Opinion WLC carries the torch for women who still continue to struggle to realise substantive equality in South Africa. By Seehaam Samaai, Director of the Women’s Legal Centre (WLC) With less than a year left until the deadline for countries to reach the Millennium Development Goals set by the United Nations, the majority of
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Press Release Limpopo High Court rules that women in polygynous marriages have equal rights and that the Customary Marriages Act discriminates against these women. The High Court in Thohoyandou, Limpopo province, yesterday handed down judgment in the Ramuhovhi matter, where the core issue raised in the case is the constitutional validity of section 7(1)