"survivor"
means the surviving spouse in a marriage dissolved by death, and includes —
| (a) | the surviving partner of a permanent life partnership terminated by the death of one partner in which the partners undertook reciprocal duties of support and in circumstances where the surviving partner has not received an equitable share in the deceased partner’s estate; and |
| (b) | a spouse of a customary marriage which was dissolved by a civil marriage contracted by her husband in the customary marriage to another woman on or after 1 January 1929 (the date of commencement of sections 22 and 23 of the Black Administration Act, 1927 (Act No. 38 of 1927)), but before 2 December 1988 (the date of commencement of the Marriage and Matrimonial Property Law Amendment Act, 1988 (Act No. 3 of 1988)). |
[Definition substituted by section 15(c) of the Judicial Matters Amendment Act, 2023, Notice No. 4597, GG 50430, dated 3 April 2024]