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Indlelakubuka yabafundi nabazali ngokufundwa nokufundiswa kohlelo lolimi lokuqala lokwengeza lwesiZulu esikoleni esixube izinhlanga e-Vryheid.
(2021) Mhlungu, Siphosenkosi Zeblon.; Dlamini, Phindile Dorothy.; Ngcobo, Tholakele Ruth.
IsiZulu singezinye zezilimi ezihamba phambili esifundazweni saKwaZulu- Natali. UHulumeni wahlaba ikhwelo lokuthi zonke izikole ezaziwa ngama x- Model C zifunde izilimi zaboHlanga. Lokhu kwakuncike ekutheni yiluphi ulimi olukhulunywa kahle kakhulu esifundazweni ngasinye. NjengaKwaZulu Natali nje kukhulunywa isiZulu naseEastern Cape kukhulunywa isiXhosa. Lolu cwaningo luqhutshwe esifundeni saseZululand esikoleni esixube izinhlanga esiseVryheid. Abantwana abangamaZulu bangena ezikoleni esezaziwa njengama x- Model C ngenhloso yokuthola imfundo engcono. Ulimi lokufunda nokufundisa kulezi zikole isiNgisi. IsiNgisi siba yisibelele kusukela enkulisa kuze kube semazingeni athe thuthu. Iningi lalaba bafundi liqhamuka edolobheni eVryheid nasemalokishini akhele leli dolobha. Iningi lalaba bafundi laqala imfundo yalo yamabanga aphansi ezikoleni zabamhlophe ezikhuluma ulimi lwesiNgisi nesiBhunu. Abanye babantwana abangamaZulu kulesi sikole bakhule bejwayele ukukhuluma ulimi lwesiNgisi nesiBhunu. Ucwaningo beluhlose ukubheka indlelakubuka yabafundi nabazali ngokufundwa nokufundiswa kohlelo lolimi Lokuqala Lokwengeza lwesiZulu esikoleni esixube izinhlanga esiseVryheid. Lolu cwaningo lusebenzise indlela exubile yekhwalithethivu kanye nekhwantithethivu, ngoba izimpendulo ziphinde zahunyushwa ngezinombolo ukuqoqa ulwazi. Lolu cwaningo lusebenzise ipharadayimu yekhrithikhali. Lolu cwaningo lusebenzise insizakuhlaziya yeHegemony kaGramsci, 1971. Ulwazi locwaningo luqoqwe lwahlaziywa ngokwezindikimba ezivezwe ngezihlokwana. Ukuqoqwa kwalo kuhlanganisa imibuzo esakuhleleka, izingxoxo ezisakuhleleka, ukuqoqa ulwazi ngokubukela kanye nokuhluzwa kwamadokhumenti. Bonke ababambiqhaza bavela esikoleni esixube izinhlanga esisesifundeni saseZululand eVryheid. Ucwaningo luveza ukuthi abafundi besiZulu ulimi Lokuqala Lokwengeza babhekene nezinselelo eziningi ezahlukene. Ukwentuleka kwesisekelo solwazi lwesiZulu njengesifundo, ukwakhelwa umkhanya kwesiZulu kanye nokungakhulunywa kwesiZulu esicwengekile emakhaya nasesikoleni.Ucwaningo luveze izimpendulo ezingezinhle ngendlela abafundi abasibuka ngayo isiZulu. Ucwaningo luveze ukuthi abazali bancamela isiNgisi kunesiZulu. Ucwaningo luveze izindlela ezahlukene zokuqhakambisa isiNgisi ngaphezu kwesiZulu. Nakuba kunjalo ucwaningo lunikeze umhlahlandlela nezincomo ezizokwazi ukuhlangabezana nezingqinamba ezivezwe ababambiqhaza. Amagama amqoka: IsiZulu ulimi Lokuqala Lokwengeza, Abazali, Abafundi, Indlelakubuka.
Isizinda nendikimba yobugebengu emibhalweni engamanoveli : ‘Kuyoqhuma nhlamvana’, ‘Igazi lezibi’, ‘Ayikho impunga yehlathi nethi Inkinsela yaseMgungundlovu.
(2020) Mshengu, Zinhle Mildred.; Ngcobo, Tholakele Ruth.
Ubugebengu buyinto esihlukumezayo sonke njengomphakathi owakhele izindawo ezahlukene. Kuyenzeka busihlukumeze ngqo noma bahlukumeze labo esisondelene nabo kanti ziningi nezizathu zobugebengu. Ababhali baye bahlale imibhali eyahlukene ukufundisa kanye nokuqwashisa ngobugebengu. Lolu cwaningo luphenya ngomthelela wesizinda ebugebengwini obutholakala emanovelini anendikimba yobugebengu. Inhloso yalolu cwaningo ukuphenya kabanzi ukuthi isizinda; indawo, inkathi kanye nesimo senhlalo sinamuphi umthelela ebugebengwini obahlukene obutholakala emanovelini esiZulu amane anendikimba yobugebengu. Okunye okuhloswe yilolu cwaningo ukuhlola ukuthi ababhali bayethula kanjani indikimba yobugebegu. Lolu cwaningo luphinde luhlaziye ngokuthi yiziphi izimbangela nomphumela wobugebengu. Ucwaningo luqutshwe ngokusebenzisa indlela yokuqhuba ucwaningo ye-interpretive kanye nendlela yekhwalithethivu. Ulwazi luqoqwe emanovelini amane esiZulu anendikimba yobugebengu. Imiphumela yalolu cwaningo iveza ukuthi yinkulu indima edlalwa yisizinda ebugebengwini kodwa ngezindlela ezingafani. Lokhu kuqinisekiswe yimiphumela yokuqathaniswa kwamanoveli asetshenzisiwe kulolu cwaningo.
Lobola cultural practices in modern Zulu society as the shape of gender identity and constraint on marriage.
(2023) Mkize, Thobisile.; Ngcobo, Tholakele Ruth.
Among Zulu people, marriage is percieved as an intergral ritual and aspect of socio-cultural life. Lobola cultural practice is the first step carried out prior to marriage. This practice is respected as a foundation for family formation that allows the bride and the groom to connect and connect their families. Lobola practice has been handed down from generation to generation and sustained from time immemorial to this date. Traditionally, lobola was determined by the family of the groom as a way of gratitude to the bride’s family for the upbringing of their daughter. There was no fixed number of cows were deemed valuable, the groom gives what he could afford. There was no monetary exchange and therefore, the term, “payment” was not utilized. Lobola was not regulated until 1869 when it was formalized by the then Natal Secretary for Native Affairs, Theophilus Shepstone. The aim of this study was to shed insights into lobola practice in modern Zulu society. It is essential to highlight that all Zulu people who participated in this study were married and still in the lobola process.This study strived to answer the following research questions (1) How lobola practices is practiced in Zulu society? (2) What are the lobola processes in Zulu society? (3)What is the relationship between cultural factors and lobola practices? The study adopted a qualitative research positioned with the interprevist paradigm. The data was collected from the sample of 50 participants using semi-structured interviews and questionnare. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 6 interviewees selected from Willowfountein community in Pietermaritzburg. The questionnaire was distributed to 44 participants, equally divided between male and female, at the United Ethiopian Church in Willowfountein. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. The study will contribute to the younger generation and urban Zulu people who challenge lobola practice and African cultures and religion. The findings indicated that, lobola is well-known among Zulus and retains cultural value. Participants stressed that the significance of lobola is to link two families and to legalize marriage. This is even though as time passed, individuals lost sight of the meaning of lobola, resultantly commercialising the practice. Participants claimed that there is a link between lobola and marriage since lobola payment is needed for a marriage to be acknowledged. However, in post-apartheid and with the advent of democracy in South Africa marriage has decreased and lobola is identified as constraint on marriage especially among youth. Large amount of lobola and different stages that occur during lobola payment, in some cases,caused delays in marriage. Participantssaid that some families utilized the girl's virginity status and educational attainment to determine the amount of lobola payment. ii Apart from the challenges that participants experiened as married people, some participants' felt that lobola should not be a deciding factor for two people who wants to be together. Modern families have been portrayed as using lobola for financial gain. Since most people in modern times use money as a gift to the family of the bride and has been reduced to transaction or payment, it is recommended that before lobola negotiations commence, both families should advise individuals who are about to get married about the importance of true love and proceed with the negotiations once they can see that both individuals understand the importance of marriage. Although this peresent study has highlighted important aspects of lobola cultural practice and it will contribute to young people who continues to challenge lobola practice, the applicability of the findings to broader society is still questionable. However, while the outcomes of this study are no generalizability of results but rather a deeper understanding of lobola from Zulu people’s perspectives. It is recommende that a larger study of this nature be undertaken so as to make the findings more applicable to a larger society. Furthermore, all participants of this study belong to Zulu ethnic group. This was largely a function of that during data collection period all participants were infact of Zulu ethnicity.
Naming of the informal settlements in Pietermaritzburg and Durban.
(2018) Ngcobo, Tholakele Ruth.; Ndimande-Hlongwa, Nobuhle Purity.; Mazibuko, Gugulethu Brightness.
Abstract available in both English and isiZulu in pdf.
Ukuguquka kwesiko kuveza ukuhlukumezeka kwabantu besifazane kubhekiswa ezincwadini ezingamanoveli athi : ifa lenkululeko, ifa ngukufa.
Siwela, Sizwe Oosie.; Ngcobo, Tholakele Ruth.
Lo mbhalo ukhuluma ngamasiko esiZulu abukeka ehlukumeza abantu besifazane ngezindlela ezahlukene. La masiko ekugxilwe kuwona isiko lokuzila nesiko lokungenwa. Konke lokhu kwenziwa kususelwa ezincwadini ezimbili ezingamanoveli ethi ‘Ifa Lenkululeko’ nethi ‘Ifa Ngukufa.’ ukuguquka kwesiko yikho okubukeka kuyinto enomthelela omkhulu ekuhlukumezekeni kwabantu besifazane ngenxa yamasiko. Kubuye kuvele ukuthi abantu abaningi abasahambisani namasiko ayenziwa emandulo ngenxa yokuthi awasahambisani nesikhathi sanamuhla. Lokhu kuvezwa izingxoxo ezenziwe kuxoxiswana nabantu bemiphakathi eyahlukene eyakhele indawo yaseMgungundlovu. Kubuye kuvele ukuthi abanye abantu basaweseka la masiko yize engahambisani nesikhathi sanamuhla. Kugqama ukuthi amasiko anezingxenye ezimbili njengalokhu eguquka nje, kukhona okuhle ngawo kanti futhi kukhona nokubi ngawo. Okucacayo ukuthi ngeke kwagwemeka ukuguquka kwamasiko njengalokhu inkathi yokuphila ishitsha, nezizwe sezahlala ngokuxubana ndawonye.
Ukuqanjwa kwamagama amathempeli ebandleni lamaNazaretha=Naming of Temples in the Nazareth Baptist Church.
(2021) Msomi, Melusi Ernest.; Dlamini, Phindile Dorothy.; Ngcobo, Tholakele Ruth.
Ukuqanjwa kwamagama kuyinto ebalulekile kakhulu ngoba ayikho into engenalo igama. Ebandleni lamaNazaretha amathempeli aqanjwe amagama wonke. Ukuqanjwa kwamagama amathempeli kuwumsebenzi omkhulu futhi kunesidingo esikhulu ebandleni lamaNazaretha. Leli bandla likhula ngesivinini esikhulu, ukukhula kwalo kwenza ukuthi kwakhiwe amathempeli amaningi bese eqanjwa amagama. La magama ethiwe ngendlela ehlukile. Akha izithombe ezicacile emqondweni, umuntu owezwa okokuqala eshiwo, afise ukwazi izizathu zokwethiwa kwala mathempeli ngawo. La magama ethiwa ngezinhloso ezehlukene, okungaba ukuzichaza bona njengebandla, ukuveza imizwa nokudlulisa imiyalezo, ukuhlonipha abantu abathile, ukuchaza izinto ezithile nokunye. Aqukethe incazelo ephelele ngebandla lamaNazaretha. Amagama amathempeli ayakhombisa ukuthi aqukethe izincazelo ezithile, ezinye zihambisana nemizwa kanti ezinye izincazelo ziqukethe umlando othile webandla lamaNazaretha. Inhloso yokuqala yalolu cwaningo ukuhlola ukuthi amagama amathempeli anayiphi incazelo. Lolu cwaningo luhlose ukucubungula izincazelo ezitholakala emagameni amathempeli ngoba kuyavela ukuthi aqukethe izincazelo ezahlukene ezihlobene nemvelaphi kanye nomlando webandla lamaNazaretha. Enye inhloso yalolu cwaningo ukuhlola ukuthi amagama amathempeli aqanjwe kanjani nokuthi ngabe ikhona yini imigudu elandelwayo uma kuqanjwa amagama amathempeli. La magama aqanjwe ngezinhloso eziningi ezahlukene, okungaba ukuzichaza, ukuveza imizwa nokudlulisa imiyalezo, ukuhlonipha abathile, ukuchaza izinto ezithile nokunye. Amagama amathempeli awubunjalo bebandla lamaNazaretha ngoba amagama aqanjwe ngezinto ezithinta ibandla uqobo lwalo. Amagama amathempeli akha isithombe esiphelele ngebandla ngoba aqukethe umlando webandla lamaNazaretha. Ucwaningo luqhutshwe ngendlela kubuka i-inthaphrethivu, kusetshenziswa indlela yekhwalithethivu. Ulwazi luqoqwe ngokusebenzisa izingxoxo ezisakuhleleka, nemibhalo yocwaningo lwamagama enhlobonhlobo. Lolu cwaningo lusekelwe yinjulalwazi yesemanthiksi. Le njulalwazi ibuka izincazelo zitholakala emagameni. Ithi amagama angaba nezinhlobo ezimbili zemiqondo, okungumqondongqo (denotative) kanye nomqondosithasiselo (onnotative) umqondongqo usho incazelo yegama nje lingahlotshaniswa nalutho kanti umqondosithasiselo wegama incazelo yakhona incike ezintweni eziningi ezihlotshaniswa nalelo gama. English Abstract Naming is very important because there is nothing without a name. In the Church of the Nazarenes all temples are named. The naming of temples is a great task and a great need in the Nazarene church. This church is growing at a high speed, its growth made many temples to be built and named. These words are pronounced differently. They create clear images in the mind, a person who hears it for the first time, wants to know the reasons why these temples are named after them. These words are said for different purposes, which can be to describe themselves as a church, to express feelings and convey messages, to honor certain people, to explain certain things and so on. They contain a complete description of the Nazareth Baptist Church. The names of the temples show that they contain certain meanings, some are associated with emotions and other meanings contain a certain history of the Nazareth church. The first objective of this study is to examine the meaning of the names of the temples. This study aims to analyze the meanings found in the names of the temples because it appears that they contain different meanings related to the origin and history of the Nazarene church. Another purpose of this study is to analyze how the names of the temples are named and whether there are any procedures followed when naming the temples. These names are named for many different purposes, such as self-explanation, expressing feelings and conveying messages, honoring certain people, explaining certain things and so on. The names of the temples are the nature of the Nazarene church because the names are named after things that affect the church itself. The names of the temples form a complete picture of the church because they contain the history of the Nazarene church. The research was conducted in an intuitive way, using a qualitative method. Information was collected through structured interviews, and a variety of word research documents. This study was supported by the journal Semantics. This database looks at the meanings found in words. It says that words can have two types of concepts, which are denotative and connotative. The concept means the meaning of a word that can be associated with nothing, and the meaning of a word depends on many things associated with that word.