Revisiting the "to be or not to be" debate and comments on Netshituka v Netshituka 2011 5 SA 453 (SCA)

dc.contributor.authorMaithufi, Ignatius Philip
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-27T06:46:34Z
dc.date.available2017-02-27T06:46:34Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractDetermining the validity of a customary marriage or a civil marriage which was contracted during the subsistence of another marriage (a civil or customary marriage) has plagued South African courts for a number of years (see Maithufi “To be or not to be: Does this question still arise?“ 2013 TSAR 723). The general principle since Nkabula v Linda 1951 1 SA 377 (A) was that no customary marriage could exist in the face of a civil marriage. The effect was that a civil marriage dissolved a subsisting customary marriage between a husband and a woman other than his wife, by customary rites. It also meant that a customary marriage which was entered into during the subsistence of a civil marriage was null and void ab initio (Bennet Customary law in Southern Africa (2004) 239– 240).en_ZA
dc.description.departmentPrivate Lawen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2017en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.lexisnexis.co.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMaithufi, IP 2015, 'Revisiting the "to be or not to be" debate and comments on Netshituka v Netshituka 2011 5 SA 453 (SCA)', Journal of Contemporary Roman Dutch Law / Tydskrif Vir Hedendaagse Romeins-Hollandse Reg, vol. 78, pp. 307-317.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1682-4490
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/59166
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherLexisNexisen_ZA
dc.rightsLexisNexisen_ZA
dc.subjectValidityen_ZA
dc.subjectCustomary marriageen_ZA
dc.subjectCivil marriageen_ZA
dc.subjectCourtsen_ZA
dc.titleRevisiting the "to be or not to be" debate and comments on Netshituka v Netshituka 2011 5 SA 453 (SCA)en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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