Of inheritance and vat �en sat

Presiding: Dikgosi are forced to bend rules as cohabitation rises
Presiding: Dikgosi are forced to bend rules as cohabitation rises

Traditional leaders are grappling with the popularity of vat ‘en sat or cohabitation. Even as they acknowledge that greater numbers of Batswana of all ages are opting to cohabit, traditional leaders warn that inheritance laws are uncompromising on the matter. Mmegi Correspondent, NNASARETHA KGAMANYANE reports

Dikgosi comprise the frontline in inheritance battles. From time immemorial, disgruntled family members would drag each other before the traditional leader for mediation when endowments were in dispute.

Even with the emergence of the Roman Dutch judicial system Batswana have traditionally been more comfortable entrusting the sensitive inheritance wrangles to the sagacity of dikgosi.

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