SWAZI’S CULTURE AND CUSTOMS’: KUKHONTA

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This article provide a brief overview of the Swazi people culture and customs. To be more specific in this paper one will be taking a look at how Swazi’s obtain land for building their homesteads or business in rural areas of Swazi Nation Land.

KUKHONTA

Yini kukhonta?

▪ Kukhonta kusuka endzaweni yesikhulu sakho uye endzaweni letsite leyenganyelwe ngulesinye sikhulu uyocela indzawo yekwakha likhaya. 

▪ Loyo lokhontile ubese utsatfwa njengencenye yebantfu bakuleyo ndzawo.

▪ Ulawulwa ngimitsetfo yakhona atsele ngaphansi kwayo.

Kukhonta kwehlukene kabili

▪ Kukhonta kweliSwati

▪ Kuthonta kwemuntfu walesinye sive eSwatini.

Kukhonta kwelisSwati

▪ Indvodza yeliswati ingasuka enkhangala iye ehlandzeni iyokwakha khona ngoba ifuyile. 

▪ Sikhonti sibikela uyise nemphakatsi lababese bamcelela lincusa latawuhamba nalo. 

▪ Uma ukhonta kufuna ube yindvodza lenemfati netinkhomo lokungenani tibe timbili.

Kukhonta kwemunfu walesinye sive

• Umuntfu walesinye sive ukhonta enkhosini hhayi esikhulwini bese inkhosi imnika sikhulu.

• Inkosi imnika lincusa lelati tonkhe tingoni letilandzelwako.

• Ubese uya etiko letasekhaya abhalise timphepha letifanele bese inkhosi ifaka sidladla sayo lokusho kutsi sowuvumelekile kuhlala eveni laseswatini.

• kutfunyelwa emancusa ayovalelisa eve kutsi ususwa yini lalasuka khona.

Kubopha Lifindvo

• Nasesimukelelekile sicelo sakho bakuvalelisa emphakatsini wakini wena sikhonti, kubese kubitwa bomakhelwane netakhamuti letimbalwa kulendzawo lotawukhonjwa yona kutowuboshwa lifindvo.

• Libandla libese liyakukhomba indzawo, emasimu nemincele.

• Etikhatsini letengcile belitsi lingakubophela libese likucabisa umuti phindze.

Tingucuko

▪ Bantfu sebayankhonta ngemali kani kadzeni bekukhontwa ngenkhomo.

▪ Kadzeni bekukhonta indzodza kani nyalo nebafati sebayakhonta.

Emabito Lamasha

▪ Sidladla – luphawu lolufakwa yiNkosi kukhombisa kutsi sikhonti sesivumelekile kuhlala eveni laseSwatini .

▪ Kubopha lifindvo – kubetsela nobe kubekwa kwesikhonkwane lapho sikhonti sikhonjwe khona.


References
Maduna (2021) “Umuti wesiSwati” , Mphofu High School Notes

Mfankhona graduated at Southern Africa Nazerene University (SANU) in 2019. He is holding a Diploma in Primary Teaching. He lives in Eswatini. Online He goes by Bi Blessin.

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