Africa Customary Succession
draft
Patrilineal/matrilineal systems, family council decisions, communal property, widow rights, lobola, land tenure, constitutional challenges.
- Jurisdiction
- ZA
- Legal Systems
- customary law
- Version
- 1.0.0
- INHERIT Compatibility
- >=1.0.0 <2.0.0
- Last Verified
- 2026-03-26
- Responsible Organisation
- Testate Technologies Ltd
Legal Sources
Reform of Customary Law of Succession and Regulation of Related Matters Act 11 of 2009 (ZA), various constitutional court decisions
Schema Properties
| Property | Type | Required | Format | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ethnicGroup | string | ✓ | ||
customaryRules | [] | |||
familyCouncilDecisions | [] | |||
communalPropertyDetails | [] | |||
widowRights | [] | |||
lobolaDetails | object | Derive fullyPaid from totalAgreed === paidToDate | ||
landTenureDetails | object[] | |||
constitutionalChallenges | object[] | |||
notes | string |
Maintainers
- Testate Technologies— Testate Technologies Ltdlead