IND2601 ASSIGNMENT 1 SEMESTER 2 2023 (738571) - DUE 29 August 2023
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Discuss the general characteristics of customary law relating to, i) The unwritten nature of African customary law (6) ii) Customary law as an expression...
Discuss the general characteristics of customary law relating to,
i) The unwritten nature of African customary law (6)
ii) Customary law as an expression of community values (6)
iii) The role of magico-religious conceptions of customary law (8)
iv) Group orientation nature (5) [25]
Question 2
Sello married Mapule by customary law in January 1999. He later also married Mpume 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 Mapule’s house to provide lobolo for Mpume.
The lobolo received from the customary marriage for one of his daughters withMapule was
also used to settle lobolo for one of Mpume’s sons. Sello, Mapule and Mpume approach you
for advice regarding the following
i) The proprietary consequences of the customary marriage between Sello and Mapule. (5)
ii) 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)
iii) 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) [15]
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