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Ifyour mother and wife were drowning which would you
save first? and the correct answer is: "my mother, I can
get another wife, but not another mother.
Lijaha linamatsela kunina kakhulu naselitekile kodvwa ngaloko akusho kutsi
imiyalo yasesangweni lisuke Iiyikhohliwe. Lisuke Iisahlala nakhona
esangweni. Lokunye lisuke libalekela kutsi nalinganamatseli kunina
kutawutsiwa lidlisiwe. EmaSwati ayakholelwa emitsini.
EmaSwati awakholelwa ekutseni kungenteka kutsi lijaha lingatfoli
bantfwana. Kuye kubukwe kutsi nguye lomsikati loyinyumba. Uma Iijaha
litekile kwatfolakala kutsi kute bantfwana lelibatfolako lelashwa ngelikhubalo
ngobe kunekwetsembela ekutsini lisuke lingakatfombi kahle. Jim Gama
(2002) ukufakazela atsi :
NgesiSwati kute indvodza lengatfo/i bantfwana.
Ngalesinye sikhatsi kuye kutjalwe emabele abo bobabili etitjeni letehlukene.
Labadzala batawuhlala bawabuka lamabele kutsi ayamila Ylnl.
Nakungenteka abekhona langamili bayati bona kutsi ngubani lonenkinga.
Batawufuna timbita letitawunatfwa ngibo bobabili. Uma kubonakela kutsi
ngulomsikati longatali bakubo baletsa inhlanti letamtalela bantfwana.
BoRadcliffe-Brown na Forde (1975:89) batsi:
Should a woman be childless her husband is entitled to a
co-wife from her family to produce children.
Bantfwana yintfo lenkhulu ekhaya, Iikhaya Iikhaya ngebantfwana. Sitsembu
sivamile kucala kanjena-ke esiSwatini ngobe bekhabomfati abafuni kutsi
umntfwana wabo alahlekelwe ngumendvo. Kungako basheshe bayingenele
indzaba lefana nalena bese baletsa inhlanti masinyane.
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