The case is especially significant for South African criminal law.
But under South African law, he may now have to explain the collapse of the marriage in court.
There are various things which cannot be sold in South African law.
The case has brought South African law into question in the black community.
The question then was left open, and there remains to this day no general legal definition of death in South African law.
South African law does not draw the distinction between assault and battery.
There is no jury for such cases under South African law.
There is also, however, no definitive test for life after birth in South African law.
There is as yet no general legal definition of death in South African law.
It is still an important source of South African law.