{"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\/2017\/01\/south-africa-shocked-as-29-year-old-woman-marries-wealthy-92-year-old-man\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa shocked as 29-year-old woman &#8216;marries wealthy 92-year-old man&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">An African bride has come under fire after a picture emerged of her marrying a &#8216;wealthy&#8217; businessman more than 60 years her senior.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Charity Mumba, 29, originally from Zambia, tied the knot with 92-year-old South African Peter Grooves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Mr Grooves, has been described as a &#8216;very rich man&#8217; after making his fortune in stocks and shares but his total wealth is not clear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">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<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">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<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/25\/south-africa-shocked-as-29-year-old-woman-marries-wealthy-92-year-old-man\/couple-16\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-288028\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-288028 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Couple.jpg\" alt=\"couple\" width=\"711\" height=\"960\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Writing on Facebook, Mtokolo Limpo said: &#8216;Zambian women are a disgrace, you come all the way to dine with an old man.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;What special attention are you going to give him apart from sucking up his money.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">While Longlu Vlami added: &#8216;It is sad that women nowadays don&#8217;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.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">And Mercy Nhlovu added: &#8216;That girl must be taken back to Zambia. 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