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Navigating cross-gender friendships in Zimbabwe

For Tracy, the discovery of intimate late-night messages between her husband, Tinashe, and his "Bestie" Chipo shattered her world. The two shared secrets, dreams, and vulnerabilities that Tracy had longed for from her husband. "He told me …

Published: 22 Sep 2025 at 05:51hrs | 59 | by Staff reporter

Lobola and the preserving the sanctity of marriage

For generations, marriage in Zimbabwe has been more than the union of two individuals; it has served as a bond linking families, clans, and communities. Central to this union is lobola, a cultural practice rich in tradition, respect, and a…

Published: 22 Sep 2025 at 05:50hrs | 99 | by Staff reporter

Man in court for violently demanding back lobola

A Southlea Park woman, Ms Lilian Gwena, has secured a protection order against her husband, Claudius Gatawa, after accusing him of violent behaviour, sexual abuse, and harassment linked to his demand for a refund of the lobola he paid.Test…

Published: 08 Aug 2025 at 17:34hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter

Man jailed for assaulting daughter over unpaid lobola

A 45-year-old Chipinge man, Donald Dhunda, has been sentenced to two years in prison by Chipinge magistrate Nixon Mangoti for assaulting his brother's daughter over unpaid lobola.However, Dhunda will serve one year behind bars after Magist…

Published: 25 Jul 2025 at 12:28hrs | 429 | by Edson Mapani

Chipinge man jailed for assaulting niece over unpaid lobola

A 45-year-old Chipinge man, Donald Dhunda, has been sentenced to two years in prison by Chipinge magistrate Nixon Mangoti for assaulting his brother's daughter over unpaid lobola.However, Dhunda will serve one year behind bars after Magist…

Published: 25 Jul 2025 at 12:07hrs | 285 | by Staff Reporter

5 more suspects appear in court over Chivayo lobola robbery

Five more suspects from Chitungwiza appeared in court yesterday on allegations of robbing businessman Mr. Wicknell Chivayo's in-laws of US$74,000 at their farm in Marondera.The accused - Garikai Shangwa (43), Temptation Gerald Dinhidza (44…

Published: 29 Mar 2025 at 08:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

2 suspected Chivayo lobola robbers appear in court

Two suspected robbers from Chitungwiza, accused of participating in the robbery of businessman Wicknell Chivayo's in-laws at their Marondera farm, appeared in court yesterday.Peter Maramba Vhiya (43) and Takudzwa Maisvoreva (24), represent…

Published: 26 Mar 2025 at 06:48hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter

3 arrested over Chivayo lobola theft

Police have arrested three men from Hopley, Harare, in connection with a violent farm robbery in which in-laws of flamboyant businessman Wicknell Chivayo were robbed of US$75,000 in cash. Authorities are now pursuing more suspects, includi…

Published: 20 Mar 2025 at 17:48hrs | 2337 | by Staff reporter

Chivayo's lobola $75,000 cash stolen at inlaws' farm

The in-laws of flamboyant businessman Wicknell Chivayo were targeted by up to 20 armed men in the early hours of Tuesday in a daring heist at their farm in Marondera. The assailants made off with US$75,000 in cash along with various person…

Published: 18 Mar 2025 at 08:08hrs | 2051 | by Staff reporter

ZBC faces backlash for airing Wicknell Chivayo's lobola ceremony

The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) is facing severe criticism after it aired the lavish lobola ceremony of businessman Wicknell Chivayo and Lulu Muteke, sparking a public outcry across the country.Many Zimbabweans are voicing thei…

Published: 09 Mar 2025 at 13:50hrs | 18913 | by Staff reporter

Wicknell Chivayo's lavish lobola payment sparks debate

Flamboyant businessman and controversial tenderpreneur Wicknell Chivayo has once again made headlines - this time for his extravagant approach to lobola (bride price) negotiations. Chivayo, known for his deep ties to the ruling elite and l…

Published: 08 Mar 2025 at 14:56hrs | 1946 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean man killed SA lover over lobola money, caged for life

A security guard who killed his partner after finding out that she spent the money he had been saving to pay lobola for her has been handed a life sentence.Louis Serenetra Moyo, 49, an undocumented Zimbabwean national, used the bank accoun…

Published: 05 Nov 2024 at 14:48hrs | 1864 | by Staff reporter

Lobola confusion hits Zimbabwe

The 2022 Marriage Act, which consolidates previous separate laws on civil and customary marriages, has sparked widespread misinformation on social media, prompting clarification from Justice, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyam…

Published: 19 Oct 2024 at 12:08hrs | 29016 | by Staff reporter

Girlfriend murdered 5 days before lobola negotiations

RESIDENTS of Bulawayo's Emakhandeni suburb are in shock following the alleged brutal killing on Monday night of Hillary Nothabo Ncube (26) by her boyfriend, Obvious Velani Sibanda, five days before lobola negotiations.Sibanda reportedly as…

Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:42hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Son-in-law demands back lobola, court saves in-laws

The High Court intervened to protect the Karoi in-laws, who were pressured by their son-in-law to reimburse him $2,720 paid as bride price for their daughter. The daughter, Shumirai Bandera, was discovered to be involved in an extramarital…

Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:44hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Lobola payment, optional in Zimbabwe

MEN can now pay lobola only if they want to as a bride price is now a moral decision rather than a mandated legal necessity under the New Marriages Act.This emerged during a recent interactive public legal awareness meeting aimed at delvin…

Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:30hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Family of 'vat en sit' deceased makes list of demands

THE family of Simosenkosi Sibanda (27), who was recently allegedly murdered by Dingani Sibanda, her live-in boyfriend in Bulawayo's Cowdray Park suburb, is demanding lobola upfront before burial. Dingani indiscriminately assaulted Simosenk…

Published: 24 Oct 2023 at 05:57hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Man demands lobola refund after wife runs off with pastor

SOUTH Africa- based Zimbabwean musician Sgodo, real name Alson Mandla Thebe, is demanding a refund of his lobola money from his in-laws after his wife dumped him for a man of God.A heartbroken Sgodo is demanding a full refund of every cent…

Published: 07 Oct 2023 at 19:31hrs | 39 | by Staff reporter

Male legislators, marriage laws

ZIMBABWE on Tuesday joined the rest of the world in commemorating and celebrating International Women's Day.This is a day set aside worldwide to recognise and celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.It …

Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 20:12hrs | 10 | by Miriam Tose Majome

Why Lobola Should not be Refundable - Love must never be refunded nor measured in monetary terms

The case of Lobola has generated a lot of interest amongst many Zimbabweans and many traditional leaders. The people of Zimbabwe put the proceedings in the public domain which they review the lawfulness of a decision or action made by the …

Published: 02 May 2021 at 07:50hrs | 4 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza and Denford Madekufamba

In-laws thrash man over unpaid lobola

NO lobola, no sex!A Bulawayo man was mercilessly thrashed by his in-laws before they took away his wife and three children because he had not paid lobola.As if the accusations that he was enjoying their daughter's affection without giving …

Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 12:25hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Lobola row murderer challenges sentence

AN illegal gold panner who was in 2018 sentenced to death for fatally stabbing his wife 27 times following a row with his in-laws over payment of lobola, has approached the Supreme Court challenging his sentence. Dignity Masvimbo (28) of W…

Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 06:10hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Covid-19 lockdown: How times have changed

It was after four aborted attempts at assembling that customary team of amadombo, an attempt at receiving and meeting our prospective in-laws as a non-negotiable precondition to observe the cultural rite of lobola.Zoom meetings are sinking…

Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:08hrs | 11 | by Zifiso Masiye

The impossibility of abolishing lobola

THIS is the conclusion of a three-part series which discussed the feasibility of doing away with roora or making it optional in customary marriages.The position taken has been that it is impossible to alter it because of its religious/spir…

Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 01:00hrs | 7 | by Miriam Tose Majome

Spiritual significance of lobola/ roora

Calls to abolish the payment of lobola/roora are associated with some feminist perspective, which decries it as the major cause of inequalities between the sexes. Arguments against it are well established and the intention here is not to a…

Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:20hrs | 14 | by Miriam Tose Majome

Deadly violence after lobola money disappears

AN injiva who had just arrived from South Africa allegedly thumped his relative with a log and he died a few hours later following a row over R2 000 meant for lobola that allegedly went missing from his pockets, police confirmed yesterday.…

Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:31hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Man demands lobola for two sisters

A MUTARE court gallery was left in roars of laughter when an irate man accused his brother-in-law of using his two sisters as baby-making-machines and demanded instant bride price during the court session.The fuming Nhamo Nhamo demanded th…

Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 07:10hrs | 831 | by Staff reporter

Tsvangirai had a secret wife - Reports

The late MDC-T leader, Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, secretly paid lobola for a Bulawayo woman, Nobuhle Marylin Ndiweni (36), last year while he was officially married to Ms Elizabeth Macheka, it has emerged. Mr Tsvangirai, who died in February, s…

Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 09:12hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter

Bride Price is not body purchase!

The payment of bride price is a common phenomenon that is practiced in most of Africa and some parts of Asia. It is a way of showing appreciation to the parents of the bride for conceiving her as well as for the upkeep. Although it seems a…

Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 11:51hrs | 4 | by Daniel Itai

Tytan pays lobola for Olinda, but was it his money?

Rapper Tytan who is in love with United Kingdom-based businesswoman, Olinda Chapel, over the weekend shared a video of him paying bride price (lobola) for his fiancÃ©e setting the ball rolling for the couple to tie the knot soon.The Bho si…

Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 06:43hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Woman squanders own lobola

A 27-YEAR-OLD woman is on the run after she allegedly squandered the money her boyfriend had raised for her lobola.Apart from losing lobola money, Kelvin Maponda also accuses his girlfriend Tendai Mutamiswa of having an illicit affair with…

Published: 12 Feb 2018 at 14:14hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean families in UK facing lobola nightmare

Throughout Africa a marriage could not take place without some form of gift (or "payment") of animals, food or other material goods to the parents and family of the bride. Today people speak of this as paying "dowry".Technically this is no…

Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 09:37hrs | 33 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Is lobola outdated?

Tendai is deep in love with Bongi and happily embedded in a long-term relationship. He has a superb job in the marketing department of a radio station in Bulawayo and drives a neat car and dresses well. It is what it is: he is a man on the…

Published: 25 Nov 2017 at 07:29hrs | 7 | by Tafi Mhaka

Man swindles father-in-law to fund wedding

A BULAWAYO man has been sentenced to three years imprisonement for stealing nearly $2 000 from his father-in-law to cover his wedding expenses.Cornelius Gumpo (32) who is a builder, was given the money by his father- in- law, Mr Goodwill M…

Published: 04 Sep 2017 at 06:38hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Woman squanders lobola with lover

A CHEATING woman is at odds with her husband amid revelations that she squandered money meant for her lobola with her married lover.Shupikai Patience Mutembo, 35, separated with her husband, Nicky Nicholas Matyukira, 39, following a misund…

Published: 13 Jul 2016 at 10:57hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Mother, son fight over lobola

AN elderly Zimunya woman believed to be in her early 60s is embroiled in a nasty fight with her step-son over the ownership of a herd of cattle paid as lobola for one of her three daughters, as well as other property that were left behind …

Published: 28 Mar 2016 at 09:20hrs | 8 | by Blessing Rwizi

Mother, son fight over lobola

AN elderly Zimunya woman believed to be in her early 60s is embroiled in a nasty fight with her step-son over the ownership of a herd of cattle paid as lobola for one of her three daughters, as well as other property that were left behind …

Published: 26 Mar 2016 at 11:11hrs | 6 | by Blessing Rwizi

$16,000 lobola paid for Pokello

Reality television lovebirds Pokello Nare and Elikem "The Tailor" Kumordzie married traditionally in Harare over the weekend where the Ghanaian is rumoured to have paid $16,000 bride price. Nare, a popular socialite from a leaked adult tap…

Published: 22 Jun 2015 at 07:56hrs | 8 | by Bongani Ndlovu

Lobola: A celebration of family union

On Sunday, we all gathered in a big round hut while our daughter Stella was getting married. No, it was not a white wedding. It was a roora, the bride price ceremony. We knew Stella would fetch good roora because she is a qualified schoolt…

Published: 04 Feb 2015 at 09:46hrs | 5 | by Sekai Nzenza

New app for calculating lobola

It's one of the oldest cultural traditions in Africa and now a startup tech company in Gauteng has come up with an app to calculate Lobola. The app, developed by Johannesburg techno boffin Robert Matsaneng, is available from the Andro…

Published: 23 Jan 2015 at 14:21hrs | 6696 | by Staff reporter

Top Zimbabwe swimmer and Olympian, Kirsty Coventry's fiancâˆšÃ‰âˆ†ÃâˆšÃ‡Â¬Â© Tyrone Seward has said he is working on paying lobola to her father.Kirsty who turns 29 on September 16, 2012 also disclosed that she does not have any immediate…

Published: 20 Aug 2012 at 14:16hrs | 5202 | by Staff reporter

Revisiting of the marriage act vital in addressing inheritance

Marriage is an intensely personal matter, but the concept exists in all cultures and across all religions, although there can be argument over just how many wives a man may marry or how many husbands a women can have. The problem for a gov…

Published: 15 Nov 2011 at 10:27hrs | 873 | by Unknown

Sandra Ndebele Sibindi Gets Her Dream Wedding

When Sandra Ndebele shot the video for her song Malaika at Nesbitt Castle in 2003 it was the first time she had been to the luxury Bulawayo hotel and its beautiful grounds. âˆšÂ¢â€šÃ‡Â¨â‰ˆÃ¬I fell in love with the place and since then have…

Published: 17 Jan 2011 at 14:18hrs | 16 | by Byo24New/ Zimbojam

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