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. when the man and woman are married, the woman will leave her clan and join the man's clan.