Husbands can now legally assume wives’ surnames

The Constitutional Court will deliver judgment on whether Section 26(1)(a) to (c) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act is unconstitutional insofar as it unfairly discriminates on the basis of gender, by failing to afford men the right to assume the surname of women after marriage. SABC News Reporter Canny Maphanga joins us live from the Constitutional Court in Braamfontein.

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