JOHANNESBURG - After saying I do, men can now say I choose.
The Constitutional Court has ruled husbands may take their wives’ surnames if they wish.
It struck down an apartheid-era law that gave this right only to women.
The judges called the law a colonial relic that discriminated based on gender.
Some hail it as a landmark win for equality, while others dismiss it as un-African.
The Progressive Women’s Movement is welcoming the ruling, saying it loosens the grip of harmful stereotypes.
Unpacking this is Lulama Nare from the movement.