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Re: Husbands, Widowers Can Take Their Wives Surnames - South Africa's highest Court by Lioness5280(f): 10:49am On Sep 11, 2025
Badexx:
Mandela fought in vain because all we have in that God forsaken country are weak men, I pour spit on their ugly bald heads
Atleast those weak men can hold their own government accountable in things that affect them directly ,whilst the so called strongmen could careless about governance issues but choose to protest anything personal and sexual grin grin grin. And the results are there for all to see wink
Re: Husbands, Widowers Can Take Their Wives Surnames - South Africa's highest Court by fergie001(op): 10:49am On Sep 11, 2025
id4sho:
I hereby adopt fergie001 surname, ahead ahead. It's long over due even here in naija
Hahahahahahahahahahaha


Leave me oooooo grin
Re: Husbands, Widowers Can Take Their Wives Surnames - South Africa's highest Court by Lioness5280(f): 10:50am On Sep 11, 2025
AJSfan:
When all their men can do is lazy around, why won't they be emasculated? Na Nigerians and other Africans be their problem
They laze around and beat you in development indices whilst you work hard to police other people's personal affairs grin
Re: Husbands, Widowers Can Take Their Wives Surnames - South Africa's highest Court by Lioness5280(f): 10:51am On Sep 11, 2025
Bluezy13:
Seems South African men are vegetables
Seems South African men are vegetables
Seems South African men are vegetables
Seems South African men are vegetables
Is it up to forty characters yet?
And yet are strong enough to mine and build infrastructure while you go around looking for "hosts" like a parasite? wink
Re: Husbands, Widowers Can Take Their Wives Surnames - South Africa's highest Court by jaxxy(m): 10:54am On Sep 11, 2025
Arogbenga:
This can shift and change the general, cultural and biblical ideas that made the man head of the family.
it's not by force its for those who want to for special reasons.
Re: Husbands, Widowers Can Take Their Wives Surnames - South Africa's highest Court by aribisala0(m): 10:59am On Sep 11, 2025
Arogbenga:
This can shift and change the general, cultural and biblical ideas that made the man head of the family.
Can you mention the surname of ONE PERSON FROM THE BIBLE MALE OR FEMALE

WHAT WAS THE SURNAME OF JESUS MOTHER

Was she Mrs Joseph?
Re: Husbands, Widowers Can Take Their Wives Surnames - South Africa's highest Court by Heffalump(m):
This is abomination!
Anything weird, think South!!
Re: Husbands, Widowers Can Take Their Wives Surnames - South Africa's highest Court by Bankowner: 11:03am On Sep 11, 2025
Hayzead07:
Which kind nonsense be this again…… a win for feminists I guess
How does taking a woman's last name be termed 'feminist'? Isn't the name the lady's father's (who happens to be a man) name?
Re: Husbands, Widowers Can Take Their Wives Surnames - South Africa's highest Court by hahn(m): 11:18am On Sep 11, 2025
Arogbenga:
This can shift and change the general, cultural and biblical ideas that made the man head of the family.
Men have always been the head of the family in majority of the cultures on earth even before the invention of Christianity. Even in the animal kingdom, the men are the head.

It is simply the natural order of things.
Re: Husbands, Widowers Can Take Their Wives Surnames - South Africa's highest Court by victorazyvictor(m): 11:23am On Sep 11, 2025
Their men are already wives
Re: Husbands, Widowers Can Take Their Wives Surnames - South Africa's highest Court by ViceGovernor: 11:38am On Sep 11, 2025
Abomination 🤮
Re: Husbands, Widowers Can Take Their Wives Surnames - South Africa's highest Court by aribisala0(m): 11:45am On Sep 11, 2025
Lioness5280:
And yet are strong enough to mine and build infrastructure while you go around looking for "hosts" like a parasite? wink
The Boers built the South African mines

The Zulus are labourers
Stop deceiving your self
Don't less Baas hear you he might bring out his whips

Who owns the wealth in South Africa?
Kiss the truth
Re: Husbands, Widowers Can Take Their Wives Surnames - South Africa's highest Court by UnknownQueen(f): 11:49am On Sep 11, 2025
Hayzead07:
Which kind nonsense be this again…… a win for feminists I guess
Before nko, you think it will forever be a man's worldhuh.....
Re: Husbands, Widowers Can Take Their Wives Surnames - South Africa's highest Court by Lezzlie(m): 11:57am On Sep 11, 2025
fergie001:
The Constitutional Court, South Africa's highest Court has handed a landmark ruling on husbands taking up the surname of their spouses.


Ruling was delivered by Justice Leona Valerie Theron


BACKGROUND OF THE SUIT
The suit was filed by two applicants with almost similar backgrounds.

The first applicant, Jana Jordaan lost her parents when she was four, so she explained to her partner and later husband, Henry van der Merwe, that she bore the intention to keep her surname as the only connection to her parents. Van der Merwe had pledged to support Jana, by taking her surname so that the family can be known as the Jordaans. At the time of their solemnisation in July 2021, this request was turned down by the Home Affairs, so they opted to keep their individual surnames, their only daughter bears der Merwe.

However, in October 2021 Jana discovered in a voter registration portal, her name referenced Jana Van der Merwe and decided to challenge same in Court.


The second applicant, Jess Donnelly is an only child and opted to keep her maiden surname. Her partner at the time, Andreas Bornman agreed and they chose to take a hyphenated surname, Donnelly-Bornman. After their solemnisation in April 2022, they decided to make it formal but met a brick wall in the Home Affairs who acceded to Jess' request but informed Andreas he couldn't change his surname. They were informed that under the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 51 of 1992, this was not permitted.

Both applicants challenged same at the High Court in Free State, Bloemfontein. In September 2024, the Court ruled that men could take the surname of their wives if they choose to, this was summarily challenged at the ConCourt, South Africa's highest ruling Court. The Court held that such laws discriminate against sex/gender and impedes on the equality and dignity right of the individual as enshrined in Section 9 of the Constitution of South Africa.
when backwardness and national degeneracy pretend to be progressive.
Re: Husbands, Widowers Can Take Their Wives Surnames - South Africa's highest Court by justli: 11:59am On Sep 11, 2025
As long as she will pay the groom price, win bread, and I bitch and compare her with other women who are doing way better, then this is a welcomed development
Re: Husbands, Widowers Can Take Their Wives Surnames - South Africa's highest Court by Lithiumite: 12:07pm On Sep 11, 2025
lexy2014:
which man are you referring to?

xmhjxjxgbxjxfgjj
The highly revered kofo Abayomi.....even has a street named after him.
Re: Husbands, Widowers Can Take Their Wives Surnames - South Africa's highest Court by thesicilian: 12:10pm On Sep 11, 2025
Maybe if her surname is Dangote, Gates, Musk, etc
Re: Husbands, Widowers Can Take Their Wives Surnames - South Africa's highest Court by Father4all: 12:12pm On Sep 11, 2025
Take it to do what?
Re: Husbands, Widowers Can Take Their Wives Surnames - South Africa's highest Court by AJSfan: 12:44pm On Sep 11, 2025
Lioness5280:
They laze around and beat you in development indices whilst you work hard to police other people's personal affairs grin
are you joking? The men should hide their face abeg. 90% of their economy is controlled by white foreigners and you want to compare that to Nigeria? Abeggi
Re: Husbands, Widowers Can Take Their Wives Surnames - South Africa's highest Court by Jman06(m): 12:46pm On Sep 11, 2025
Lioness5280:
Did SA men turn gay when homosexuals marriages were legalized?. How does this concern a man who chooses to remain traditional?
Just as more South African men have become homosexuals after the law was passed, more of them would cease being traditional just a few years from now following the passage of this law!
Re: Husbands, Widowers Can Take Their Wives Surnames - South Africa's highest Court by silaswills01(m): 12:50pm On Sep 11, 2025
SA na one yeye country oo

If not for terrible leadership
Wetin AA get sef apart from nonsense
Re: Husbands, Widowers Can Take Their Wives Surnames - South Africa's highest Court by LivingEarthMan(m): 12:50pm On Sep 11, 2025
If the women are the ones marrying the men and paying 'groom price' and taking care of the family that will be understandable. Anything less, that that is an abomination.
Re: Husbands, Widowers Can Take Their Wives Surnames - South Africa's highest Court by silaswills01(m): 12:51pm On Sep 11, 2025
Namaster:
What is happening in South Africa?

Why are the men so EAGER and COMFORTABLE to despoil their lineage and become the woman in their relationships.

The idea that retaining your maiden name is somehow an HOMAGE to their family is RIDICULOUS.

NOBODY knows who these people are.
It's unlikely that ANYBODY would ever know who this people.

Refusing to take your husband's surname is an INSULT to that husband.
It means she doesn't value the husband enough.
She thinks he's UNWORTHY!

NO woman alive would refuse a surname like Dangote, Musk, Otedola etc.
Even if she were orphaned.

Refusal to take your husband's name is a REJECTION of the man and his leadership.

It's an INSULT!

But a husband who not only accepts that but DROPS his own surname to take his wife's name is CURSED!
SA is the most woke country in Africa

Very anyhow country
Re: Husbands, Widowers Can Take Their Wives Surnames - South Africa's highest Court by Metrofox(m): 1:13pm On Sep 11, 2025
Namaster:
What is happening in South Africa?

Why are the men so EAGER and COMFORTABLE to despoil their lineage and become the woman in their relationships.

The idea that retaining your maiden name is somehow an HOMAGE to their family is RIDICULOUS.

NOBODY knows who these people are.
It's unlikely that ANYBODY would ever know who this people.

Refusing to take your husband's surname is an INSULT to that husband.
It means she doesn't value the husband enough.
She thinks he's UNWORTHY!

NO woman alive would refuse a surname like Dangote, Musk, Otedola etc.
Even if she were orphaned.

Refusal to take your husband's name is a REJECTION of the man and his leadership.

It's an INSULT!

But a husband who not only accepts that but DROPS his own surname to take his wife's name is CURSED!
What do you expect from their men who have been completely emasculated by their Dutch overlords, they can't protect their mothers ,prey on their women and now a new low, taking their wives surnames.
Re: Husbands, Widowers Can Take Their Wives Surnames - South Africa's highest Court by Lioness5280(f): 1:13pm On Sep 11, 2025
Jman06:
Just as more South African men have become homosexuals after the law was passed, more of them would cease being traditional just a few years from now following the passage of this law!
How many more SA men became homosexuals after the law was passed?...an estimate atleast,since you are in the know.
Re: Husbands, Widowers Can Take Their Wives Surnames - South Africa's highest Court by Lioness5280(f): 1:16pm On Sep 11, 2025
AJSfan:
are you joking? The men should hide their face abeg. 90% of their economy is controlled by white foreigners and you want to compare that to Nigeria? Abeggi
The Nigerian economy is soley on the hands of Nigerian men yet they have the highest poverty rate in the world with SA blacks being the richest and more well looked after than them. Please make it make sense.
Re: Husbands, Widowers Can Take Their Wives Surnames - South Africa's highest Court by Lioness5280(f): 1:17pm On Sep 11, 2025
aribisala0:
The Zulus are labourers
Please define a laborer for me ?
Re: Husbands, Widowers Can Take Their Wives Surnames - South Africa's highest Court by Lioness5280(f): 1:20pm On Sep 11, 2025
silaswills01:
SA na one yeye country oo

If not for terrible leadership
Wetin AA get sef apart from nonsense
Focus on policing people's lives and personal decisions and let the SA focus on dealing with government ineptitude.
Re: Husbands, Widowers Can Take Their Wives Surnames - South Africa's highest Court by FavouriteOfGod(f): 1:21pm On Sep 11, 2025
huh shocked
I can only imagine how this would feel 🤔
Re: Husbands, Widowers Can Take Their Wives Surnames - South Africa's highest Court by Samantha125(f): 1:29pm On Sep 11, 2025
A few days ago you were just telling us how you prefer a male reproductive anatomy over a female one, what does that makes you?🤔🤔🤔
Jman06:
Just as more South African men have become homosexuals after the law was passed, more of them would cease being traditional just a few years from now following the passage of this law!
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