Lobola

Ukumbathiswa Komuntu Ongasekho

Ukumbathisa umuntu ongasekho emndenini uma kwenziwa umembeso kuwumkhuba owenziwa imindeni eminingi. Uma ngabe kuzo kwenziwa umembeso ungabe kumbeswa abakamakoti noma abakamkhwenyana. Kodwa kuvamise ukuthi kuqale abakamakoti. Umakoti uvamise ukuthi akhulume nomkhwenyana wakhe ukuthi akahlangane nomndeni wakhe khona ezokwazi ukuthi yiziphi izipho ezidingwa umndeni. Kuyabhalwa phansi ephepheni ukuthi bangaki abantu okudingeka ukuthi bambathiswe. Nabashonayo kubalulekile ukuthi … Read more

The kraal

This is a place where the cattle sleep. A kraal is called isibaya in the South African isiZulu language. It is a structure made of logs in a Zulu homestead it used to keep the cows. The kraal is  built in the middle of the homestead. The woods or logs to build the kraal are collected and joined together to … Read more

Love in the 21st Century

The topic of Lobola is something that often generates very heated discussions in South Africa, not least of all in our monthly Ulwazi meetings where our colleague, Mbusiswa, doesn’t hold back on telling us what he thinks! He shares a common view that over time lobola has lost its meaning of joining two families together, … Read more