Umthetho waseMzantsi Afrika kunye neMitshato yesiThembu: Amalungelo, Imvume, noKhuseleko

EMzantsi Afrika, imitshato yesithembu iyamkelwa ngumthetho, kodwa ayisebenzi nje ngokuzenzekela ngaphandle kwemigangatho ecacileyo.

Le ngxoxo ihamba kunye nemiba yomtshato wesintu kunye ne-common law unions, kuba yonke le mimiselo ichaphazela indlela iintsapho ezakhiwa ngayo nokuba amalungu azo akhuselwe njani phantsi komthetho.

Yonke imitshato yesithembu eyangenwa phambi kwe-15 Novemba 2000 yamkelwa ngokusemthethweni, kuba loo mini yayiqala ukusebenza iRecognition of Customary Marriages Act.

Kodwa imitshato engenwe emva kwalo mhla ifuna ukuthobela iimfuno ezongezelelweyo ukuze iqinisekiswe ngokusemthethweni.

Xa indoda ifuna ukutshata umfazi wesibini, kufuneka kuqala ifumane ikhontrakthi yomtshato evunyiweyo yinkundla.

Isizathu soku kukuba imitshato yesintu iqala ngokuba yimpahla yoluntu (in community of property).

Ngoko ke, amalungelo omfazi wokuqala kwizabelo zempahla kufuneka akhuselwe ngaphambi kokuba kungene omnye umtshato.

Kubalulekile nokuba umfazi wokuqala anike imvume ecacileyo.

Njengoko umgaqo usitsho ngokucacileyo: “umfazi wokuqala kufuneka avume, hayi ukwaziswa nje kuphela.”

Emva koko, indoda kufuneka ibhale ikhontrakthi entsha eya kulawula onke amaqela omtshato wesithembu, kuquka nomfazi wokuqala.

Le khontrakthi intsha kufuneka ivunywe yinkundla kwaye ibhaliswe kwi-deeds office.

Ukuba umtshato wesithembu wenziwe ngomhla okanye emva kwe-16 Novemba 2000 ngaphandle kwale nkqubo, umfazi wesibini okanye wesithathu akafumani khuseleko lomthetho; ngumfazi wokuqala kuphela othathwa njengotshatileyo ngokusemthethweni.

Umzekelo woluntu odla ngokukhankanywa kulo mba nguMongameli wangaphambili uJacob Zuma, owaboniswa kunye nabafazi bakhe abathathu kwabathandathu.