

United States to other countries, including South Africa, where it is still evident periodically. South Africa was particularly associated with the Satanic...

by the State." Interracial marriages have been formally protected by federal statute through the Respect for Marriage Act since 2022. Historical opposition...

courtship, they married. The interracial marriage sparked a furore, alarming both the Union of South Africa, which had established legal apartheid (racial...

prevent the marriages of same-sex couples from being recognized by law, the most prominent of which was the 1996 federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). In...

peoples could marry, in order to promote assimilation, until 1961 when the federal Marriage Act removed all restrictions. Laws and policies which discouraged...

In South Africa under apartheid, and South West Africa (now Namibia), pass laws served as an internal passport system designed to racially segregate the...

General elections were held in South Africa on 29 May 2024 to elect a new National Assembly as well as the provincial legislature in each of the nine provinces...

The African National Congress (ANC) is a political party in South Africa. It originated as a liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid...