MKHULU Ishmael Matjila (100) from Mmakaunyane, North West, hates vat en sit and umjolo.
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Madala Ishmael wants men and women to get married properly to get blessings from families and God.
Mkhulu said there’s a lot of diseases nowadays that need partners to do the right thing by getting married and remaining faithful to each other.
“Vat en sit isn’t right and isn’t taking you anywhere. People won’t give you the respect you deserve,” he said.
Mkhulu said he’s telling his kids and grandkids that vat en sit isn’t good and isn’t welcome in his home.
“However, paying lobola in an African culture is important because if you don’t, then the woman you live with isn’t your wife,” he said.
Ishmael, who has been married to his wife Linah Matjila (80), for many years, said he paid lobola for over R500 to his in-laws many years ago.
He’s vowed that death will separate him from his beautiful wife.
“My mum asked me to marry my wife because she was a hard worker. When I was a teenager, I loved wearing smart clothes and I’d put a tie on. I worked in the farms in Limpopo,” he said.
Mkhulu said he used to have many girlfriends because he was smart, and it was safe in those old days, unlike now when HIV/Aids is rampant.
However, he said he’d change ties three times a day.
“I want young people to respect elders so that they can live long,” he said.
Mkhulu said he doesn’t like to see women and kids abused or killed.
In his free time, mkhulu spends his precious time planting crops.
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However, he said when he was a young man, he’d go to the bushes to get wild fruits.
Mkhulu enjoys eating boiled meat, although he has two teeth left, furthermore, he loves cakes, cookies and drinking ginger beer.
His secret to longevity is fearing God and spending time reading the Bible.
Gogo Linah said her husband is loving.
“My husband doesn’t like vat en sit. It’s not good to have kids out of marriage. We do things together, and death will separate us,” she said.
Mkhulu had 11 kids and is survived by seven and many grandkids.
