Lobola

Today, even Christian Basotho who want to be married in the church usually uphold many traditional customs, especially the payment of a bride-price, known in Sesotho as bohali, but sometimes also called lobola, from the name used by another Southern African people, the Zulu. ❋ Nicole Itano (2007)

As lobola, which is often paid in livestock, does not form the basis for a civil marriage, family law is not applicable in these marriages, but now a new law aims to improve the position of black women. ❋ Unknown (1998)

Many South African marriages have as their foundation bride-price, or lobola, which is coming under fire from parliamentarians and jurists for discriminating against the rights of women. ❋ Unknown (1998)

It seeks views on whether the bridal price, known as lobola, should be abolished 'in line with changing times and in the interest of gender equality'. ❋ Unknown (1994)

The Prime Minister reportedly paid a bride price, known as lobola, of $US36,000 about $35,500 and 15 cattle to his new in-laws. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Other Zulu words are already entrenched: "lobola" (dowry), ❋ Unknown (1996)

Many daughters have been borne to me since, and my kraal is full of their 'lobola' cattle, but the only girl of the lot that I was ever really fond of was Nomalie -- perhaps because she was my first child. ❋ Unknown (1899)

Part of the idea of lobola is that the family is paying for the right to count a woman’s children as belonging to their name and lineage. ❋ Nicole Itano (2007)

The plot turns on the African custom of lobola, in which the family of a bride is compensated for her loss with a payment, traditionally cattle. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Moseneke said that property was always held in a trust for others and in the case of lobola it would be managed for the benefit of everyone in the household. ❋ Unknown (2008)

He recalls the couple's Johannesburg wedding, which he said took place after Mandela entered into traditional negotiations with Machel's family, even paying lobola (traditional bride price). ❋ Unknown (2008)

Zuma, who is the party's candidate for president in 2009 elections despite facing trial later this year for alleged corruption in a state arms deal, has already paid lobola (bride price) for Thobeka Mabhija, the paper reported. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The newspaper also reported that Zuma, who is still married to his first wife, Sizakele Khumalo, whom he met nearly 50 years ago, had paid lobola for two more women - one from rural KwaZulu-Natal, the other a ❋ Unknown (2008)

I knew the advantages of crafting huts with mud and dung, the disadvantages of their slash-and-burn method of agriculture, and the principles of lobola the marriage dowry. ❋ Lauren St John (2007)

In geography, Miss North and other teachers taught us about African culture and customs such as lobola, a marriage dowry usually paid in cattle. ❋ Lauren St John (2007)

The widespread promotion of condoms seems to have largely failed as an AIDS-prevention technique, and abstinence before marriage is an untenable proposition for most people in a culture where the very institution of marriage seems to be near extinction, due in large part to economic factors that have made it nearly impossible for young men to save enough for lobola. ❋ Nicole Itano (2007)

To tax lobola, or not to tax: that is the question that Finance ❋ Unknown (2007)

He told MPs in his Budget speech on Wednesday that last year he received a suggestion he should make lobola, the traditional payment for a bride, tax deductible. ❋ Unknown (2007)

'I [had to] [pay] lobola.' ❋ Jam Boi (2020)