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Item Constitutional legitimacy of the Islamic law of compulsory succession within the South African context(University of the Western Cape, 2023) Sungay, Mohamed Hoosain; Abduroaf, MuneerThe Constitutional legitimacy of the Islamic Law of compulsory succession remains a heavily contested issue since the enactment of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (hereafter the Constitution). South African law allows a deceased person freedom of testation subject to common law and statutory limitations. This freedom of testation principle is defined as the “[t]he right of an individual to dispose of his or her property on death as he or she pleases”. Furthermore, the Supreme Court of Appeal stated in the BoE Trust Ltd NO and Others case that this principle is perfectly balanced against constitutional imperatives regarding non-discrimination and equality. It was furthermore stated that this principle subtly forms part of section 25(1) of the Constitution, in that it protects a person’s right to dispose of their assets, upon death, as they wish.Item The imperative to implement Muslim personal law in South Africa(University of Western Cape, 2021) Moolla, Mohammed; Abduroaf, MuneerIt has been more than 25 years since the Interim Constitution came into effect and a Bill of Rights was introduced. Yet Muslim Personal Law ( still has no lega l recognition in South Africa. This the sis investigates how this causes serious problems for Muslim women who suffer grave injustices upo n divorce due to the non recognition and non regulati on of Muslim marriages It highlights t he State refus al to enact legislation despite the dicta and obiter comments from the courts spanning more than two decad es enjoining the state to effect legislation to achieve this purpose. South African law is still fundamentally lacking in the recognition of the rights of parties to marriages contracted only in terms of M PL . For couples married in accordance with civil law, marriages and divorces are dealt with under the relevant statutes, namely the Marriage Act 25 of 1961, t he Civil Union Act 17 of 2006 and the Divorce Act 70 of 1979. No provision has been made in statu tor y law for MP L . Previously the courts have held that this was due to the potentially polygyn ous nature of Muslim marriages. Muslim m arriages are inadequately regulated resulting in serious hardships to Muslim women and children. This thesis furthermore inve stigate s the need to recognize MPL .