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Bride at 12 – Top Story 1
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Bride at 12 – Top Story 1

Several regions still handing over children in marriage The veiled 12-year-old bride sits next to her new mother-in-law, surrounded by other women and girls from the Himba village called Otjikandero. The young bride’s face is covered with a traditional veil made out of ropes bound together at the top of her head.Neither her eyes, ears,...

‘We had to inform bride the groom had gone missing’
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‘We had to inform bride the groom had gone missing’

On the morning of the announcement of his wedding, Matheus Iilongeni (43), was the first person to call his best man to remind him about the church service. “He was excited about his big day,” recalls best man Jafet Andreas. Everything was set – guests were invited, the groom’s suit ready, and the bride’s maids...