By Chipo Mahlangu* Death is never a welcome development, but it is inevitable, nevertheless. Acknowledging that death is real and inevitable is not failure or lack of faith but victory and pragmatism. It gives one the opportunity to think and plan objectively for the future. A discussion on Estate Planning shall be done hereunder in […]
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By Chipo Mahlangu* 1. Background 1.1. On the 27th May 2022, the President of Zimbabwe passed into law a new marriages law, the Marriages Act [Chapter 5:17]. It came into operation on the 16th September 2022. The new marriages regime consolidates the laws relating to marriages, introduces a qualified civil marriage, provides for the recognition […]
By Chipo Mahlangu* 1. Background On the 28th December 2020 the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe, the highest Appellate Court in the country delivered a critical judgment involving testamentary disposition of properties in terms of the Zimbabwean laws thus putting to rest the question whether or not there is a law which binds a spouse desirous […]