The Ndebele are a Nguni people, they originate from Nguniland which was an area South East of Afrika which stretched from encompassed parts of Present day KZN, Swaziland and Eastern Transvaal. They first travelled with Abakwa Zelemu (AmaBhaca) to Ubombo Mountains and later broke away and entered the Transvaal. Their first known chief was Mafana. They proceeded to present day Mohlakeng (Mhlangeni) near Randfontein and continued to a place called Kwa-Mnyamana near Pretoria under the leadership of King Musi. After the death of Musi they split into two tribes Ndzundza and Manala due to succession dispute. Ndzundza and Manala were the sons of Musi Mhlanga.
Masombuka settled with the Ndzundza group while Mthombeni and Sibasa headed north with their followers. Sibasa later joined the be-Venda. Mrhwaduba joined the Pedi near Turfloop in Limpopo.
Dlomu went back to KZN, Mphafudi and Litjha ended with the South Sotho in Lesotho and Free State.
All the above were sons of Musi of Mhlanga.
The Ndzundza group moved past Middleburg and settled at Roosenekal (Kwasimkhulu) The Manala group returned to Kwamnyamana after the truce they made with the Ndzundza group near Loskop Dam Middleburg at a place called Konoqolo/Koqoli.
When Ndzundza died his son Mrhetja took over, and when Manal died his son Silamba took over kingship.
Later regents ruled the Ndzundza, those were Siboko, Somdeyi and Mabhoko.
Mabhoko died in 1865 and Masilela took over followed by Soqaleni who ruled until 1873, followed by Xobongo up to 1879, who was succeeded by Nyabela.
In the 1980’s the Musi Ndebele were given the land in the north-east of Pretoria near Groblersdal and Marblehall (Siyabuswa) as their semi-independent homeland. The youth and the Ndzundza royal house resisted apartheid independence. That place was called Kwandebele and is now under Mpumalanga province of the Republic of South Africa.
The language that these Ndebele spoke was a mixture of Nguni, Pedi and Afrikaans. In the 1980’s efforts were made to preserve a purer form of Ndebele and it has been very successful becaus now they speak pure undiluted Ndebela language which is also taught at schools. Previously they were taugth in Pedi and Zulu languages.
Mago
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mtshweni piet
NGIBAWA ISINANAZELO SAKWA MTSHWENI
Mqothiwa
.amandebele a suka e kzn ngekosi umafana wako jonono wako nanasi wako mntungwa wako Ndebele.bafikila endaweni ezifana na kwamnyamani a kothama umafana sa buswa ngumhlanga kwaza umusi indodana yakhe, umafana wabusa amandebele nge skhathi sabo mbatha amakhosi amadala wakwa zulu o ndaba no mpangizitha ndabezitha. U musi wa beletha unzunza ngase manzunzeni unzunza a beletha umrhethja yena wa beletha umagoboli o wa beletha ubongwe o wa beletha umahlangu o wa beletha umgwezana o wa beletha umagodongo o wa ngena ne skhuni emanzini sivutha a phuma naso sivutha….ngalesi iskhathi bekubusa ushaka ka senzangakhona ka jama…yilapho umzilikazi a suka kwa zulu ne butho lakhe a baleka ushaka a fikela emanaleni a bulala ingwenyama usibindi eza kwa ndzundZa ne nyanga yakhe a bulala ingwenyama umgodongo. lisani ukutjela abantu ukuthi sama zulu thina ushaka nakavusa isizwe sama zulu thina ngapha wesibuswa ngumagodongo..
Mhlabaniseni Mtimunye
Silothjise Mqothiwa. Kubonala ukuthi imilando le uyayazi. Yingabe ngingayitholaphi nami nilandele ubuzwe bami kahle ngemaNdebeleni?
V
But ur first sentence says “Ndebele ppl are from kzn” ?????
mqothiwa
Yes they are! Just like other tribes that are part of the Nguni clan. It was not called KZN in those days
mtshweni piet
kunjani ngibawa isinana zelo sakwa mstweni
phillemon mtsweni
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Jews.
sipho
ngibawa izithakazelo zakwamasango
rotatemolokomme123
Ndebele kings is traceble from mhlanga,musi,ndzundza and others my question why mahlangu(shield) mgwezani mtugwa ekosini is link with khumalo surname and what is the surname of mhlanga,musi and ndzundza? And why Mahlangu surname is a ruling surname at Amandebele like Zulu at amazulu and Dlamini at Swazis?
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lydia
who was the king of the ndebele nation