Commission for Gender Equality calls for end to child marriages
(WorldNews Africa)

Johannesburg - As communities wind down for the festive season, the Commission for Gender Equality has called for an end to child marriages and for society to be vigilant particularly during this time of the year. `We are equally aware that underage marriages tend to increase during the festive season due to the availability of extra cash from bonuses,` the commission said in a statement adding the increase of this phenomenon was of a major concern. The organisation said a recent report by Statistics South Africa on underage marriages in South Africa pointed to a...