Reform of Customary Marriage, Divorce and Succession in South Africa: Living Customary Law and Social Realities examines the operation of the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act and the rules of succession formulated in Bhe v Magistrate, Khayelitsha. 

• Table of cases
• Introduction
• Methodology
• Contracting a customary marriage
• Registering a customary marriage
• The regulation of a polygynous marriage
• Equality of spouses in marriage
• Dissolution of a customary marriage: Outside the courts
• Dissolution of a customary marriage: Inside the courts
• Intestate succession
• Family dispute resolution
• Discussion and conclusion
• Appendices
• Index