Africa Links 24 with Shelleygan Petersen
Published on 2024-07-11 17:00:00
Namibians intending to marry in future will have to approach the home affairs ministry three months before tying the knot.
This is to confirm that neither party is in a civil marriage.
This is contained in the marriage bill currently being debated in parliament which aims to prevent bigamy.
Bigamy is a crime associated with marrying someone while still legally married to someone else.
Lawyer Dianne Hubbard, in an opinion article last week, noted that this approach minimises…
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