Culture

Izigaba zemicimbi yeSintu eyenzelwa intombazane Izazi zamasiko esiZulu endulo zaziyihlukanise kathathu imicimbi eyabe yenzelwa intombazane ngokwezigaba edlula kuzo ngesikhathi ikhula ize ibe sezingeni lobukhosikazi. Lapha kufaka phakathi ukwenzelwa idili lomhlonyane, umemulo kanye nomkhehlo. Le micimbi yayenziwa ngabazali, wumndeni noma yizihlobo eziqavile zentombazane. Ngokwemiyalelo yezincithabuchopho emasikweni esiZulu lokhu kwenziwa ngokulandelana. Kuqala uMhlonyane, kulandele uMemulo, kugcine uMkhehlo....Read More

Ngokukhulu ukuhlonipha sihlalile sathula sabukela indaba yaseNdlunkulu isixoxwa ngezithangami zabezindaba, sisadabukile ngaphakathi kuze kube manje. Izizwe zisibuza njalo njalo ukuthi sekwenzenjani ngobukhosi benu enibuthanda kangaka, nenihlala nisiqhoshela ngabo? Siqale sacasha ngokuthi akukusha ukuthi kube nombango wesihlalo kwazulu, kusukela kuMjokwane ebanga noMkhazane kuze kube nguye uBhejane eyofihlwa eMaNdebeleni bekuhlale kubangwa, iqiniso ukuthi lokhu sekuthe ukwehluka ngoba...Read More

Owakini umuzi unalo yini igama? KUSADLIWA ngoludala imizi yamadoda yabe ihlukaniswe yimifula nezintaba. Yayakhe iyisidlidli ndawonye noma yakhe igqagqane emathafeni phezu kwemifula igudle izintaba lapha nalaphaya. Nakuba zazifika izikhathi lapho abantu ababehlala kuleyo mizi babexabana ngenxa yezimpi zemibango eyahlukahlukene ezindaweni abakhe kuzo kodwa babebuye bakhumelane umlotha maqede bahlale ngokuthula. Babebukhuthaza kakhulu ubuhlobo nenhlalakahle emphakathini. Babenezimfundiso...Read More

AYESHO kanje evukelwa wusinga amabutho aKwaZulu ngesikhathi evumisa amahubo  esintu kunodwendwe endaweni. Kwakusuke kunomncintiswano wedili lomshado. Lowo mdlalo wawuvusa usinga. Wawubizwa ngokuthi wumgangela wabakhephehleli (izinsizwa). Lapha Izinsizwa zazizwana amandla, zishayane ngezinduku kuze kube khona ohlulwayo phakathi kwalaba ababili ababhekene bukhoma. Kwesinye isikhathi umgangela ndini lowo wawuphetha ngokusuka kwempi. Kushaywe wonke umuntu oseduzane nabadlala umgangela. Kwakuba...Read More

What does the Zulu kingdom do for us? A few of my non-Zulu friends took time to ask why are we Zulu’s so passionate about this Zulu thing, these calls came when the King had just passed. I guess they saw the unexplainable passion from zulus in general and regiments who were untouchable. The context...Read More

Written by: Siboniso kaMabaso (Twitter @ZuluSwag) uNkosikazi wokuqala ubizwa ngokuthi ”UNDLUNKULU”. UNdlunkulu ke kuba unkosikazi wokuqala okunguyena ozala Inkosana nenkosazana “uMafungwase”, kodwake uma engazakwazanga ukuzala umfana ozoba iNkosana, inkosana ibe iphuma kunkosikazi wesithathi esimubiza ngokuthi iQadi. UNkosikazi wesibili ubizwa ngokuthi ”IKHOHLO” ikhohlwake aliyizali inkosana.  uNkosikazi wesithathu ubizwa ngokuthi ”IQADI” iqadike bakwethu liyafana noNdlunkulu ngesimo sokuthi ikhohlwa...Read More

Written by a Poet: Sindi Nobuntu (Twitter @Sindi_Nobuntu) Kukhona umehluko phakathi kukasonkondlo (poet) kanye nembongi (praise singer). Usonkondlo umuntu ocikoza ngamagama asuka emizweni yakhe, ngezinto asuke ezibona noma adlula kuzo. Imbongi umuntu obongelayo, ikakhulu amakhosi, okwazi ukukhulumisa wonke amakhosi asekhotheme, nawo aphinde akwazi ukuxhumana naye. Uma imbongi ixhumana namakhosi isuke ikwenza lokhu njengomthandazo iwabikela ngesimo esisuke...Read More