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  1. lobolanoun

    The dowry paid to a bride's family to secure a wedding among certain Bantu peoples of South Africa.

  2. Etymology: From lobola, lobola.

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  1. lobola

    Lobolo or lobola in Zulu, Swazi, Xhosa, Silozi, Shona and northern and southern Ndebele (mahadi in Sesotho, magadi in Setswana, lovola in Xitsonga), and mamalo in Tshivenda language, sometimes referred to as "bride wealth" or "bride price" is a property in livestock or kind, which a prospective husband, or head of his family, undertakes to give to the head of a prospective wife's family in gratitude of letting the husband marry their daughter.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of lobola in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of lobola in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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  1. Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa:

    The Act should make it an offence for a guardian or other person to enter into a lobola agreement or other customary arrangement or ceremony in respect of a person under the age of 18.

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  • Thembani Maatjie
    Thembani Maatjie
    What is to Lobola? I think is to compensate the parents of the bride for been raised the woman.so what. Do u think
    LikeReply7 years ago

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