National Traditional Appeal Court - 1980

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3 judgments

Citation	Judgment date
August 1980
Tambula v Tambula (Civil Appeal 60 of 1980) [1980] MWNTAC 1 (21 August 1980) Appeal dismissed where evidence established respondent's claim for chisuzula after the applicant's desertion and paternity was proven. Customary law – abandonment of marriage (Kundisiya Ukwati popanda chifukwa) – chisuzula – proof of paternity – appeal dismissed for lack of merit.	21 August 1980
Nkhonjera v Nkhonjera (Civil Appeal 97 of 1979) [1980] MWNTAC 2 (18 August 1980) Cohabitation was not a proven marriage and respondent failed to prove theft of property; appeal allowed with costs. Traditional/customary union — cohabitation not established as marriage; property dispute — burden of proof; balance of probabilities; failure to call corroborative witnesses; costs awarded.	18 August 1980
January 1980
Gondwe v Moyo (Civil Appeal 21 of 1979) [1980] MWNTAC 3 (19 January 1980) Divorce granted for wilful non-consummation; customary law awards custody and lobola to the innocent spouse, and costs to the petitioner. Family law – Divorce for wilful refusal to consummate marriage; customary law consequences – forfeiture of lobola and custody awarded to the innocent spouse.	19 January 1980