South Africa’s highest court docket has dominated that husbands can take the surname of their wives, overturning a regulation that barred them from doing so.
In a victory for 2 {couples} who introduced the case, the Constitutional Court docket dominated that the regulation amounted to gender-based discrimination.
Henry van der Merwe was denied the correct to take the surname of his spouse Jana Jordaan, whereas Andreas Nicolas Bornman couldn’t hyphenate his surname to incorporate Donnelly, the surname of his spouse, Jess Donnelly-Bornman, stories the general public broadcaster, SABC.
Parliament will now need to amend the Births and Deaths Registration Act, together with its laws, for the ruling to take impact.