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In Lobola Man, now streaming on Netflix, a self-described player makes his living as a negotiator of lobola, monetizing in his favor the traditional South African cultural practice of compensating ...
A Chinese-South African couple gained online attention by explaining traditional Chinese marriage customs, sparking curiosity ...
A touching TikTok video captured a beautiful and emotional lobola ceremony, documenting the moment her fiancé's family ...
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Popular reality TV star Tirelo Kale, who was previously engaged to Mpumelelo Mseleku, has revealed why her parents refused ...
"Paying lobola is not something that people should stress, love is not all about material things," is her opinion. However, another woman, who did not want her name to be mentioned, strongly ...
Apparently in the old days when people used to marry, lobola was just a token of appreciation that a man would pay to woman’s family so that he could have their daughter as a wife. This token ...
A 45-year-old man from Chipinge has been sentenced to two years in prison after he viciously assaulted his brother's daughter during a family lobola ceremony, ...
Durban – Despite complaints and outrage about the Lobola Calculator App for cellphones from women activists, Zulu academics and traditionalists, the developers of the software, Digital Peppa ...
She seems to have asked him his opinion on how much lobola is enough, to which he responded “five million”. She then asked if he thinks he could ever get paid that amount, adding that it was ...
FORTY million dollars, ten head of cattle, makandinzwa nani $1 million, cellphones, groceries. The list goes on. This is what parents in Zimbabwe are charging in bride price (lobola) for their ...
Getting married and following tradition has always been so sacred to me. As a little girl, I've always dreamt of the day I would go through the journey and also get to be a part of my sisters' and ...