The concept of marriage has always been tricky. While, in theory, people are only supposed to enter a marriage to be with someone they will love for the rest of their lives, the reality has always ...

In South Africa, a customary marriage may begin with ancestral blessings, lobola payments and the union of two families – but when that union breaks down, tradition alone will not suffice. According ...

When the law of the state collides with the law of God, there is bound to be trouble for both state and church. Presumably, the racist Malan government of South Africa, when it banned marriages ...