Understand the tax implications before you tie the knot iol.co.za - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from iol.co.za Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A panel discussion weighs in on a Constitutional Court divorce matter of a woman challenging section 7(3) of the Divorce Act that excludes those married out of community of property, and without accrual after 1984, from potentially being able to claim from their spouses estates if they divorce.
Victory for 400,000 SA black women as marital law ruled unconstitutional The high court found in favour of the applicants and declared that the act discriminated against black persons married before 1988, in particular, black women. Picture: freeimages.com.
5 hours ago
JOHANNESBURG - Prior to 1988, racist legislation in South Africa stipulated that black couples in civil, registered unions were automatically married out of community of property except under special circumstances. This discriminated against hundreds of thousands of women across the country - until Wednesday, when a court ruling changed all of that.
The Constitutional Court confirmed a previous 2020 ruling by the Durban High Court when it ruled on Wednesday that section 21(2)(a) of the Matrimonial Property Act (MPA) 88 of 1984 was unconstitutional and invalid to the extent that it maintained and perpetuated the discrimination c