Disagreements between the government and traditional leaders on a clause related to the payment of lobola and the powers of chiefs as marriage officers, have stalled the Marriages Amendment Bill in ...

TWO Government ministers have warned of the negative consequences that excessive lobola charges which are becoming more widespread could have on home and family life. The Deputy Minister of Community ...

Police in Zimbabwe have arrested three people in connection with the grand theft of US$75,000 (more than R1.4 million) from the in-laws of Zimbabwean mogul Wicknell Chivayo. The Zimbabwe Republic ...

Claim: Zimbabwe social media platforms have been awash with claims that payment of bride-price (commonly known as Lobola) is no longer a legal necessity but rather a moral decision that one has to ...

Zimbabwe has ushered in a new marriage law that gives equal rights to "girlfriends" and women in registered unions upon the dissolution of a marriage or death of the husband. Marriage Act (Chapter ...

"As long as families are hungry and older men prey on young girls, the law alone will not protect our children" By Marko Phiri BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, March 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Oriditsi ...

Last week, Zimbabwe’s Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced that the government is developing laws to make it a criminal offense to pay lobola (bride wealth) for girls under age 18. It was the ...

Zimbabwean auds hoped to have something to laugh about last month when the country’s first feature-length comedy prepared to hit the bigscreen. But the joke turned out to be on them, after the country ...