A family in Zwelibomvu, west of Durban, is mourning the death of a relative who was shot and killed after armed men stormed a home during a lobolo celebration. The attackers allegedly demanded lobolo ...

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Married At First Sight’s Nelisa Ntabeni Gushes Over Beautiful Lobolo Celebration. She became a household name after being cast on Married At First Sight Mzansi Season II. Nelisa Ntabeni was partnered ...

Legal analyst Mpumelelo Zikalala has urged those who intend to get married to seek legal counsel before engaging in lobolo negotiations to avoid problems that might emerge later. Zikalala’s comment ...

Now the girls bond by playing football together (Image: AP) A disturbing ritual once used to groom child brides for "marriage" is now being transformed by young women in Zimbabwe who are rejecting the ...

A disturbing practice once used to groom child brides for "marriage" is now being transformed by young girls in Zimbabwe, fighting back against the tradition that taught children how to sexually ...

South African actress and businesswoman Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa has won a victory in the Johannesburg High Court. It ruled that her customary marriage to music star Nkosinathi “Black Coffee” Maphumulo ...

Themba Dlamini is a husband, father of four, pastor and chartered accountant who loves South Africa – warts and all. He is the author of Village Boy: A Memoir of Fatherlessness, and writes to wrestle ...

An ancestral symbol of unity has become a cultural chokehold, pricing out love, feeding fatherlessness and fuelling gender-based violence. The sun was unrelenting, and so was the silence. Zama* had ...

While growing up I was always fascinated by the idea of magadi or lobolo negotiations. I looked forward to being Maja Ditlhogo (uncle) and heading the negotiations for my niece or nephew. The idea of ...

A lobolo ceremony, intended to formalize a union between a girl aged only eight years old and a 47-year-old man, was abruptly interrupted by neighbours in the neighbourhood of Boquisso, Matola ...