In African traditional culture, especially in Southern Africa, if a woman dies, another woman from the same family where the woman came from can be offered to the deceased's husband as the heir (sarapavana, chimutsamapfihwa or mugari wenhaka).
If it's a man who dies, his young brother becomes the heir in the succession of his late brother's estate (including the wife). However, as modernisation is becoming more predominant and with various s*xually transmitted diseases being on the rise, this tradition has been abandoned by many people.
If it's a man who dies, his young brother becomes the heir in the succession of his late brother's estate (including the wife). However, as modernisation is becoming more predominant and with various s*xually transmitted diseases being on the rise, this tradition has been abandoned by many people.





























