Zakes Bantwini And Wife Nandi Madida Divorce?
There has been speculation Zakes Bantwini and Nandi Madida are set to divorce.
This follows news Zakes and Nandi applied for a court order to remove the songstress from their multimillion-rand joint estate.
The couple’s joint estate includes a R3.5-million house in KwaZulu-Natal and a R1.5-million property in Gauteng.
Zakes Bantwini said the couple mistakenly entered “in community of property” marriage contract because of their “misunderstanding with the marriage officer”.
He is asking the Joburg High Court to allow them to convert their union to out of community of property.
Bantwini, who is the first applicant in the case, said he got hitched to Mngoma on June 8 2016 in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, in community of property.
“And as a result of a misunderstanding between ourselves and the marriage officer, who conducted the marriage ceremony, we understood incorrectly as it now appears that he would be in a position to ensure that our marriage would be out of community of property without the application of the accrual system,” read the Zakes Bantwini’s affidavit seen by the Sunday World.
It is alleged that Madida is not disputing the actions taken by Bantwini. She signed an affidavit, declaring her agreement to dissolve their “in the community of property marriage.”
The couple tied in the knot in 2016 and they have two children, Shaka and Nefertiti.
In terms of South African law, if you do not properly execute an antenuptial contract prior to marriage you are by default married in community of property.
Although by law you are not allowed execute an ante-nuptial contract after marriage, the good news is that it is possible to change your matrimonial property regime from in community of property to out of community of property by registration of a Postnuptial Contract by virtue of s 21(1) of the Matrimonial Property Act with the permission of the High Court.
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