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Zuma: ANC president prepares to wed fifth wife soon
The Witness, South Africa - 1 hour ago
Earlier media reports said Mabhija would present gifts in a traditional dowry ceremony known as Umbondo to Zuma’s family in his Nkandla home yesterday. ...
Zuma’s wife-to-be yet to present gifts The Times
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Times of Swaziland

Bride dies during lobola ceremony
Times of Swaziland, Swaziland - 16 minutes ago
Swazi custom dictates that after being married, a woman has to be lobolaed (paying of dowry), which was the case with Shabangu. A herd of seven cattle was ...

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NEPAL: Tackling domestic violence not for the faint-hearted
IRINnews.org, NY - 12 minutes ago
“Violence against women takes place even for simple reasons, like cooking bad food, waking up late or not providing enough dowry,” said Subhadra Ale, ...

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New Vision

Kenyan sisters search for their Ugandan dad
New Vision, Uganda - 43 minutes ago
They added that their husbands had not paid dowry because in Bukusu tradition, a sub-clan of the Luhya clan in western Kenya, no dowry can be remitted ...

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Daijiworld.com

Dowry System Root Cause of Women's Problems – Governor Jamir
Daijiworld.com, India - 1 hour ago
Mentioning that dowry system lies at the vortex of discrimination against women, he said, ending the menace of dowry system would go a long way in ...

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Feminist glitterati furious at female first citizen!
Merinews, India - 46 minutes ago
President Pratibha Patil expressed concern at the misuse of pro-women laws, like IPC Sec 498A that deals with dowry harassment. Five-star women activists ...

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Ship radio officer wanted for trying to kill wife
Daily News & Analysis, India - 1 hour ago
We have recorded her statement and also spoken to her parents who informed us that Naidu has been torturing his wife for dowry since they got married in ...
Cops hunt for man for murder bid on wife Mumbai Newsline
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Three members of a family arrested for dowry
Indopia, India - 13 minutes ago
Rourkela , Jan 3 Three members of a family were arrested here today for demanding dowry and allegedly torturing a bride here. Abhaya Singh, his father ...

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Overcoming dowry menace is a major challenge: Jamir
Indopia, India - 50 minutes ago
Dowry system is the root cause of the women&aposs non-empowerment and how to solve the menace, which in turn is related to women&aposs identity crisis, ...

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Five awarded one year RI for demanding dowry
Indopia, India - 3 hours ago
Aurangabad , Jan 2 Five persons, accused of harassing a woman for dowry were awarded a punishment of one year rigorous imprisonment by a local court here. ...

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