IND2601 Assignment 1
(COMPLETE ANSWERS)
Semester 2 2025 - DUE
10 September 2025
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[Course title]
, IND2601 Assignment 1 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) Semester 2 2025 - DUE 10 September 2025
Course
African Customary Law (IND2601)
Institution
University Of South Africa (Unisa)
Book
Introduction to Legal Pluralism in South Africa
IND2601 Assignment 1 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) Semester 2 2025 - DUE 10 September 2025;
100% TRUSTED Complete, trusted solutions and explanations.
Sello married Mapule by customary law on January 1999. He later married Mpume also by
customary law rites on 10 December 2006. Three girls were born from the marriage with
Mapule and two boys were born from the marriage with Mpume. At the time when he married
Mpume, Sello used the property allotted to the house of Mapule to provide lobolo for Mpume.
The lobolo received from the customary marriage for one of his daughters of Mapule was also
used to settle lobolo for one of the sons of Mpume. Sello, Mapule and Mpume approach you for
advice regarding the following issues: 1.1 The proprietary consequences of the customary
marriage between Sello and Mapule. (5) 1.2 The question whether the customary marriage
between Sello and Mpume 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) 1.3 The
question whether any debt was created when property allotted to Mapule’s house was used to
provide lobolo for the customary marriage with Mpume and when the said property was also
used to provide lobolo for the wife of one of the sons of Mpume. (5) Question 2 Elaborate on
the Legislation, namely the Reform of Customary Law of Succession and Regulation of related
matters Act 11 of 2009 on how it defined 2.1 the concept of a descendant (5) 2.2 a spouse (5)
2.3 woman to woman marriages (5)
Question 1
Background:
Sello married Mapule in 1999 by customary law.
(COMPLETE ANSWERS)
Semester 2 2025 - DUE
10 September 2025
[Document subtitle]
[School]
[Course title]
, IND2601 Assignment 1 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) Semester 2 2025 - DUE 10 September 2025
Course
African Customary Law (IND2601)
Institution
University Of South Africa (Unisa)
Book
Introduction to Legal Pluralism in South Africa
IND2601 Assignment 1 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) Semester 2 2025 - DUE 10 September 2025;
100% TRUSTED Complete, trusted solutions and explanations.
Sello married Mapule by customary law on January 1999. He later married Mpume also by
customary law rites on 10 December 2006. Three girls were born from the marriage with
Mapule and two boys were born from the marriage with Mpume. At the time when he married
Mpume, Sello used the property allotted to the house of Mapule to provide lobolo for Mpume.
The lobolo received from the customary marriage for one of his daughters of Mapule was also
used to settle lobolo for one of the sons of Mpume. Sello, Mapule and Mpume approach you for
advice regarding the following issues: 1.1 The proprietary consequences of the customary
marriage between Sello and Mapule. (5) 1.2 The question whether the customary marriage
between Sello and Mpume 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) 1.3 The
question whether any debt was created when property allotted to Mapule’s house was used to
provide lobolo for the customary marriage with Mpume and when the said property was also
used to provide lobolo for the wife of one of the sons of Mpume. (5) Question 2 Elaborate on
the Legislation, namely the Reform of Customary Law of Succession and Regulation of related
matters Act 11 of 2009 on how it defined 2.1 the concept of a descendant (5) 2.2 a spouse (5)
2.3 woman to woman marriages (5)
Question 1
Background:
Sello married Mapule in 1999 by customary law.
