Mzansi's High Rate Of Divorce

Experts say there are various reasons couples opt to end their marriages.

- Boitumelo Matshaba

ACCORDING to the latest Stats South Africa data, it seems ‘till death do us part’ is just a myth in South African marriages. In 2016 alone, over 25  300 divorces were granted in the country and many of these marriages lasted less than 10 years. Between 2003 and 2016, divorce among white South Africans declined by more than 50 percent, while divorce among Africans increased by almost 40 percent.

WHAT CAUSES DIVORCE?

Irene Motaung, a counselling social worker and mediator at The Family Life Centre (Famsa), says there are many causes of divorce, with communication breakdown, infidelity and money issues as some of the most common causes.