Court decides funeral fight urgently, but sympathetically
Couples in customary marriages are urged to register their marriages as soon as they can to avoid disputes about burial
03 August 2023 - 17:47
A man tried to stop the funeral of his deceased partner after her family began funeral proceedings in the Eastern Cape, instead of closer to him in the Johannesburg.
Both he and her family scheduled funerals on the same day, in different provinces. The court had to decide therefore “which funeral should go ahead”...
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