Submitted in partial requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of IsiZulu namaGugu in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Zululand, 2006. / Lolu cwaningo lucubungula indlela umfana akhuliswa ngayo esizweni samaZulu nokubaluleka kwakhe. Lubheka imikhutshana eyenziwa kusukela ezalwa ekhula aze eluse, esenga, ebophela, ebuthwa aze abe insizwa lapho eseqomisa. Isahluko sokuqala sizokwethula ucwaningo nenhloso yalo. Kuzovezwa umklamo wocwaningo nendlela ezosetshenziswa ngenkathi kubhekenwe nalo mshikashika. Kuzokwenekwa umlando omfishane ngendlela umfana akhuliswa ngayo esizweni sikaMalandela. Isahluko sesibili sizobheka kabanzi imikhutshana namasiko enziwa mhlazane kuzelwe umntwana womfana. Kuzobhekwa amakhambi agezwa ngawo nezinyamazane ashunqiselwa ngazo. Ukubaluleka kokugcotshwa ngebomvu nakho kuzobhekwa ngeso lokhozi. Luzobheka ngokubanzi umkhutshana wokuklekla, ukuphehla, ukusokwa luze lumgojele lapho esekhula. Isahluko sesithathu sizogxila lapho umfana eselusa noqeqesho aluthola khona. Sizomqala phansi lapho esalusa izinkukhu, sinyuke naye eselusa izimbuzi, aye emvemveni, emankonyaneni, amathole aze afike ezinkomeni. Izifundo ezitholakala ekwaluseni njengolwazi lwezilwane, izinyoni nemithi nakho kuzenhlobonhlobo etholakala ekwaluseni ukungcweka, ukudla iphaphu, nokuciba insema. esebuthwa nalapho eseba udibi. njengokubhukuda, Sizombheka lapho Isahluko sesine sizocubungula uqeqesho umfana aluthola ekhaya. Lapho kuzobhekwa ukusenga, ukuhlinza, ukuhlahlela, ukubophela izinkabi, nokudipha. Indlela yokuvunula sizoyifakela iso lapho ezofundiswa khona ukusika amabheshu nezinene. Ukugawula izintingo umfana efundiswa ukwakha isibaya nakho kuzovezwa. Isahluko sesihlanu sizogxila lapho umfana esengene ebunsizweni, eseqomisa. Sizobheka izingqinamba nemikhutshana ephathelene nokuqomisa. Amakhambi asetshenziswayo ukuze insizwa ibe nogazi ezintombini njengobulawu nakho kuzofakelwa iso. Eminye imikhutshana eyenziwayo ukuzuza intombi njengokunqunda izimbangi ukuyiphonsa, ukuyithwala, ukukhuzela neminye nakho kuzocutshungulwa. Umkhosi wokubonga indaba nawo ngeke wabukelwa phansi. Isahluko sesithupha sizobe sesiyiphothula le mbenge bese sihlaziya lonke ucwaningo siveze namakhambi (izincomo). Imidlalo