As we grapple with divorce

The latter is the most painful, second to a murder trial. This is the time when the judge has to dissolve a union that has been there for years, even decades, that has united two or more families during that period. At stake are not only the estates of the couples, but their children, who are often left confused and traumatised by the separation of their parents.

With recent statistics showing that our courts have recorded an average of 1,000 divorces per annum since 2010, there are all sorts of suggestions for solutions to this problem. There are even suggestions that we should go back to our culture. Whose culture here?