A life partnership exists between two persons who live together as husband and wife

without:
a) being married in terms of South African marriage legislation
b) having concluded a civil partnership
c) having concluded a so-called ‘purely religious marriage’
d) all of the above
e) none of the above

d) all of the above

The correct answer is d) all of the above.

A life partnership can exist between two persons who live together as husband and wife without being married in terms of South African marriage legislation, without having concluded a civil partnership, and without having concluded a so-called 'purely religious marriage'.