Zimbabwe has indefinitely suspended weddings because it is working on a new certificate to curb marriages of convenience. The suspension saw scores of couples intending to tie the knot being turned away by magistrates' courts over the weekend.
Last week the Registrar General Mr Tobaiwa Mudede unveiled a new marriage certificate saying foreigners were now abusing the system to settle in the country.
He had said the new certificates were ready and would be dispatched to provincial offices countrywide. He said the new document had security features that made counterfeiting impossible.
Of late several Nigerians have been dragged to court for faking marriages with Zimbabwean women so that they can obtain residence permits. Last month a Nigerian businessman based in Harare was charged for marrying two Zimbabwean women using different names. He reportedly married one of the women without her knowledge.
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