We’ve been following the Women’s Legal Centre Trust v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others (2022) case since the beginning, and have written extensively on the Divorce Amendment Bill, which will grant women in Muslim marriages the same rights on divorce as their compatriots in conventional unions. Although the Bill was signed […]
Reprinted from Business Insider, by Kate Duffy – 2021-07-14 Bill Gates spoke about his divorce from Melinda French Gates at Allen & Co.’s billionaire-packed Sun Valley conference last week, sources told The New York Post on Monday. In an “off-the-record” Q&A session, CNBC host Becky Quick asked the Microsoft founder about his divorce from French Gates, which the couple announced […]
Reprinted from Business Insider, by Philip de Wet – 2021-06-22 The South African government should help couples to fight better, says a new policy document from the department of social development (DSD). And, while it should do what it can to strengthen family ties and support families during tough times, it should also be ready […]
When was the last time you went over your life insurance policy? Reprinted from Witbank News A general annual review is advisable to see if your insurance is up to date and whether you can still afford it. However, a general rule of thumb is that you should always update your policy whenever you have […]
File Picture: African News Agency A customary marriage one simply walked away from years ago without dissolving it through a divorce remains valid even after death. Such a marriage cannot also be rendered invalid because an estranged spouse went ahead and entered into a civil marriage with another person. Instead, it is the civil marriage […]
You may have to wait till at least May, due to the novel coronavirus Source: Business Insider SA Mar 19, 2020, 06:22 AM South African courts at all levels are imposing restrictions to comply with the call for social distancing in the face of the novel coronavirus. At magistrate’s courts, that means non-urgent matters are […]
One would think that divorce in couples over the age of fifty, together for years, would not be as common as for younger couples; however, statistics say otherwise. Grey Divorce is now a trend in the 21st century. In the 1990’s; 1 in 10 couples over the ago of 50 got divorced. Now; 1 in […]
StatsSA has published its marriages and divorces statistics for 2017. The report is based on a combination of population censuses, household sample surveys, and administrative data. Stats SA found that a total of 135,458 civil marriages, 2,588 customary marriages, and 1,357 civil unions were registered in 2017. A comparison with the 2016 data shows that […]
