OVER the years, there have been conflicting debates about what lobola is and why this cultural practice should still be acknowledged. Perhaps it is the democratic and evolving society that has given ...

THERE is growing concern over what is termed as high lobola (bride price) being charged in the Zambian society and the male folk think that the tendency has now been commercialised to scaring levels.

NAMIBIA, like many other African countries, has undergone tremendous modernization over the last few years of its independence with the adoption of many cultures from the western world. But the ...

THE practice of lobola is an intrinsic part of getting married for many South Africans. But is it a tradition or a legal process? “A legal marriage protects your rights, particularly your property ...

Award-winning director and producer Sihle Hlophe’s latest project, “Lobola, A Bride's True Price?”, is a thought-provoking two-part documentary which seeks to explore the transactional, patriarchal ...

Lesbian couple Antoinette (Vaivi) Swartz and Sape Maodi-Swartz have shown it is possible to stay true to oneself and still respect African tradition by paying lobola. "The initiation point for us was ...

According to Zulu culture, if you pay lobola, you are not due a "refund" should things go haywire between you and your wife-to-be. "Lobola is not forced on anyone, a man pays lobola out of the ...

Have you seen the clever booze ad, the last line of which claims mergers and acquisitions in the olden days were not negotiated by lawyers? What a load of bull. We Africans — “African” in the Jimmy ...

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 ...

JORDAN Mbanga (35) still has memories of how he left $3 500 cash in the hands of his in-laws on that Friday night in Bikita. It was in 2012, when he and his friend moved around the tuckshops in ...

A 14-year-old Shongweni girl, whose family have entered into pre-lobola negotiations with the family of a 17-year-old boy, was on Thursday taken to a district doctor by police to ascertain whether she ...

LESBIAN couple Antoinette (Vaivi) Swartz and Sape Maodi-Swartz have shown it is possible to stay true to oneself and still respect African tradition by paying lobola. ‘The initiation point for us was ...