Lobola

A Zimbabwean man who stole US$195,000 from his employer and used part of it to pay a bride price of US$4,426 was sentenced to two years in prison.
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A Harare man caused drama last Saturday when he allegedly paid Lobola for a family friend using his wife’s money.
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By Panashe Marufu “If he doesn’t pay, he won’t respect you” — any woman hysterical enough to consider foregoing bride price is, more likely than not, familiar with some version of this warning. Honourable mentions go out to: “then why…
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Payment of bride price will no longer be regarded as a barrier in solemnising marriage between two consenting adults if they satisfy other requirements of the law, a Cabinet Minister has said.
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A FAMILY from Gwanda lost more than R50 000 which was part of lobola they had received after four masked armed robbers pounced on them a day after the payment of the bride price.
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There was real life drama in Magwegwe when a Bulawayo man with support from his relatives disrupted his lover’s funeral after they allegedly stormed into their in-laws’ house and made off with mourners’ bags and other goods.
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A 40-year-old Buhera man hanged himself after his in-laws demanded lobola, which he failed to meet.
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A 58 year old man from Bulawayo who allegedly neglected his daughter and only showed interest in her when it was time for payment of lobola walked out of the ceremony empty handed after his wife assaulted him.
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A woman from Zibombo Village 2 in Shangani area in Matabeleland South left her community shocked when she reportedly kicked out her husband of 17 years from their matrimonial home allegedly as punishment for not paying bride price for her.
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A man from Lupane stunned a court when he said that he loved his wife and felt he had a right to discipline her for her waywardness since he had paid lobola for her.
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