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Marry for the right reasons

Source: Krugersdorp News, 19/02/2017

Minister urges the public to marry for love and says the Department is
to make getting hitched much easier.

The Minister of Home Affairs, Melusi Gigaba, announced on the evening
of Valentineâ€™s Day that the Department of Home Affairs is running a
campaign to make getting married easier. This follows after the
Department investigated and restricted over 4 000 fraudulent marriages
last year alone.

This is good news for those who plan to tie the knot, as the Minister
encouraged people to get married for love and not for citizenship as
is evident in places with high numbers of foreign nationals, such as
Krugersdorp, where people seem to marry for reasons other than
love.

â€œThe Department has been running a campaign to ensure that we improve
our systems to make marriages accessible and more convenient for South
Africans and all the people who wish to get married in our country,â€
said the Minister during a mass wedding on Cape Townâ€™s Robben Island.

He said the move serves to encourage people to get married for
the right reasons.

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