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A court in South Africa has that a man can now his wife's surname or have a double-barrelled name after marriage. Prior to this ruling, the country's Births and Deaths Registration Act had that a husband needed to to the Home Affairs department in order to take his wife's surname or to it. However, even if a man an application, there was no guarantee that it would be granted. The request was in many cases. The new decree that the law prohibiting a man from his spouse's family name was discriminatory on the basis of gender. It says a man has the right to the last name of a woman he marries.

The court's pronouncement has been with mixed reaction on social media. Many people the decision as being forward-thinking and a sign that the country was greater equality. They the fact that the previous law was in the colonial, apartheid era and was overly paternalistic. They also say the law continues South Africa's progressiveness. The country was the first in Africa to same-sex marriage. However, others have the new ruling. They it as counter to the country's traditions. One user on X said it would " the norms and values" of indigenous citizens.