The Government of the Republic of South Africa (South Africa) has developed a law that will solve multi-men in the country. About such a sentence reports The Sun.
If the law is accepted, women in the republic will be able to marry several men at the same time. At the moment, the male population of South Africa can have several wives. The republic also officially resolves same-sex marriages and marriages between minors.
The bill caused protests from conservatives and some religious groups. Businessman and TV presenter Musa Mselet (Mseleku), who himself married four women, criticized the proposal of the authorities. “It will destroy African culture,” he said.
Professor Kollis Machoko (Collis Machoko), who studied Polyandria in Zimbabwe, told BBC News that the criticism of the law is connected with the desire of South Africans to preserve control over the female part of the population. “African societies are not ready for true equality. They do not understand what to do with women who cannot be monitored,” he stressed. According to him, the law challenges the patriarchals in South Africa.
In several countries, Africa regularly register cases of multi-minded. Similar marriages are in Nigeria, Zimbabwe and North Tanzania. Some states are not regulated by Polyandria legislatively, but also do not interfere with such unions. These countries include Kenya.