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SOUTH AFRICAN LAW COMMISSION

PROJECT 90

THE HARMONISATION OF THE COMMON LAW AND THE INDIGENOUS LAW

REPORT ON CUSTOMARY MARRIAGES

August 1998

Table of Contents

TO DR AM OMAR, MP, MINISTER OF JUSTICE

I am honoured to submit to you in terms of section 7(1) of the South African Law Commission Act, 1973 (Act 19 of 1973), for your consideration the Commission’s Report on Customary Marriages.

I MAHOMED
CHAIRPERSON: SA LAW COMMISSION

AUGUST 1998

INTRODUCTION

The South African Law Commission was established by the South African Law Commission Act, 1973 (Act 19 of 1973).

The members of the Commission are -

The Honourable Mr Justice I Mahomed (Chairperson)
The Honourable Mr Justice PJJ Olivier (Vice-Chairperson)
The Honourable Madam Justice JY Mokgoro
Professor RT Nhlapo
Adv JJ Gauntlett SC
Ms Z Seedat
Mr P Mojapelo

The Secretary is Mr W Henegan. The Commission’s offices are on the 12th floor, Corner of Andries and Schoeman Streets, Pretoria. Correspondence should be addressed to:

The Secretary
South African Law Commission
Private Bag X668
PRETORIA
0001

Telephone: (012) 322-6440
Telefax: (012) 320-0936
E-mail: lawcom@salawcom.org.za
Internet site: http://www.law.wits.ac.za/salc/salc.html

The project leader responsible for this project is Professor RT Nhlapo.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF ASSISTANCE

The Commission gratefully acknowledges the financial grant from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) which enabled the Commission to conduct research, to prepare documents for discussion, to consult countrywide on its recommendations, and to print this report.