What is Indigenous marriage in South Africa?
'''Indigenous marriage in South Africa''' is a social and legal bond between two clans. This bond is built around a man and a woman in a [[ukulobola]] covenant. The delivery of [[ikhazi]] things like [[cattle]] or other valuables from the man’s family to the woman’s. This bond connects the two clans in a permanent relationship. Children the man and woman have make the bond stronger. The wife gets transferred from her clan where she enjoyed her maiden status as a princess [[inkosazana]] to her marital home where she is elevated to the status of the queen [[inkosikazi]] of the household. She excels in her stature as a paragon of love, care, diligence, reliability and resourcefulness. Symbolically a married woman is seen as a hen that spreads its wings to keep all the clan members including the young, the elderly, the sick and the orphans warm, served and satisfied. ==References== * Ndima, D. D. (2013). Re-imagining and re-interpreting African jurisprudence under the South African Constitution (Doctoral dissertation, University of South Africa). [http://uir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/13854 Available online] * {{Cite thesis|last=Dayana|first=Ndima, Dial|date=November 2013|title=Re-imagining and re-interpreting African jurisprudence under the South African Constitution|url=http://uir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/13854|type=Thesis |language=en}} [[Category:South Africa]] [[Category:Marriage]]