Zimbabwe: Apostolic Churches Hail Ruling On Marriages

8 February 2016

Apostolic and Zion churches have welcomed the recent ruling by the Constitutional Court which prohibits the marriage of girls under the age of 18.

The two sects have been, for sometime now, accused of failing to deal with the practice among their members of marrying children. The Union for Development of Apostolic Church in Zimbabwe and Africa (UDACIZA) said there was need to sensitise the sects' members and alert them to the illegality of marrying girls under the age of 18.

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