Marriage is a union on many levels. It symbolises the love of two people who plan to spend the rest of their live together. It also creates a partnership or regime in the eyes of the law. The following three concepts are critical to the contractual marriage law: In Community of Property If you don’t [...]

Your wedding day is one of the biggest days of your life and you want it to be perfect! Unfortunately, weddings can be very costly and the added fees of wedding planners are just unnecessary extras. When you finally start realising all the things which need to be planned, it gets your head spinning. So [...]

In South Africa, you will find a vast variety of venues in which to get married, from wine farms to majestic mountains, sun-soaked beaches to reverent places of worship. And, it’s not difficult to get married here – all you really need is a Marriage Officer, a couple of witnesses and a person who wants [...]

Working out a budget for your wedding is one of the first things that should be done, once the date is set. Will the ceremony be formal, semiformal or informal? A formal wedding, of course, will be the most expensive and the informal, the least. Nothing is set in concrete. Fortunately for parents blessed with [...]

A marriage ceremony can take place almost anywhere, as long as the legal part of the ceremony is conducted or repeated in a church or other building used for religious services or in a public office (i.e. a Government office) or in a private dwelling house. Basically, as long as the signing of the register/marriage [...]

A wedding day is a time of love, mystery and romance, a time of pledging vows and love to one another for all eternity and a ring represents enduring commitment. Diamonds are a symbol of eternity, especially when you consider that every diamond is at least 40 million years old. How to choose your diamond [...]