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On 02 June 2021, a consultative workshop was held with stakeholders from Mpumalanga, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces.<\/p>\n<p>Upcoming engagements on the Green Paper will be held as follows:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\t08 June (13:00-16:00), with Western Cape, Northern Cape and Free State-based stakeholders<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\t10 June (09:00-12:00), with Gauteng, Limpopo and North West-based stakeholders<\/p>\n<p>Members of the media wishing to receive the LINK for this virtual consultative stakeholder engagement may confirm their participation, latest Tuesday 08 June 2021 at 12h30.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Source: Government of South Africa<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Home Affairs will host a consultative stakeholder engagement on the Green Paper on Marriages in South Africa, on Tuesday, 8 June 2021 with stakeholders who are based in the Western Cape, the Northern Cape and the Free State Province.T&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - 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