The year 2022, marked a new era in family law in Zimbabwe, at least one may argue. The President of Zimbabwe signed into law the new Marriages Act [Chapter. 5:15], which repealed the Customary Marriages Act [Chapter 5:07] and the Marriage Act [Chapter 5:11]. The new Act brought in various changes to how one perceived […]
Offshore diamond prospecting threatens a fishing community in South Africa, while un-checked mining for the precious stones on land is silting up rivers in Zimbabwe. In Nigeria, serial polluter Shell is accused of not cleaning up a spill from a pipeline two months ago; the company says the spill was mostly water from flushing out […]
What happens to a person’s estate when he or she dies? At death the estate of the deceased person is frozen, and no-one may withdraw funds from the deceased’s bank accounts or deal with any of the estate assets without the necessary permission from the Master of the High Court. If the deceased was married […]
