South Africa's Constitutional Court rules that men can take wife's surname
Latest News Today: Breaking News and Top Headlines 2025 South Africa’s highest court has ruled that husbands can take the surname of their wives, overturning a law that barred them from doing so. In a victory for two couples who brought the case, the Constitutional Court ruled that the law amounted to gender-based discrimination. Henry van der Merwe was denied the right to take the surname of…














