ASSIGNMENT 2 SEMESTER 1 2024
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Assignment 1
Semester 1 2024
Question 1
Discuss the Implications of section 211(3) of the Constitution Act 108 of 1996 for the
recognition of customary law
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Question 2
Liema married Lerato by customary law in January 1999. He later also married Palesa
by customary law rites on 10 December 2006. Three girls were born from the marriage
with Lerato, and two boys were born from the marriage with Palesa. At the time when
he married Palesa, Liema used the property allotted to Lerato’s house to provide
lobolo for Palesa. The lobolo received from the customary marriage for one of his
daughters with Lerato was also used to settle lobolo for one of Palesa’s sons. Liema,
Lerato and Palesa approach you for advice regarding the following.
i) The proprietary consequences of the customary marriage between Liema and Lerato.
(5)
ii) The question whether the customary marriage between Liema and Palesa is valid
despite failure by Sello to obtain a court order, in terms of section7(6) of the
Recognition of Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998, for the approval of a contract
which regulates the future matrimonial property system of his marriages. (5)
iii) The question whether any debt was created when property allotted to Lerato’s
house was used to provide lobolo for the customary marriage with Palesa and when
the said property was also used to provide lobolo for the wife of one of Palesa’s sons.
(5)
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