I only learned this because Black Coffee got divorced.
The more people I spoke to about it, the more I realised how few people know about it.
If lobola has been paid, your property might already be co-owned.
So I spoke to Cor van Deventer, a conveyancer at VDM Attorneys, to unpack what most South Africans are getting wrong.
Traditional marriages are legally recognised under the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act of 1999.
Once lobola is paid, you are legally married.
If no antenuptial contract was signed before lobola was paid, this means that if you jointly own a house and get divorced, you guys remain halvies on the house.
Whether Home Affairs paperwork exists or not is irrelevant. That is the part almost nobody plans for.
If you want to protect your real estate assets, an antenuptial contract must be signed before the lobola ceremony concludes.
The Black Coffee divorce tested this in court, and just yesterday the Constitutional Court confirmed it: antenuptial contracts signed after a customary marriage are not valid.
If you are getting married under customary law, treat the legal advice as part of the ceremony and not an afterthought.
Even when romance fades, paperwork lasts forever🖤
@AramexSA Yes, we had to collect it ourselves as you did not deliver it and we could not deal with further frustration. One of the most dissappointing clientele services I have ever experienced. @hificorp , we bought our TV from you. Why you use @AramexSA to deliver packages is beyond us!!
@AramexSA Not understanding how it is acceptable: Your truck is halted at an office park entrance and instead of contacting us to grant access / collect our parcel, you merely reschedule the delivery at your leisure. Your contact and complaints lines do not work! Please help!
@AramexSA WHAT IS GOING ON!!!!!! YOU SAID IT WILL BE DELIVERED AT 17H00 TODAY. WE ONLY NOW RECEIVED A MESSAGE SAYING IT WON'T BE DELIVERED!!!!!!!!!! I CANNOT DEAL WITH THIS ANYMORE!!!!!!
@AramexSA We had to now (again) rearrange for deliver today at 17h00 - this afternoon at Paulshof. This is the 3rd time delivery had to be rescheduled!! I want someone of Aramex to confirm to me that delivery will take place today AT 17H00 AT PAULSHOF!!!!!!!!!!!!
@AramexSA Where are you going to deliver the parcel? We have requested delivery in Midrand. If you are delivering in Paulshof, nobody will be there today!!! We made special arrangements to be there yesterday, but you did not deliver.
@AramexSA We were promised delivery between 18h00 and 20h00 tonight and it's still not delivered!! This is utterly frustrating and unprofessional! JDD3000058093001
@JoburgMPD where do I report your corrupt officials? 2 male JMPD Officers solicited me for a bribe on Wednesday evening, 6 Sept. They threatened to arrest me if I did not pay a bribe. This was on Rivonia Road. I have videos, a voice recording, the vehicle registration.
@JoburgMPD where do I report your corrupt officials? 2 male JMPD Officers solicited me for a bribe on Wednesday evening, 6 Sept. They threatened to arrest me if I did not pay a bribe. This was on Rivonia Road. I have videos, a voice recording, the vehicle registration.
@JoburgMPD where do I report your corrupt officials? 2 male JMPD Officers solicited me for a bribe on Wednesday evening, 6 Sept. They threatened to arrest me if I did not pay a bribe. This was on Rivonia Road. I have videos, a voice recording, the vehicle registration.
I will never ever understand the concept of those pseudo revolutionaries of ANC and EFF..
How will taking 6m jobs from White SAns going to sustain +50m Black population..?! No sense whatsoever..!!
Instead of promoting unity, they divide, wake up and work together Mzansi..!! 😏
@Vodacom@Vodacom111@VodafoneGroup Yesterday, you told me that you requested "urgent" and "priority" on my enquiry. I have still not heard anything from you!! More than a week since I have had to revert to Twitter for a platform to be heard! Disgusting lack of client care!!