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[QUOTE="Mpumelelo von Mumhanzi, post: 15553, member: 2173"]
[USER=2178]@Bombastus[/USER] [USER=636]@Munyaradzi Mafaro[/USER] government intervention into how any [I]roora [/I]ceremony should be conducted and the idea of setting min and max payments of bridewealth is outright problematic.

There are also some women who seek to get married into a rich family as a means to uplift their own family too—you may call it hypergamy, that's all up to you.

But best believe there is no Zim career politician who is prepared to risk it all by proposing anything like: "roora regulation."

It will lead to instant political suicide resulting in them losing widespread support from people, particularly men with daughters.

For example, if the minimum and maximum bridewealth is set between $1,000 and $10,000 U.S. dollars respectively.

What will happen is all fathers-in-law have no option but to charge up to $10,000 U.S. dollars.

Now suppose the son-in-law isn't your average [URL='https://goldmidi.com/community/resources/wanga.125/'][I]pombi yadhona[/I][/URL], but rather a [I]mbingaldo[/I]—a multi-millionaire!

Do y'all really think any father-in-law will be happy to ONLY receive bridewealth up to $10,000 U.S. dollars just because the Zimbabwean government says so?
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