, LJU4804 PORTFILIO (COMPLETE ANSWERS)
Semester 2 2025 - DUE 17 October 2025
LJU4804 Private International Law: Oct/Nov 2025 Portfolio
Exam
The portfolio runs from 10 - 17 October 2025.
Question 1
Instructions: Read the set of facts below and answer the
questions that follow.
Patrick and Ruth Mulenga got married in Zanzibar (Tanzania) in
December 1982. At the time of entering into the marriage they
were both Zambian citizens and domiciled in Zambia. Mrs
Mulenga was seventeen years old and Mr Mulenga was thirty
years old when they got married. They entered into an
antenuptial contract excluding community of property and all
forms of profit sharing. Shortly after concluding the marriage,
the parties relocated to Johannesburg (South Africa) and
established their domicile there. The reason for the relocation
was that Mr Mulenga took up an offer as a senior executive of a
large retail company based in South Africa. Two children were
born of the marriage and Mrs Mulenga cared for them full time.
In 2022, Mrs Mulenga instituted divorce proceedings against Mr
Mulenga in the South Gauteng High Court.
1.1 Formal validity of marriage
Semester 2 2025 - DUE 17 October 2025
LJU4804 Private International Law: Oct/Nov 2025 Portfolio
Exam
The portfolio runs from 10 - 17 October 2025.
Question 1
Instructions: Read the set of facts below and answer the
questions that follow.
Patrick and Ruth Mulenga got married in Zanzibar (Tanzania) in
December 1982. At the time of entering into the marriage they
were both Zambian citizens and domiciled in Zambia. Mrs
Mulenga was seventeen years old and Mr Mulenga was thirty
years old when they got married. They entered into an
antenuptial contract excluding community of property and all
forms of profit sharing. Shortly after concluding the marriage,
the parties relocated to Johannesburg (South Africa) and
established their domicile there. The reason for the relocation
was that Mr Mulenga took up an offer as a senior executive of a
large retail company based in South Africa. Two children were
born of the marriage and Mrs Mulenga cared for them full time.
In 2022, Mrs Mulenga instituted divorce proceedings against Mr
Mulenga in the South Gauteng High Court.
1.1 Formal validity of marriage
