What unofficial title do most members of Ndotsheni bestow on Kumalo’s wife, and what does it signify?

Though she only had one child, the villagers call Kumalo’s wife “mother,” as they do most older women in the culture. It is a title of respect and reverence, and signifies a woman’s most important, if not only, role in society, as a maternal caretaker for both children and the community as a whole.