Cabinet approved the Marriages Amendment Bill
www.herald.co.zw May 09, 2019
The Amendment Bill seeks to repeal and replace the Customary Marriages Act (Chapter 5:07) and the Marriages Act (Chapter 5:11) so as to emerge with one Act governing marriages in the country.
The objectives of the Bill are, inter alia: - Ensuring gender equality; - Recognising the rights of women, youth and children; - Recognising the rights of culture groups and the preservation of culture values and practices which enhance the dignity; well-being and equality of the people; - Providing for free and full consent to marriage by intending parties; - To accord the primacy of the best interests of the child; - Prohibition of same-sex marriages; and - The recognition of the supremacy of the Constitution which invalidates, any law, practice, custom and conduct inconsistent with the Constitution.