Anti-Terrorism

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Equity, Women and Customary Law

EQUITY, WOMEN AND CUSTOMARY LAW

According to an article in The Maravi Post, on 3^rd September 2013, the Court of Appeal of  Gaborone, Bostwana, in the case of Ramantele vs Mmusi & Ors., on the issue of whether daughters can inherit family property under customary law, held unanimously in favour of four sisters rejecting a long history of inheritance matters that favoured only males. Under the Ngwaketse customary law only males had the right of inheritance.

The rationale for the judgment was in accordance with the principles of justice, equity, and good conscience.

Justice Isaac Lesetedi, the lead judge, wrote in the court's decision:

"Constitutional values of equality before the law, and the increased leveling of the power structures with more and more women heading households and participating with men as equals in the public sphere and increasingly in the private sphere, demonstrate that there is no rational and justifiable basis for sticking to the narrow norms of days gone by when such norms go against current value systems."