{"id":14651,"date":"2012-09-15T04:28:50","date_gmt":"2012-09-15T02:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/09\/update-1-zimbabwe-magistrate-blocks-pm-tsvangirais-wedding\/"},"modified":"2012-09-15T04:28:50","modified_gmt":"2012-09-15T02:28:50","slug":"update-1-zimbabwe-magistrate-blocks-pm-tsvangirais-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-1-zimbabwe-magistrate-blocks-pm-tsvangirais-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 1-Zimbabwe magistrate blocks PM Tsvangirai’s wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

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* Two of the PM’s former lovers came forward this week<\/span><\/p>\n

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* Tsvangirai spokesman blames security services<\/p>\n

(Adds background, quotes)<\/p>\n

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By Cris Chinaka<\/p>\n

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HARARE, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan
\nTsvangirai’s plan to get married this weekend was thwarted on
\nFriday after a magistrate ruled he was already married to a
\nformer flame, the latest twist in a scandal that has gripped the
\nsouthern African nation.<\/p>\n

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The dispute – which has seen two women challenge his wedding
\nplans – has handed long-serving President Robert Mugabe
\npolitical ammunition as he seeks to extend his three-decade rule
\nin an election expected within a year since Tsvangirai is his
\nmain rival.<\/p>\n

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Lawyers for the premier said on Friday they would appeal the
\nmagistrate’s ruling, issued less than 24 hours before
\nTsvangirai’s wedding to fiancee Elizabeth Macheka was due to go
\nahead.<\/p>\n

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“The court made its ruling and now we don’t agree with it,”
\nThabani Mpofu, one of the lawyers, told reporters. “We are going
\nto launch an urgent High Court application, which will be heard
\neither tonight or tomorrow morning before the wedding.”<\/p>\n

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Whatever the outcome of the appeal, the brouhaha has damaged
\nTsvangirai’s reputation and raised questions about his
\nrelationships with women and money.<\/p>\n

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Former lover Locardia Karimatsenga earlier this week tried
\nto block the wedding on the grounds she was already wed to
\n60-year-old Tsvangirai under Zimbabwe’s “customary marriage”
\nlaw.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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* Two of the PM’s former lovers came forward this week * Tsvangirai spokesman blames security services (Adds background, quotes) By Cris Chinaka HARARE, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s plan to get married this weekend was thwarted on Friday after a magistrate ruled he was already married to a former flame, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,2370,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-14651","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-reuters","9":"tag-south-africa-2","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14651\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}