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Home Affairs on final week to register customary marriages before 31 August deadline | SA News

The Department of Home Affairs reminds members of the public that there are only six days left to register qualifying customary marriages before the special registration period closes on 31 August 2026.

The special registration period, which began on 1 September 2024, enables parties to customary marriages that were not registered within the prescribed period to regularise their marital status. This includes marriages concluded before the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act came into effect in November 2000, as well as those concluded thereafter but not registered within the required timeframe.

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