Though the custom of giving and receiving such payments is officially prohibited, in 2012 more than 8,200 women were murdered because a groom or his family believed his bride's dowry to be insufficient.
Le fa tlwaelo eno ya go ntsha magadi e thibetswe semolao, ka 2012 go bolailwe basadi ba feta 8 200 ka gonne monna kgotsa ba lelapa la gaabo ba tsaya gore magadi a a ntshitsweng ga a lekana.