<div style='margin-bottom: 20px;'> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px; background-color: #f2f2f2; border-radius: 1rem; padding: 10px 20px;"> <h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What Act was significantly amended to address the recognition of Customary Marriages in 1998?</h2> <p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">The Recognition of Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998.</p> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px; background-color: #f2f2f2; border-radius: 1rem; padding: 10px 20px;"> <h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">How does the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act define 'Customary Marriage'?</h2> <p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">A marriage concluded in accordance with Customary Law.</p> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px; background-color: #f2f2f2; border-radius: 1rem; padding: 10px 20px;"> <h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What are the legal requirements for a valid customary marriage concluded after 15 November 2000 under the RCMA?</h2> <p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Both spouses must be over 18, consent to the marriage, and the marriage must be in accordance with customary law.</p> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px; background-color: #f2f2f2; border-radius: 1rem; padding: 10px 20px;"> <h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What does section 3(1)(b) of the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act require for a marriage to be recognized?</h2> <p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">The marriage must be negotiated, concluded, or celebrated according to customary law.</p> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px; background-color: #f2f2f2; border-radius: 1rem; padding: 10px 20px;"> <h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What can lead to an invalid customary marriage according to the text?</h2> <p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Non-compliance with full payment for lobola, lack of handing over or integration of the bride, or not performing certain rituals inherent in customary marriages.</p> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px; background-color: #f2f2f2; border-radius: 1rem; padding: 10px 20px;"> <h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">How does the RCMA address marriages between persons related by blood or affinity?</h2> <p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">The prohibition of a customary marriage on account of relationship by blood or affinity is determined by customary law, which varies among tribes.</p> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px; background-color: #f2f2f2; border-radius: 1rem; padding: 10px 20px;"> <h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">Can the validity of a customary marriage be solely determined by the payment of Lobolo?</h2> <p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">No, courts have validated marriages even where Lobolo payments were incomplete, considering the broader context and circumstances.</p> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px; background-color: #f2f2f2; border-radius: 1rem; padding: 10px 20px;"> <h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What did the court in the Maluleke case conclude about the evolution of customary marriage?</h2> <p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Customary marriage has evolved over the years, and this evolution has been accepted by South African courts.</p> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px; background-color: #f2f2f2; border-radius: 1rem; padding: 10px 20px;"> <h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">How does the SCA view the evolution of rituals and customs in customary marriages?</h2> <p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Rituals and customs develop and change along with society, and certain customs have been replaced with Western customs.</p> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px; background-color: #f2f2f2; border-radius: 1rem; padding: 10px 20px;"> <h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What are the main objectives of the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998?</h2> <p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">To recognize Customary Marriages, specify validity requirements, regulate registration and dissolution, and ensure equal status for spouses.</p> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px; background-color: #f2f2f2; border-radius: 1rem; padding: 10px 20px;"> <h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What is 'Lobolo' according to the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act?</h2> <p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Property in cash or kind given by the prospective husband or his family to the prospective wife's family as consideration for a customary marriage.</p> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px; background-color: #f2f2f2; border-radius: 1rem; padding: 10px 20px;"> <h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What legal requirement must customary marriages concluded before 15 November 2000 meet according to the codes of Zulu law?</h2> <p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">The consent of the father or guardian of the intended wife and husband, if minors, and a public declaration of consent by the prospective wife.</p> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px; background-color: #f2f2f2; border-radius: 1rem; padding: 10px 20px;"> <h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What does the first stage of entering into a customary marriage involve according to Sila v Masuku 1937?</h2> <p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Visits, pourparlers, exchange of social courtesies, establishing concord between groups, culminating in consent to the marriage.</p> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px; background-color: #f2f2f2; border-radius: 1rem; padding: 10px 20px;"> <h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What was the key issue in the Maluleke v Minister of Home Affairs case regarding the validity of a customary marriage?</h2> <p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">The validity of the marriage was challenged because the imvume ritual did not take place.</p> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px; background-color: #f2f2f2; border-radius: 1rem; padding: 10px 20px;"> <h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What did the SCA find in Tsambo v Sengadi regarding the ritual of handing over the bride?</h2> <p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">It was an important factor but not a key determinant of a valid customary marriage.</p> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px; background-color: #f2f2f2; border-radius: 1rem; padding: 10px 20px;"> <h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">How many stages are involved in entering into a customary marriage, and can these stages vary?</h2> <p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">There are three distinct stages involved, and they can vary from custom to custom.</p> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px; background-color: #f2f2f2; border-radius: 1rem; padding: 10px 20px;"> <h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">In the Mbungela & another v Mkabi & others case, what did the trial Court find about the requirement of handing over the bride?</h2> <p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">The handing over of the bride was not necessarily a key determinant of a valid customary marriage, and its waiver did not invalidate the marriage.</p> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px; background-color: #f2f2f2; border-radius: 1rem; padding: 10px 20px;"> <h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What role does 'Lobolo' play in a customary marriage according to traditional views?</h2> <p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Lobolo serves as a sign of appreciation, enhances the wife's dignity, acts as a cultural symbol, and transfers authority over the daughter from her family to her husband.</p> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px; background-color: #f2f2f2; border-radius: 1rem; padding: 10px 20px;"> <h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What is the court's obligation regarding living customary law according to Tsambo v Sengadi?</h2> <p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">The court's obligation is to give effect to the living customary law, implying that failure to comply with all historical rituals should not invalidate a marriage negotiated, concluded, or celebrated in accordance with customary law.</p> </div> </div>