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On a weekly basis, an average of 42 registered marriages are being annulled, with thousands more going unrecorded
The meltdown gripping Zimbabwe’s once prosperous economy has conspired with stress, and domestic violence to cause a spike in marriage break-ups, with the High court in Harare alone registering 42 divorces in one week.
Legal experts and organizations that work with women told reporters this week that the high incidence of divorce point to the sad fact that the once-sacred marriage institution had become the latest victim of the prevailing social-economic and political conditions.
On a weekly basis, an average of 42 registered marriages are being annulled, with thousands more going unrecorded since the majority of Zimbabweans are only married customarily with no marriage certificates.
Experts who spoke to reporters said going by the current weekly figures, this translates to at least 2,500 marriages being ended every year in the capital alone.
This is a sharp increase from the past few years.
Source – dailynews