{"id":288022,"date":"2017-01-25T13:43:26","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T13:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=288022"},"modified":"2017-01-25T13:43:26","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T13:43:26","slug":"south-africa-shocked-as-29-year-old-woman-marries-wealthy-92-year-old-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=288022","title":{"rendered":"South Africa shocked as 29-year-old woman ‘marries wealthy 92-year-old man’"},"content":{"rendered":"

An African bride has come under fire after a picture emerged of her marrying a ‘wealthy’ businessman more than 60 years her senior.<\/p>\n

Charity Mumba, 29, originally from Zambia, tied the knot with 92-year-old South African Peter Grooves.<\/p>\n

Mr Grooves, has been described as a ‘very rich man’ after making his fortune in stocks and shares but his total wealth is not clear.<\/p>\n

Their wedding follows a spate of marriages in South Africa, where there has been a reported trend of young Zambia women travelling to the country in search of wealthy, elderly husbands.<\/p>\n

And after a picture of the nuptials was shared online, it went viral in South Africa with people saying they were shocked by the age-gap.<\/p>\n

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Writing on Facebook, Mtokolo Limpo said: ‘Zambian women are a disgrace, you come all the way to dine with an old man.<\/p>\n

‘What special attention are you going to give him apart from sucking up his money.’<\/p>\n

While Longlu Vlami added: ‘It is sad that women nowadays don’t know how to work hard but just find a life with a finished old man, very soon he is dying and she will inherit his riches.’<\/p>\n

And Mercy Nhlovu added: ‘That girl must be taken back to Zambia. Rubbish!’<\/p>\n

But not everybody was against the match as Tulani Zulu’ commented: ‘Nice couple, I see nothing wrong if they love each other.’<\/p>\n

Zambia is one of the poorest countries in southern Africa with 68 per cent of people living below the poverty line.<\/p>\n

South Africa, in contrast, is comparatively rich with 20 per cent of people living in poverty.<\/p>\n

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Source: Daily Mail<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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