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Policy brief: The recognition of Customary marriages in Zimbabwe and the proposed Marriages Bill

The Zimbabwe Marriage Bill, 2019 was gazetted and released for public comment on 19 July 2019. The Bill proposes to amend the law governing marriage in Zimbabwe, in order to …

Staff Writer3 September 2019

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Zambia High Court to hear a commercial farming and displacement case

Lusaka—On Friday, the High Court in Zambia will hear evidence in Asa Lato and 30 Others v Davision Chibale and Others, a case challenging the allocation of the community’s customary…

Staff Writer29 August 2018

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Botswana: Women’s inheritance rights under customary law

SALC supported a case in Botswana before the High Court challenging a customary law rule which provides only for male inheritance of the family home.The case was an appeal from…

Staff Writer3 September 2013

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Policy brief: The recognition of Customary marriages in Zimbabwe and the proposed Marriages Bill

Zambia High Court to hear a commercial farming and displacement case

Botswana: Women’s inheritance rights under customary law

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