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MAGAYA v MAGAYA 1999 (1) ZLR 100 (S)

1999 (1) ZLR p100

Citation

1999 (1) ZLR 100 (S)

Case No

Judgment No. S-210-98

Court

Supreme Court, Harare

Judge

Gubbay CJ, McNally JA, Ebrahim JA, Muchechetere JA, Sandura JA

Heard

2 November 1998

Judgment

16 February 1999

Counsel

Mrs R Makarau, for the appellant
M Mtombeni, for the respondent
W Ncube, as amicus curiae

Case Type

Civil appeal

Annotations

Link to case annotations

Flynote

Constitutional law — Constitution of Zimbabwe 1980 — Declaration of Rights — s 23 — protection against discrimination — discrimination on grounds of sex — exemption of customary law from prohibition of discrimination

Customary law — succession — heir at customary law — whether female able to inherit late father's estate

Human rights — women's rights — discrimination on the grounds of sex — whether Legal Age of Majority Act had created positive rights or had only removed legal disabilities

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