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More than a Break Up - "A Life shift"

02 February 2026,  Phoebe Minnie

Divorce is a life-changing event that affects more than just the two people involved. In South Africa, the effects of... divorce ripple through families, communities and an even broader society.

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Can a divorce be mediated?

02 February 2026,  Crystelle Steyn

Yes, many divorces can be resolved through mediation, providing a cost-effective and less adversarial alternative to litigation.

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Do I Have to Divorce my Customary Marriage Wife even though our Customary Marriage was not registered at the Department of Home Affairs?

02 February 2026,  Allan Lesesa

Customary marriages govern majority of marriages in South Africa. It is common that customary law in its own right is... not general across different groups of people who practice it at any given time.

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Advice to Individuals Who Entered a Civil Marriage While Still Married Under Customary Law

22 January 2026,  Puleng Valentine Tladi

Recently, a friend of mine informed me about a situation involving her brother-in-law. A few years ago, he married a... woman in terms of a customary marriage in a rural area. 

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More than a Break Up - "A Life shift"

02 February 2026,  Phoebe Minnie

Divorce is a life-changing event that affects more than just the two people involved. In South Africa, the effects of... divorce ripple through families, communities and an even broader society.

READ MORE
111
Article

Can a divorce be mediated?

02 February 2026,  Crystelle Steyn

Yes, many divorces can be resolved through mediation, providing a cost-effective and less adversarial alternative to litigation.

READ MORE
75
Article

Do I Have to Divorce my Customary Marriage Wife even though our Customary Marriage was not registered at the Department of Home Affairs?

02 February 2026,  Allan Lesesa

Customary marriages govern majority of marriages in South Africa. It is common that customary law in its own right is... not general across different groups of people who practice it at any given time.

READ MORE
117
Article

Advice to Individuals Who Entered a Civil Marriage While Still Married Under Customary Law

22 January 2026,  Puleng Valentine Tladi

Recently, a friend of mine informed me about a situation involving her brother-in-law. A few years ago, he married a... woman in terms of a customary marriage in a rural area. 

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Your creative works are protected!

15 July 2022

With technology and accessibility to creative tools, platforms and social media expanding the ease and accessibility of creating anything from... your own music to a short film and everything in between, it raises the question of copyright protection and how far it goes to protect your creative output in a world where sharing, copying, linking and passing on of information is only a click away.

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Copyright Amendment Bill: Unsound proposals in relation to sound recordings

14 July 2017

I am a musician and own a number of my sound recordings which I have independently produced and manage. I’m... troubled by the latest Copyright Amendment Bill which now seems to require me to join a collecting society if I want to ensure that my sound recordings are played on air by radio stations. Is my interpretation of the Bill correct?

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