“Sawuqala umsebenzi wethu ezikolweni ekuzeni kuphela kwenyanga ephelileyo ngoba sasifuna ukuqinisekisa okokuba siyawusonga ekuqaleni kwenyanga yeThupha. Sihlaziye amagumbi okufundela aamathathu eThembeka Primary Schools ngemali engamawaka alishumi elinantlanu erandi (R15 000) ebisuka kwabakwa-Investec,” utshilo uKwababa, ozimisele ukuguqula imeko yezikolo zasezilalini nasezilokishini. The storyteller weaves a complex kinship web in this story. Vel'ekhaya, whose name suggests that he was born at his mother's house of birth rather than her home of marriage, is the son of his classificatory sister. This story is a working out of that relationship, to avoid the scourge of incest. The story is also a realistic account of the puberty ritual. The establishment of his legitimacy, his lineage, is of immense significance in his rite of passage, because it has to do with his identity. 21 Emva koko uYehu wathumela kuye wonke uSirayeli,+ kangangokuba beza bonke abanquli bakaBhahali. Yaye akusalanga namnye ungezanga. Yaye baqhubeka besiza endlwini kaBhahali,+ yazala indlu kaBhahali ukusuka kwelinye icala ukusa kwelinye.