Zimbabwe\u2019s High Court has ruled that when a person dies they must leave the bulk of their estate in their will to their immediate family, the country\u2019s state-run Herald newspaper says.<\/p>\n
The landmark case was brought by a widow in Mutare who had been excluded from her late husband\u2019s will. He had also disinherited his two children.<\/p>\n
Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo said that the widow, Lily Lilian Nyamushanya, should be the sole beneficiary of the matrimonial home and the children should benefit from the estate.<\/p>\n
According to the Herald, she said the right to distribute one\u2019s estate was not absolute if the person\u2019s will \u201cdisregarded the rights of beneficiaries as enshrined in the constitution\u201d.<\/p>\n
She added that “traditions and cultural practices that infringe the rights of women conferred by the constitution” were void.<\/p>\n
When a man dies in Zimbabwe, his family often takes his property leaving his widow destitute.<\/p>\n
This often affects women in customary marriages or when their spouse dies without a will.<\/p>\n
–<\/p>\n
Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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