Human evolution has long been tied to growing brain size, and new research suggests prenatal hormones may have played a surprising role. By studying the relative lengths of index and ring fingers — a ...

MANILA, Philippines—The runways of existing and future airports must now have a length of at least 2,100 meters in order to accommodate larger aircraft and eventually reduce airfare, the Department of ...

The evolution of the human species is marked by an increase in brain size. Now new research suggests that could be partly dependent on increases in prenatal estrogen—revealed by looking at the length ...

South Africa’s Constitutional Court has handed down a landmark judgment that clarifies how property rights operate when couples move from a customary marriage to a civil marriage. The judgment, handed ...

The Constitutional Court has declined to confirm the Pretoria High Court's declaration that the Recognition of Customary Marriage Act is constitutionally invalid. The divorce case in question involved ...

THE Constitutional Court's landmark ruling on antenuptial contracts signed after customary marriages affects thousands of South African couples and could lead to significant financial implications for ...

The Constitutional Court (ConCourt) has ruled that a civil marriage does not overlook an existing customary marriage. But, instead, creates a single continuous marriage governed by different legal ...

The Constitutional Court (ConCourt) has found that a divorced couple’s antenuptial contract, signed after their customary marriage, is invalid because it was never formalised through the courts. The ...

Some Lagos-based lawyers have underscored the importance of bride price in validating customary divorces, warning that a woman may remain married even after a court-ordered divorce if customary ...

The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has ruled that a customary marriage concluded in 2002 between Ntombizakhe Dladla and Wonderboy Manana is valid and nullified the man's second secret wedding.

A High Court judge has criticised practices in some Kenyan communities that continue to treat women as subordinate to men, particularly in matters of property ownership and decision-making. Justice ...