29/07/2025 Bertus Preller Cohabitation, Cohabitation trends, Common Law Marriage in South Africa, Common Law Wife, Cultural shifts, Customary Law, Customary marriage requirements, Divorce, Divorce Statistics, Life Partnerships, Lobola negotiations, Marriage, Marriage decline, Marriage registration, Marriage Statistics South Africa, Social change, South Africa marriage rates child support, civil marriages, civil unions, cohabitation rights, cohabitation trends, cultural shifts, customary marriages, Domestic Partnerships, economic factors, family formation, Family Law, gender dynamics, ilobolo, Legal Protection, lobola, maintenance, marriage age, Marriage Alternatives, marriage decline, marriage policy, marriage statistics, relationship choices, relationship trends, single parents, social change, South Africa marriage rates, Stats SA, unmarried couples, wedding statistics From 186,000 to 99,000: How South Africa Lost Nearly Half Its Marriages in Just 15 Years. The Global Marriage Decline: Understanding South Africa's Changing Relationship Landscape Marriage, once considered a universal milestone in adult life, is undergoing a dramatic transformation worldwide. A comprehensive new study by… READ MORE
03/07/2025 Bertus Preller Constitutional Court customary law, Customary Law, Customary marriage dissolution, Customary Marriages, Desertion, Lobola negotiations, Marriage registration, Netshituka principle, Recognition of Customary Marriages Act, Recognition of Customary Marriages Act, Section 8 RCMA, Traditional marriage validity Alexkor case, candidate attorneys, civil marriage nullity, civil marriage void, Constitutional Court customary law, court decree divorce, customary law South Africa, customary marriage dissolution, customary union, desertion marital home, estate administration, estate distribution, family law attorneys, family law practitioners, inheritance rights, irretrievable breakdown, judicial oversight, law students, lobola negotiations, marriage registration requirements, Netshituka principle, polygamous marriages, Recognition of Customary Marriages Act, Section 8 RCMA, spousal consent, Supreme Court appeal, traditional marriage validity Desertion Does Not Dissolve: Eastern Cape High Court Clarifies Customary Marriage Dissolution Requirements in N.N and Others v B.N and Others (3932/2024) [2025] ZAECMHC 46 (5 June 2025). Factual Matrix: A Tale of Two Marriages and Competing Claims to the Deceased Estate This case presents a complex factual scenario involving competing matrimonial claims that unfolded over several decades.… READ MORE