The tradition of paying pregnancy damages.Episode 2

Conversations With Nicci

In the certain African cultures when a young girl gets pregnant, the man pays ‘damages’ for getting the woman pregnant. In the olden days the elders in the family would take the girl to the boy’s family and that is when the boy would admit to or deny making the girl pregnant. If the boy admits to the deed then he will be fined in the form of a cow or whatever amount has been agreed upon by the elders. In modern days some people no longer use cows but money - and this can range from anything between R1000 and R20 000. This is not lobola we are talking about. That is one hell of an expensive encounter, I thought. In this talk i have my Hubby (Tabbs) who has been thru the process of having to pay Damages and my buddy Malebo who shares some wise words as well. Listen in and share your thoughts.