fraudulent marriageof registering the marriage without her consent. She claimed the department’s database registered her as a wife to a Mr Muhammad who is based in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.This has been a serious headache as she is unable to get married to her fiancé – they have been together for more than 20 years.
“I was told that the surname of my child should be Muhammad. Shockingly, the home affairs official advised me to register my son under this unknown man’s surname, while I am still waiting for the issue to be addressed. “What worries me most is the fact that my partner will end up thinking that I know this Muhammad. I am told that there are people who collude with foreign nationals and get married for money. So my partner will end up associating me with them.”The 47-year-old mother of three claimed whenever she went to the Mhala home affairs branch where the alleged marriage was registered, they always told her they would telephone her when the investigations start, but they never did.
SAHRC provincial manager Eric Mokonyama said Mgwenya was not the only woman complaining about fraudulent marriages in the province.
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