{
  "id": 982305,
  "title": "How to Check If You Are Married",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/how-to-check-if-you-are-married",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-15T06:48:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KahawaTungu",
    "slug": "kahawatungu",
    "url": "https://kahawatungu.com/how-to-check-if-you-are-married/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Knowing how to check if you are married is important when you need to confirm your marital status for legal, financial, immigration, employment, or personal reasons. In South Africa, marriage records are maintained by the Department of Home Affairs. You can confirm your status through official records and documents rather than relying on informal information. [...] The post How to Check If You…",
  "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."
}