iziduko Archives - Izibongo Izithakazelo Umlando Clan names Iziduko Direto Sinanatelo

Bhayi (Khetshe, Mkhumbeni, Msuthu – they belong to the amaVundle people)
Bhele (divides into several sub-clan groups: Dongo, Langa, etc.)
Cethe (ooChizama)
Cirha (ooNcibane)
Deyi
Debeza – OoDebeza, ngoJebe, Nonyanya, Nongoqo, Mbeka Ntshiyini Bathi uqumbile, Khonkcoshe Mbokodo engava mkwetsho (These are royalty in the Amampondomse group. Their main concentration is in the former Transkei, in Tsolo, Qumbu and Umthatha in the Eastern Cape.)
Dlamini (or Zizi,Jama kaSjadu, the clan name of Thabo Mbeki, an Mfengu subgroup)
Dlane
Dlomo (different lines, Thembu or Hlubi subgroups)
Dontsa- oNoDlidlu, oNoDlabathi, oSwahla, oMntungwa uNdukuMkhonto, uShembe, bath’ uDontsa akananyongo kant’ abay’bon’ uba igqunywe ngesbhadlalala so mhlehlo… (Hlubi clan)
Dosini
Duma (Nxuba)
Faku (Nyawuza, Thahla, Ndayeni, Mpondo, Hlamba ngobubend’amanz’ekhona)
Gaba (Mngqosini, Mjobi, Thithiba, Cihoshe, Nozinga, Mnt’womlambo, Thikoloshe, Ndoko, Mbokodw’emnyama Kahili, Msuthu)
Gadluma
Ganu
Gebe (a Bomvana clan name)
Gqunu
Gqwashu (with Khoi-khoi ancestry)
Gxarha (Mpodomise subgroup clan name)
Hegebe
Jola SingaMampondomse ngohlanga, oJola, oomphankomo, nomakhala, njuza, sthukuthezi, sithandwa mhla kukubi, hoshode, hakaha, mfaz’omabele made oncancisa naphesha komlambo
Jwarha (Mtika, Mazaleni, Jotela, Khatiti, Mnangwe, Mayarha, Mbelu, Ndabase, Bantw’abahle noba bapheth’ izikhali,
Khawuta
Khiwa (Khonjwayo, a Pondo clan)
Khumalo (Mfengu clan name)
Khwetshube (Mpondo clan name)
Kwayi (Ngconde, Togu, Ubulawi, Ngcond’oneentshaba, etc.)
Madiba (the clan name of Nelson Mandela, a Thembu. Important rulers and chiefs include Mthikrakra, Ngangelizwe, Dalindyebo, Joyi, Jumba, Sabatha, Buyelekhaya)
Maduna (Gubevu, Nokhala, an Mfengu clan name)
Manci(Mbali, Wabane, Tshitshis’intaba, Mdludla ka Bekiso, Zinde Zinde Zinemiqala)
Maya (omaya oyem yem osophitsho, omagwa, ongqolomsila, obhomoyi)
Mahlangu
Matshaya Mbathane
Mbanjwa
Mbatha
Mbotho
Mdlangathi: Mome mome Sirhama Somntwana, Juta
Mfene (Olisa, Ojambasi)
Mhaga
Miya, Gcwanini
Mjoli (Qubulashe, Wushe)
Mkhwemte Dabane Sgadi Mekhi Ntswentswe Fulashe Nojaholo Ncibane Qhanqolo Ntlokwenyathi Ngququ venge
Mpehle (Mpodomise subgroup clan name)
Mpemvu (a Thembu clan name)
Mpinga (Mawawa): the clan of Enoch Sontonga, author of “Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika”, part of Nationa Athem of Republic of South Africa.
Mtakwenda (Leta, Libele, Tyebelendle, Ngcwadi, Kwangeshe, Mentuko, Mboyi, Solizembe)
Mvulane (Ncilashe, Msuthu – they belong to the amaVundle people)
Myirha Mzondi Sampu Ziyeka (Ithambo lenyoka lihlaba elimzondayo)
Ncuthu
Ndala (Ndala ka Momamana, uMncotshe, Msunu Sdumbu, Thole, Ngxunga Smukumuku, Ndithinina )
Ndlovu Mntungwa Gengesi Malunga Mancoba (zidlekhaya ngokuswela umalusi)
Ngcitshane
Ngxongo
Ngwanya
Nkomo (Mntungwa, Khumalo – amaMfengu. They are originally Ndebele from Natal and arrived in as refugees in Thembuland in 1828 during the time of the Mfecane wars.)
Nkwali (Mfengu/Hlubi clan name: bhukula, Mkhwanazi, Nkwali ye Nkosi)
Nqarhwane
Ntshilibe
Nxasana
Nxuba (Mduma, Rhudulu)
Nyawuza (Faku, Mpondo ruling line, chiefs including Faku, Sigcau, Bokleni, Ndamase)
Nzothwa
Mqadi Ngqwili Nondlobe
Qhinebe – Gqugqugqu, Zithonga-zthathu, Haha, Mlunjwa, Mkhomanzi, Duka namahlathi
Qocwa (Zikhali Mazembe, Jojo, Tiyeka, Butsolo Beentonga Mbizana, Mabombo)
Qoma
Qithi (Ndinga, Zondwa, Thembu)
Mqwambi, Holomi
Qwathi – Iinkomo zikaXesibe, zikaJojo, zikaMtshutshumbe, ogqaz’indlel’ebhek’ebuNguni. (The amaQwathi are not a clan but an independent nation founded by Mtshutshumbe kaMthetho who split from the amaXesibe nation and settled in the Mqanduli area in Thembuland some 350 years ago. Later they settled in their present capital of Engcobo during the reign of King Dlomo of abaThembu, about 1680. This small but fiercely independent and anti-colonial nation divides into several clans: amaDikela, amaTshaba, ooSdindi, ooBhlangwe, ooBhose, amaNzolo, imiNcayi, amaNtondo, amaKhombayo, ooMkhondweni, amaVumbe, ooKhebesi, amaBangula, amaDumba, ooMhotho, ooCakeni, ooBhabha, amaMvala, amaDabisa, ooS’ximba, etc. Prominent chiefs include the heroic anti-colonial Stokwe ka-Ndlela, the courageous Dalasile kaFubu, the great Fubu himself (who fought and killed both Rharhabe and his son Mlawu in 1872, defended his capital and defeatedMadzikane of the Bhaca in 1824 and Matiwane of Ngwane in 1828 during the Mfecane wars triggered by Shaka, etc), Zwelakhe (present chief))
Rhadebe ndlebentle’zombini (amaHlubi)
Rhoyi
Sithathu – means “third” (the third Khoi-khoi ancestry clan)[oChisana, Khopoyi, Ndebe, Hasa,Lawu]
Sikhosana
Skhoji (A group of Xhosa speaking people who mainly occupy the small town called Tsolo on the Tsitsa valley. They are the direct descendants of a Scottish man by the name of William Saunders who befriended a Xhosa girl and later had issue.)
Shiya
Sohobese
Sonani
Sukwini (with Khoi-khoi ancestry) – [Chwama, Dibashe ,Lawu’ndini, Nja-bomvu, Sandlala-ngca, Ithole loMthwakazi].
Thangana (Krila, Rhaso, M’bamba, Bodlinja, Gobingca)
Thole (Gqagqane, Buzini, Ndlangisa, Mzimshe, Lwandle)
Tolo (amaMfengu – Dlangamandla, Mchenge, Mabhanekazi, Zulu, Mabele-made)
Tshangisa (Zulu, Skhomo, Mhlatyana, Rhudulu, Nxuba, Mngwevu)
Tshawe (the ruling house among all the Xhosa. Chiefs include Hintsa, Sigcawu, Sarhili, Xolilizwe, etc.)
Tshezi (the ruling Bomvana clan of the Jalamba-Gambushe line, with European shipwreck ancestry)
Tshomane (with shipwreck ancestry, split from the ruling Nyawuza clan of the Mpondo)
Xesibe (AmaXesibe are a nation made up of several clans and tribes but their history is not well documented. Common clan names are: Nondzaba, Mbathane, Tshomela ka Matsho).
Xhamela (They are also called amaGcina, found in Thembuland).
Zangwa (Khwalo – amaMpondo).

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