{
  "id": 3501558,
  "title": "Urgent: Register your customary marriage before the August 31, 2026 deadline",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/urgent-register-your-customary-marriage-before-the-august-31-2026",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-26T11:58:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/thepost/news/2026-08-26-urgent-register-your-customary-marriage-before-the-august-31-2026-deadline/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Couples have just six days left to register their customary marriages before the August 31, 2026 deadline. The Department of Home Affairs urges qualifying couples to act quickly to ensure their marital status is recognised.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}