ABSTRACT
Inheritance among the Tswana is governed by various traditional rules coming into force after the death of a person. Property thus donated does not form part of the estate to be dealt with afterwards by the customary rules of inheritance, but belongs absolutely to the child to whom it has been donated. The house property and personal effects inherited by women are divided among themselves in the homestead, the eldest daughter and the senior female relatives presiding at the division. The manner in which property is inherited after the death of the owner depends both upon his marital condition and sex, and upon the nature of the property. The husband's younger brother gets no share of it apart from a beast as tatodi, unless she chooses to give him something, but he must look after the cattle on her behalf.
