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, she was a beautiful bride-to-be.

The business administration student says her ex fiancé’s first lobola instalment was accepted by her family and he was told to pay the remaining balance before they could hand her over to him.

Guest : Dr. Zulumathabo Zulu- s a Doctoral Practitioner; Research Scientist & Director of the independent Madisebo University Research Institute