1 102 couples register for divorce since January

A RECORD 1 102 couples have registered to terminate their marriages at the High Court in Harare and Bulawayo with 173 divorces already granted since January this year.

According to High Court records for January to July this year, a total of 820 couples approached the High Court in Harare seeking to have their marriages cancelled and 129 of them had their marriage certificates officially terminated.

The Bulawayo High Court also received 282 divorce requests and has so far annulled 44 marriages with the couples citing irreconcilable differences.

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