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The owner was demanding the young men pay him damages and initiate a traditional wedding ceremony by paying "lobolo," a dowry, a family member told Radio Mozambique.
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Earlier this year, local press reported that Mr. Zuma paid lobolo
Altared State: Who's the First Lady When the President's a Polygamist? 2009
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Not that this guarantees a wedding: Mr. Zuma reportedly paid lobolo in 2002 for a princess from the royal family of Swaziland, but she still hasn't sealed the deal.
Altared State: Who's the First Lady When the President's a Polygamist? 2009
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Zuma is still married to his wife of five years, Mantuli Zuma, and recently paid lobolo (bride price) for a new young Durban wife, Thobeka Stacy Mabhija, with whom he has two children.
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He found his chief's court or ibandla, held under a shady tree, "a fine exercise in logical thinking", and the cases on which he gave judgement, according to a nice balance of tribal lore and the official Code of Native Law, varied from boundary disputes to wrangles over the payment of lobolo (bride price).
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He found his chief's court or ibandla, held under a shady tree, "a fine exercise in logical thinking", and the cases on which he gave judgement, according to a nice balance of tribal lore and the official Code of Native Law, varied from boundary disputes to wrangles over the payment of lobolo (bride price).
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In much of northern Malawi, lobolo negotiations are typically all-male discussions of down payments, installments, settlements and the occasional refund for a wife who runs off.
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In much of northern Malawi, lobolo negotiations are typically all-male discussions of down payments, installments, settlements and the occasional refund for a wife who runs off.
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The House of Traditional Leaders agreed that a minimum set of essential requirements for customary marriages should be set out, including the ubulawu custom of negotiations between the two families to decide on lobolo.
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It was also noted that lobolo be recognised as a custom with necessary rituals, not a mere bride price.
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