INKANTOLO yezoMthethosisekelo kuleli iyalele iPhalamende ukuthi lichibiyele isigaba somthetho wedivosi esinqabela abashade umshado ohlukanisa amafa, ukuthi bahlomule emnothweni owakhiwe wumndeni ngesikhathi kusashadiwe.
Kuleli sonto le nkantolo ikhiphe isinqumo esishayelwe izandla yiKhomishini yokuLingana kobuLili, iCommission on Gender Equality (CGE) ngoba ithi abesifazane bebecindezelekile ngesigaba 7(3) seDivorce Act, esithi abashade umshado ohlukanisa amafa ngemuva kokushaywa komthetho, iMatrimonial Property Act ka-1984 abahlomuli lutho ngaphandle uma kucaciswe ngokuphelele ukuthi kumele bahlomule.
I-CGE ithe ngokuvamile kuleli ngabantu besifazane abebengena baphume bengenalutho kule mishado, ngoba iningi labo lingena emshadweni lingasebenzi.
Abanye uma kwenzeka besebenza, bahola imali encane kuneholwa ngamadoda ngenxa yendlela iholo eliklanywa ngayo kuleli kodwa abaningi abasebenzi bahlala emakhaya, benze imisebenzi yasekhaya, banakekele nezingane babuye beseke abashade nabo ngokuthi kwakhiwe umnotho womndeni, bese uma kuba nedivosi bangatholi lutho.
Isitatimende esithunyelwe yikhomishini, sithe uphiko lwezomthetho lwayo belumele abesifazane ababili abanqantshelwa ukuthi bafake isicelo sokuthola ingxenye yefa ngenxa yokuthi bebeshade umshado ohlukanisa amafa, antenuptial contract (ANC).
Owokuqala, washada umshado ohlukanisa amafa nomyeni wakhe ngo-1983, wadivosa ngo-2015. Esefake isicelo sokuthi ahlomule okuhambisana nokuthi washada ngaphambi kuka-1984, obengumyeni wakhe washona ingakaphothulwa idivosi.
Wanqatshelwa ukuthi ahlomule, kuthiwa obengumyeni ushonile yize wayeshade ngaphambi kokuthi kube nomthetho omusha ka-1984
Owesibili, washada ngo-1988 wadivosa ngo-2017. Esethi ufaka isicelo sokuthi ahlomule, inkantolo yathi umshado wakhe kawukuvumi lokho ngoba akucaciswanga kuwo ukuthi umnotho abawakhe ngemuva komshado ngowabo bobabili.
Owesifazane waya enkantolo efuna ibheke ukuthi noma kungekho okuyimali akufakile ekutheni umnotho wasekhaya ukhule kodwa ubemeseka, enza neminye imisebenzi yasekhaya engakhokhelwa.
UMnuz Javu Baloyi uthe lesi sigatshana somthetho siyashayisana nomthetho iConvention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (Cedaw) General Recommendations, ethi iminikelo yemali nokungeyona eyemali emshadweni, kufanele inikezwe isisindo esilinganayo.
“Izinhlaka zoMbuso kufanele ziqinisekise ukuthi abesifazane, ngenxa yokungalingani kwamandla okuxoxisana, ababi nokuvikeleka okuncane.
Siyi-CGE sibuka ukwehlukanisa komshado ofanayo ngenxa yokuthi omunye owangaphambi kuka-1984 omunye owangemuva kwalo nyaka.
UMnuz Mpumelelo Zikala, weZikalala Attorneys, uthe okunye okubuye kwenzeke ngenxa yale mithetho wangaphambi noma wangemuva kuka-1984 wukuthi imishado eyenzeka ngaphambi kuka-1984 kayikho kwikhompyutha, okwenza ukuthi uma abashadile bengayanga kowufaka, uthathwa njengento engekho.
"Lokho kuvula ithuba lokuxhaphazeka kwabesifazane, ikakhulukazi basemakhaya uma kwenzeka ubaba esethatha inkosikazi yesibili, bese eyowubhalisa umshado wakhe.
Le yesibili inkosikazi iphenduka kube yiyona kuphela inkosikazi ngoba lo omunye washada kudala, wangaya kowubhalisa kabusha uma sekushintshe umthetho.
Konke lokhu inkantolo enkulu ithi kumele kushintshe ngoba kunabantu abacindezelekayo ekubeni kungelona iphutha labo ukuthi umthetho washintsha," kusho yena.
UNkk Malondi Mpungose ongummeli enkampanini yabameli iMpungose Attorneys, uthe njengoba inkantolo isithole ukuthi lesi sigaba kasihambisani noMthethosisekelo, isiyalele iPhalamende ukuthi lenze izinhlelo zokuthi uchitshiyelwe.
IPhalamende lizokwenza izinhlelo zalo, mhlawumbe ungaze uchitshiyelwe ngasekupheleni konyaka ozayo.