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phela bentela kutsi bakwati kulima bese bayanisela nangabe Iitulu lomisile
ngaleto tikhatsi. Emanti abawafuneli kuphela kunisela tivandze kepha
nekubamba tinhlanti emachibini nasemifuleni. tinhlanti tona tite sikhatsi
kutsi tibanjwa nini, emaSwati ayati kutsi nasekafuna kuntjintja tibhidvo
nobe inyama atawudoba tinhlanti. Manning (1967:168) vena ukubeka
kanjena:
They are proficient gardeners and fisher men, planting
and reaping crops and catching fish in various sites
during almost every month ofthe year.
EmaSwati ayakwati kulima kakhulu futsi ayakutsandza. Ngekwakha kwabo
budzebudvute nemfula bentela kunisela kahle ngobe phela kadzeni
bebasebentisa indlela yekunisela ngemisele tivandze taboo
Kulima emaSwati aphila ngako, singasho kutsi kulisiko lawo ngobe
ngaphandle kwekulima ngeke akwati kutfola kudla ngako-ke imindeni yabo
ingalamba. Ehlobo alima emasimu awo, emabele awalima abe manyenti
ngobe entela kutsi kufike busika lokudla kusekhona, kungakapheli. Akulimi
kuphela labadzala kodvwa nalabasakhula bayafundziswa kulima kutekutsi
nabakhulile bakwati kumelana nesimo sasebudzaleni. Emantfombatane
nebafana abenti umsebenti lofanako kepha bayahlukaniselwa wona
ngetigaba tawo. BoRaddiffe-Brown naForde (1975:91) bawusekela
kanjena lombono:
The Swazi live by cultivating crops and by animal
husbandry and the homestead is the main unit of tribal
economy, with the division oflabor regulated by sex and
age.
Emaswati awagdni kuphela ngekulima emasimu, abuye afundzise
bantfwana bawo kufuya. Imfuyo iyinsila yemaSwati. Emaswati ladla kusale
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