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*No! Lobola Has NOT Been Banned*

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Contrary to claims that the government has banned “roora/lobola” (bride price), the Marriages Bill which is before Parliament does not seek to do so, a cabinet minister has said.

Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said that the Bill seeks to prohibit marriage officers from requesting proof of payment of lobola when solemnising a customary marriage. Said Ziyambi:

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> In terms of our current marriages laws, there are two types of marriages: civil and customary marriages.

> What has been happening is that in the case of civil marriage, a couple would go to the marriage officer to solemnise the marriage with no questions being asked about payment of lobola.

> As long as the couple satisfies the requirements set out in the law, they solemnise the marriage through their marriage certificate.

> However, in terms of a customary marriage, the marriage officer would ask whether lobola had been paid to the bride’s family.

> That requirement had to be satisfied first before the marriage is solemnised.

> What the new law will do now is that requirement will fall away.

> But this does not mean we are saying people should not pay lobola, no!

> Lobola will still be paid, but the provision requiring the marriage officer to request proof of lobola payment is the one we have done away with.

> The groom is still required to pay the bride price to the bride’s family as has been happening all along.

> It is only that when registering a customary union, the marriage officer is no longer required to satisfy himself that the bride price has been paid.

> There is no abolition of lobola.

*More: The Sunday Mail*

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