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Lesi saga esingenhla sexwayisa Iowa osuke ezothatha ukuthi angalingi abagile
abakubo ngokuba ayobalandela intombi yasemzini lapho kuthakathwa khona.
UZulu unenkolelo yokuthi uhlanga lokuthakatha alupheli, luhlale lutshikiza njalo
nje noma ngabe umuntu usesemzini. Insizwa esuke iganwe intombi ezalwa
umthakathi isuke isiwubhubhisile umuzi kayise.
Egcizelela iphuzu elingenhla uGluckman, (1955:66) uthi:-
There are every African society elaborate rules defining
the women whom a man can and cannot marry.
UKhumalo, (1994) endabeni yakhe ethi "Ukhuni" uveza isithombe esiligqamisa
ngokusobala iphuzu lokukhetha ngobunono bekati umlobokazi okusuke kufanele
azokwakha umuzLUdweba isitho;nbe sobulukhuni bokhuni okuthi ngobulukhuni
bale kuchamuseleke ubulomo balo.Kunemibuzo eminingi evuka engqondweni
yalo mbhali ngokutheza kwamakhelwane kube kwaziwa ukuthi kufanele
kuthezwe ehlanzeni:
Kungokunye uma uthi noma usutheza kwamakhelwane
lapho utheze esezishe izihloko. Zazishaphi? Lapha zasha
khona bayekelani ukuzibasa, zibazalela umlotha wezala
lakhona? Utheze izikhuni ongazi ukuthi sezajikijela izikhova
ezingaki,kangaki? Mhlawumbe wena nje usuyisikhova
umandukulu wesithi, sekunezinti ngaphambi kwakho.
(Khumalo,1994:17).