Proprietary consequences of customary marriages
Section 7 of the Recognition Of The Customary Marriages Act Source: MARISSA BEYERS, PRO BONO COORDINATOR, LAW SOCIETY OF NORTHERN PROVINCES Section 7(6) of the
Section 7 of the Recognition Of The Customary Marriages Act Source: MARISSA BEYERS, PRO BONO COORDINATOR, LAW SOCIETY OF NORTHERN PROVINCES Section 7(6) of the
In the case of Maneli v Maneli handed down on 19 April 2010 the South Gauteng High Court ruled that children adopted through Xhosa customary
An adoptive father has a legal duty to maintain the minor child he and the applicant adopted in terms of Xhosa customary law Source: Marissa
The Constitutional Court has declared laws governing primogeniture – which allows complete inheritance by the eldest male descendant –to be unconstitutional and invalid. In a landmark ruling
Act 11 of 2009, gives effect to the decisions of the Constitutional Court in Moseneke and Bhe (and other customary law of succession matters). Amongst