"There is nothing African in our own justice system" - Traditionalist, Professor Velaphi Mkhize reacts to Constitutional Court ruling allowing husbands to take their wives' surnames

The Constitutional Court has confirmed that Section 26(1)(a) to (c) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act is unconstitutional insofar as it unfairly discriminates on the basis of gender, by failing to afford men the right to assume the surname of women after marriage. This after the applicants, Jana Jordaan and Henry Van Der Merwe as well as Jess Donnelly-Bornman and Andreas Nicolas Bornman turned to the apex court in March this year for a confirmation of invalidity against the said section. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to SABC reporter on this story, Canny Maphanga and Founder of Umsamo Institute, Professor Velaphi Mkhize