{"id":433430,"date":"2017-11-02T11:14:17","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T11:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/02\/bid-to-outlaw-bride-price-in-zimbabwe\/"},"modified":"2017-11-02T11:14:17","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T11:14:17","slug":"bid-to-outlaw-bride-price-in-zimbabwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/02\/bid-to-outlaw-bride-price-in-zimbabwe\/","title":{"rendered":"Bid to outlaw bride price in Zimbabwe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A female lawyer in Zimbabwe has mounted a legal challenge to abolish lobola, or the bride price, saying it is an outdated practice which reduces women to mere \u201cproperties\u201d, the state-run Herald newspaper reports.<\/p>\n<p>Priccilar Vengesai believes that if the custom is maintained, the families of both the bride and groom should pay lobola in the interest of gender equality, the newspaper adds.<\/p>\n<p>She has filed papers in Zimbabwe\u2019s highest court, the Constitutional Court, asking it to hear her case on the grounds that the practice violates her rights as a citizen.<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper quotes Ms Vengesai as saying that she wants to re-marry, and does not want her experience in a previous marriage to be repeated:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did not participate in the pegging of the lobola price. I was never given a chance to ask for the justification of the amounts which were paid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis whole scenario reduced me to a property whereby a price tag was put on me by my uncles and my husband paid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis demoralised me and automatically subjected me to my husband\u2019s control since I would always feel that I was purchased.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI belong to the Shona tribe and I intend to enter into marriage as soon as this matter is concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Under the Shona culture, lobola must be paid for a woman before the marriage is acceptable in the family and the society.<\/p>\n<p>In scenarios where lobola is not paid, parents and relatives of the bride would not allow the parties to legalise their marriage under the Marriage Act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: BBC<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"bsac bsac-clearfix bsac-post-bottom bsac-float-center bsac-align-center bsac-column-1\">\n<div id=\"bsac-268363-722806864\" class=\"bsac-container bsac-type-image \" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WPAdBlock\" data-adid=\"268363\" data-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bsac-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/newmont_beyondmind92870.gif\" alt=\"Homepage Header Ad\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A female lawyer in Zimbabwe has mounted a legal challenge to abolish lobola, or the bride price, saying it is an outdated practice which reduces women to mere \u201cproperties\u201d, the state-run Herald newspaper reports. 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