Government reviews Marriage Act amid calls over same-sex unions

The government is edging cautiously into one of its most sensitive social debates, as it reviews marriage laws while maintaining an officially neutral stance on homosexuality.

Serowe South MP Leepetswe Lesedi asked the Minister of Labour and Home Affairs, Pius Mokgware whether the government might legalise same-sex marriage and how it is responding to growing calls for broader LGBTQ acceptance.

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