So what happens when a guy that earns R8 000 a month wants to marry you, but can't afford it? I want to believe that I am a slightly cultured black lady. I was raised by a staunch traditional Sesotho ...

Wednesday's official visit to the White House had all the hallmarks of a high-stakes lobolo negotiation. President Cyril Ramaphosa, standing tall as the head of delegation, was not just there for pomp ...

Lies, Deceit and family disputes are dogging Bishop Hamilton Nala and his new wife less than a month after they got married. At the heart of the issue lies the lobolo, which may not have been paid.

The sun was unrelenting, and so was the silence. Zama* had gone back inside – to reason with her uncles, to plead for sense. Earlier, she had stood beside Siphiwe* in a burnt-orange dress and a navy ...

Police have made a breakthrough in the killing of 16 people in a drawn-out family feud sparked by allegations of infertility and a demand for the return of cows paid as lobolo in the Eastern Cape.

Using her ministry's travel allowance, she organised trips to facilitate the wedding plans of her niece and a clerk in her office Social development deputy minister Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu offered to ...

“Men are never ugly”. Nnu Ego makes this statement in Buchi Emecheta’s novel, The Joys of Motherhood, set during the colonial period in Nigeria. In a scene between two friends, the protagonist Nnu Ego ...

In rural South Africa, a man seeking a wife has long had to pay a few cattle to her parents, as a token compensation for their loss and as a gesture indicating his financial ability to support a new ...

Zuma's bride-to-be and her brother don't seem to know why their father was ranting to Isolezwe about the former president's former promises. According to her brother Shayimamba Conco, Nonkanyiso Conco ...

Durban - Fashion designer Kathrin Kidger is on her way to the Design Indaba in Cape Town this weekend. The event, which draws a global audience, champions all the creative sectors, from graphic design ...