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17280/02-CT
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Judgment

Sneller Verbatim/CT

In the High Court of South Africa

(Transvaal Provincial Division)

Pretoria

Case No: 17280/02

2002-10-18


In the matter between
M A Fourie 1st Applicant
C J Bonthuys 2nd Applicant
and
Minister van Binnelandse Sake 1st Respondent
Direkteur-Generaal van Binnelandse Sake 2nd Respondent
The Lesbian and Gay Equality Project (Amicus Curiae)




Judgment




Roux J: The Applicants, females, have been living together since June 1994. Their's appears to be a sincere and abiding relationship. Indeed they claim to be married. The relief they seek is first a declaratory order and secondly a mandamus against the first and