A Burgersfort couple from Limpopo sent South Africa into a frenzy after their wedding celebration dance was captured on video ...

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 ...

South Africans are reacting to a PayFlex poster offering lobola loans, with a TikTok user warning women about the legal risks ...

It was a day filled with promise when Karabo’s fiancé, Thulani, sent his representatives to her rural home to pay half of the lobola her parents had negotiated. Adorned in full traditional clothing, ...

In a startling turn of events in Harare, Maxmillan Tapiwa Kondowe has sued his father-in-law, Charles Bandera, aiming to get a lobola refund for $2,700 (about R50,000) – the lobola he paid for his new ...

My educated guess is that the symbols, traditions, and ritual actions around marriage which will survive are those that, in some way, nurture relationships. Not so long ago, as I was leafing through ...

For her latest exhibition, 'iLobola', ceramic artist Zizipho Poswa takes a closer look at her culture, and explores the customary practice and evolution of ilobola, and why it was never simply about ...

Lindi, 30* like many women, had always envisioned how her wedding would be like. The event planner says she was excited that she would be marrying into a traditional family because she could plan a ...

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 ...