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
18/12/2023 Bertus Preller Life Partnerships, Living Together, Universal Partnership Asset Division, Business Partnerships, Cohabitation Agreements, cohabitation rights, Common-Law Relationships, Contractual Relationships, Joint Ventures, legal obligations, Legal Protection, Legal Rights, Non-Marital Partnerships, Partnership Dissolution, Personal Rights, Prescription Law, Prescription Period, Property Division, South African Law, Universal Partnerships, unmarried couples Dividing the Fruits of A Universal Partnership – The Prescription Dilemma in Khan v Shaik (641/2019) [2020] ZASCA 108. Introduction In the Supreme Court of Appeal case of Khan v Shaik (641/2019) ZASCA 108, the South African courts grappled with a nuanced and complex question: Can a claim for… READ MORE
29/01/2022 Bertus Preller Cohabitation, Universal Partnership cohabitation, cohabitation agreement, Family Law, living together, unmarried couples Be careful, living together may cost you half of your assets when you breakup. Some case law in South Africa has far reaching consequences for unmarried couples who live together. In one case the court concluded that an unmarried woman who devoted all her time, effort… READ MORE