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MAKWIRAMITI v FIDELITY LIFE ASSURANCE OF ZIMBABWE (PVT) LTD & ANOR 1998 (2) ZLR 471 (S)

1998 (2) ZLR p471

Citation

1998 (2) ZLR 471 (S)

Case No

Judgment No. S-175-98

Court

Supreme Court, Harare

Judge

Gubbay CJ, McNally JA & Muchechetere JA

Heard

2 November 1998

Judgment

10 November 1998

Counsel

W Ncube, for the appellant
Miss E Mushore, for the first respondent
C Hungwe, for the second respondent (at the request of the court)

Case Type

Civil appeal

Annotations

Link to case annotations

Flynote

Customary law — marriage — marriage under Customary Marriages Act [Chapter 5:07] taking place after marriage under Marriage Act [Chapter 5:11] — subsequent marriage null and void and not valid for any purposes

Pensions — benefits from pension fund — payment to widow — deceased marriage first under Marriage Act and then later under Customary Marriages Act — second wife not a widow for purposes of Pension and Provident Funds Regulations 1991

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