Palapye women also want polygamy back

Friday, May 15, 2015

Palapye: A few weeks after Kgosi Kebinatshwene Mosielele of Manyana shocked the nation when he said he wanted polygamy to be brought back as part of culture preservation, some women in Palapye over the weekend grouped themselves supporting his idea.

The main reasons that women decried was that of avoiding issues of multiple concurrent partners which lead to HIV/AIDS and divorce.

They stood by their view reasoning that polygamy is legal in many African countries and they said divorces in those countries as well as the spread of HIV/AIDS have reduced.

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