03/10/2026 Bertus Preller Best Interests of the Child, Children, Constitutional Court customary law, Customary Law, Customary Marriages, gender equality, Imbeleko, Recognition of Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998, section 211(3), section 9 Constitution, Ulwaluko, Umgidi, Umngeno, Xhosa initiation age of majority, Attorney and Client Costs, Bhe case, co-holder consultation, customary law and Constitution, declaratory order, dependent adult child, final interdict, Gender Equality, Imbeleko, living customary law, Mbungela, MM v MN, parental responsibilities and rights, rule 6(12) urgency, section 18 Children's Act, section 211(3), Section 31 Children's Act, section 9 Constitution, Self-Created Urgency, Setlogelo, Shilubana, standing of parent, Superior Courts Act, Ulwaluko, Umgidi, Umngeno, Xhosa initiation, Z v Z A Mother’s Place at the Umgidi: Living Customary Law, Gender Equality and the Myth of the Magic Age of 18 — S.Z.Z v S.Z (2026/196397) [2026] ZAGPJHC 1099 (25 September 2026). The Facts: A Mother Excluded from Her Son's Rite of Passage In S.Z.Z v S.Z (2026/196397) ZAGPJHC 1099 (25 September 2026) a divorced mother approached the Gauteng Division, Johannesburg, on… READ MORE
20/03/2026 Bertus Preller Civil Unions, Customary Law, Customary marriage dissolution, Customary marriage requirements, Declining Marriage Rate South Africa 2026, Declining Marriage Rate South Africa 2026, Mariages, Marriage, Recognition of Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998 civil marriages South Africa, civil union trends South Africa, civil unions South Africa, customary marriage trends South Africa, customary marriages South Africa, December weddings South Africa, Department of Home Affairs marriages, family law South Africa, first marriage age South Africa, formal unions South Africa, Gauteng marriage statistics, KwaZulu-Natal marriage trends, later marriages South Africa, marriage analysis South Africa, marriage by province South Africa, marriage decline South Africa, marriage demographics South Africa, marriage rate South Africa 2024, marriage registration trends South Africa, marriage seasonality South Africa, marriage trends South Africa, Marriages and Divorces 2024, South Africa marriage registration, South Africa marriage statistics released 19 March 2026, South Africa marriage trends 2024, South Africa wedding statistics, South African marriage report 2026, Stats SA marriage statistics, Western Cape marriage statistics South Africa Marriage Trends 2024, Released on 19 March 2026: Fewer Weddings, Later Marriages and the Changing Shape of Formal Unions. Released on 19 March 2026: fewer marriages, later marriages, and a more differentiated formal union system. Prepared from Official Statistics South Africa data contained in Marriages and Divorces, 2024.Source note… READ MORE
22/01/2026 Bertus Preller Antenuptial Contracts, Antenuptial Contracts, Black Coffee, Black women property rights, Constitutional Court customary law, Constitutional law, Customary Law, Customary marriage dissolution, Customary marriage requirements, Customary Marriages, Divorce, Divorce summons South Africa, EB v ER Constitutional Court, In Community of Property, matrimonial asset division, Matrimonial Properties Act, Matrimonial property forfeiture, Out of community of property, Procedural Law, Recognition of Customary Marriages Act, Recognition of Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998, Recognition of Customary Marriages Act, Section 8 RCMA, Section 10(2) Antenuptial Contracts, black women property rights, civil marriages, community of property, Constitutional Court judgment, constitutional invalidity, creditor protection, customary law, customary marriages, Deeds Registries Act, dissenting judgment, family law South Africa, Gumede case, joint estate, judicial oversight, Majiedt J, marriage conversion, Matrimonial Property Act 88 of 1984, Matrimonial Property Regime, out of community of property, postnuptial contracts, Recognition of Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998, Rogers J, section 10(2), section 21 MPA, section 25 Constitution, section 7(2) Recognition Act, section 9 Constitution, spousal property rights, VVC v JRM The Antenuptial Contract Controversy: VVC v JRM and Others [2026] ZACC 2 (21 January 2026) and the Constitutional Court’s Divided Stance on Customary-to-Civil Marriage Conversions. Factual Matrix: From Customary Union to Civil Marriage and the Antenuptial Contract Conundrum The applicant, VVC, and the first respondent, JRM, entered into a customary marriage on 5 August 2011.… READ MORE