By Chanel September
1 December 2006
Parliament has met its Constitutional Court deadline, and gay and lesbian South Africans can now get married.
This comes after Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka signed the civil union bill into law in Pretoria on Wednesday night in the absence of President Thabo Mbeki.
The new Civil Union Act 2006 will make provision for same-sex couples to get married or enter into a civil partnership.
Glen de Swart, health and research manager for gay rights group Triangle Project told a daily newspaper that this is a significant step for South African gay couples, but not everybody is pleased as many religious groups expressed their unhappiness with the bill yesterday.
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