Zimbabwe's prime minister divorces after 2 weeks of
marriage
Zimbabwean
Prime
Minister
Morgan
Tsvangirai
announced Wednesday he had divorced his wife of less
than two weeks, claiming that a "greater and thicker plot"
had undermined his confidence in the relationship.
"This relationship has been irretrievably damaged to a
point
where
marriage
is
now
inconceivable,"
said
Tsvangirai, 59, in a statement released late Wednesday,
referring to the traditional marriage he had with 39-year-old
Lorcadia Karimatsenga since November 18.
"I was well-meaning and had good intentions to rebuild my
family and start a new lease of life following the tragic
passing on of my wife on 6 March 2009," Tsvangirai's
statement said.
But since the day he paid lobola -- money a prospective
husband pays the family of his bride -- "everything has
been played in the press and I have become an innocent
bystander in what is supposed to be my relationship. I
have become a spectator in this relationship and things are
happening too fast, on camera and without my knowledge.
This has led me to conclude that there is a greater and
thicker plot around this issue which has undermined my
confidence in this relationship."