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Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says South Africa will soon have new marriage and divorce laws, amid the pending Muslim marriage bill.
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Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says his department is still developing an executive bill regulating all marriages and divorce in South Africa – which is cold comfort to those affected by the drawn-out process.
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Al Jama-ah leader Ganief Hendricks briefed Parliament on the Registration of Muslim Marriages Bill before a portfolio committee meeting.
According to BusinessTech, the bill has been put forward in an attempt to introduce interim protections to Muslim marriages while the government works on a new umbrella marriage bill for the country.
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The provisioned bill would make bring the following inclusions:
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In June 2022, the Constitutional Court gave a ruling which gave legal status to marriages under Muslim Sharia law.
Muslim women in Sharia law marriages or divorce were often left destitute, as they lacked the power to enforce maintenance and protect their children’s rights.
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Motsoaledi said it was unnecessary to continue with Muslim Marriage bill, as the department is developing an executive bill regulating all marriages in South Africa.
He added that the department’s marriage and divorce bill would deal with many of the issues presented by Hendricks.
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