Uhulumeni waseNingizimu Afrika ubheka ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukuthi kuvunyelwe abesifazane ukuthi babe nabayeni abaningi - isiphakamiso esisuse umsindo kubantu abagcina imvelo ezweni, ngokusho kwe-BGNES. Isiphakamiso sokwamukelwa kwe-polyandry sifakiwe ku-Green Paper (umbhalo kahulumeni noma yimuphi umuntu onentshisekelo angafunda futhi angenza ngawo iziphakamiso, ikakhulukazi ngaphambi kokuba umthetho uguqulwe noma umusha) woMnyango Wezangaphakathi waseNingizimu Afrika, inhloso iwukwenza umshado ubandakanyeke kakhudlwana. Inketho ingenye kweminingi emqulwini ophelele, kodwa isiqubule inkulumompikiswano eshubile eNingizimu Afrika. Isithembu, lapho amadoda eshada namakhosikazi amaningi, sisemthethweni ezweni. "INingizimu Afrika izuze ifa lombuso womshado osekelwe emasikweni kaCalvin kanye namaKristu aseNtshonalanga," kusho lo mbhalo, wengeza ngokuthi imithetho yamanje yemishado "ayisekelwe yinqubomgomo yomhlaba wonke esekelwe ezimisweni zomthethosisekelo kanye nokuqonda ukuguquguquka komshado esikhathini samanje. izikhathi.
Lo mbhalo uthi umthetho wamanje uvumela imishado yezingane futhi awubanikezeli abashadile abashintsha ubulili babo futhi bafuna ukuhlala beshadile ukuze bahlukanise. Njengengxenye yemizamo yokuqinisa inqubomgomo yemishado, umnyango ubonisana nabaholi bendabuko, kanjalo amalungelo abantu izishoshovu namanye amaqembu, ezindabeni ezibalulekile. Izishoshovu zamalungelo abantu "ziphikisa ngokuthi ukulingana kudinga ukuthi i-polyandry yamukelwe ngokomthetho njengohlobo lomshado." Izikhulu zathola ukuthi abantu banemibono ehluke kakhulu ngomshado, kodwa esinye isiphakamiso siwukwenza uhlelo lomshado “olungathathi hlangothi ngobulili”. “INingizimu Afrika ingaqeda ukuhlukaniswa kwemishado ngokobuhlanga, ubulili, inkolo namasiko,” kusho isiphakamiso. “Lokhu kusho ukuthi iNingizimu Afrika ingase ibe nesimiso esimbaxa-mbili sokushada komuntu oyedwa noma isithembu.” Ngenxa yesici sokungathathi hlangothi kobulili, le nketho izosebenza kubo bobabili abesifazane nabesilisa uma iba umthetho futhi ngenxa yalokho ivumela i-polyandry. Abe-Conservatives ezweni bashaqekile ngalesi siphakamiso. Umgxeki kakhulu ngalesi siphakamiso nguMusa Mseleku, isihlabani sangempela esinamakhosikazi amane. “Ngilwela ukulingana,” kusho uMseleku kuvidiyo ngoMeyi. Uphikisa ngokuthi i-polyandry ingangabaza ububaba bezingane. "Izoba ngowamuphi umndeni le ngane?" Kubuza uMseleku. “Ngaphezu kwalokho, singabantu abangokomoya,” enezela. "Imimoya yethu, umdali wethu, wenze isiqiniseko sokuthi sidalwe ngaleyo ndlela." “Kuyinto engavamile emicabangweni yethu,” esho. Futhi ubonisa ukuthi “ukuvikela ukuba khona kwethu kubalulekile kokubili esizukulwaneni samanje nasesikhathini esizayo.”
Umbono wokuthi i-polyandry akuyona i-Afrika yangempela nayo yandile phakathi kwabaholi bezenkolo, ngokusho komnyango wezangaphakathi. Lo mbhalo uphawula ukuthi izingxoxo nabaholi bendabuko zembula ukuthi bakholelwa ukuthi “abesilisa kuphela abavunyelwe ukuba nabafazi abaningi.” Lo mbhalo wengeze ngokuthi: “Ngakho-ke, abaholi bendabuko babheka i-polyandry njengomkhuba ongamukelekile ngoba awuveli e-Afrika.” UMfundisi Kenneth Mesho, ongumholi we-African Christian Democratic Party, naye usiphikisa lesi siphakamiso. Engxoxweni nenkampani kamabonakude yaseNingizimu Afrika, i-eNCA, uMesho uthe nakuba isithembu “kuwumkhuba owamukelekayo”, ukuba nesithembu akunjalo. “Abesilisa banomona futhi banomona,” kusho uMesho echaza ukuthi kungani imishado eminingi ingeke iphumelele.
Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kulo mbhalo izikhulu zathi “yize ezinye izinhlaka zikholelwa ekutheni isithembu bakhona abasiphikisayo. Lokhu kusebenza ngokulinganayo kumkhuba we-polyandry. Okuxakayo ukuthi ababambiqhaza abakholelwa esithembu bayaphikisana nesithembu. Uhulumeni waseNingizimu Afrika uxoxisana nalo mbhalo zingama-30 Juni, umema imibono ngazo zonke iziphakamiso.
