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.
kenneth
kahleni madoda umlandu lo kunalapho ongivangakhona,ikgubhululo lapha liyashoda.kukuphi lapha ukhuluma khona ngoNdabezitha uNyabela nango Ndabezitha uManala nakazak’yengwa nguNdzunza ngenaka lamaza?veza ivutho ndaba ukuthi kwezanjani bonyana amaNdebele kuthiwe eza noMzilikazi.
victor mbonani
ikosi yakwa manala inzinze kuphi nendawo
Nkosinathi mduduzi
Ngiqela isithakazelo sakwaMahlangu(Gembe)
decypha
Hi
The Gembe branch is actually trying to trace back our history. We gather annually around September/October and are in the process of trying to put together a family tree.
I don’t know if you have been involved in these gatherings yet. Email me at pnmmahlangu@live.co.za if you want to find out more and maybe get you and your family involved.
Sabelo
bengibawa isithakazelo saka Mnguni Magubelo Nathakomo nomlando wamaxhegu wakhona ukuthi balandelana njani?
Rotate Molokomme
who ever is having a right full history of ama ndebele not this one from turkies and nhlapho commission please come forward and assist this dying nation and try to link surnames not distorted written by greedy white people, and explain what kind of an animal is mbhuduma in nguni languages
nhlakanipho
mbuduma is a buffalo in isindebele
Mngoma Mabhena
please note, Mbuduma is a gnu not a buffalo