Category Archives: Property Law

UNDERSTANDING PROPERTY RIGHTS IN MARRIAGE IN THE  ZIMBABWEAN CONTEXT: THE NEW MARRIAGES ACT: CHAPTER 5:17

 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 […]