Viral: Top court in South Africa allows men to take wife's surname, netizens react
South Africa's Constitutional Court has overturned a discriminatory law, a relic of colonial times, that prevented husbands from adopting their wives' surnames. This landmark ruling, celebrated online, came after two couples challenged the law as archaic and unconstitutional. The court recognized the law as a gender-based discrimination, rooted in Western values imposed during white-minority rule. Read below to know more!
South Africa's Constitutional Court has overturned a discriminatory law, a relic of colonial times, that prevented husbands from adopting their wives' surnames. This landmark ruling, celebrated online, came after two couples challenged the law as archaic and unconstitutional. The court recognized the law as a gender-based discrimination, rooted in Western values imposed during white-minority rule. Read below to know more!
