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South Africa’s highest court rules that men can take wife’s surname

South Africa’s highest court rules that men can take wife’s surname

South Africa’s highest court has ruled that husbands can now adopt the surname of their wives, overturning a law that prevented that from taking place in the nation. The Constitutional Court ruled that the law amounted to gender-based discrimination, and this came as a huge win for two couples who presented the case. Henry van…

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