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  "name": "Africa Customary Succession",
  "id": "https://openinherit.org/v3/extensions/africa-customary.json",
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    "NG",
    "GH",
    "KE",
    "TZ",
    "UG"
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  "compatibleWith": [
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  ],
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  "maintainers": [
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      "name": "Testate Technologies",
      "organisation": "Testate Technologies Ltd",
      "role": "lead"
    }
  ],
  "lastVerified": "2026-03-26",
  "dataProvenance": "Reform of Customary Law of Succession and Regulation of Related Matters Act 11 of 2009 (ZA), various constitutional court decisions",
  "responsibleOrganisation": "Testate Technologies Ltd",
  "description": "Patrilineal/matrilineal systems, family council decisions, communal property, widow rights, lobola, land tenure, constitutional challenges.",
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  "taxCoverage": "outline",
  "keyFeatures": "Customary law succession, statutory overlay, communal land tenure, widow/widower protection reforms",
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  "seeking": "",
  "tier": "core"
}