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Isibongo Ndlovu is a very complex surname that has a complex history for one to simply deploy as a way to understand identity. For example, isibongo Ndlovu does not signify a single clan group.
There are Ndlovu (Gatsheni) who are Nguni, Ndlovu (Gabula) who are Kalanga, Ndlovu (Mthombeni) who are Nguni and other Ndlovus with various ethnic origins. So one cannot use and take isibongo Ndlovu to mean a single clan and then quickly assign ethnic origin to the concept.
On top of this there were numerous people of Lozwi-Shona origin who used their own agency to translate their original Shona surnames into Ndlovu. The reality is that one finds numerous Ndlovus in Matabeleland and the Midlands regions sharing a common totem (elephant) but not tracing their descent from common clans or ethnic groups. Eyami iNdlovu originates from South Africa and itemwa ngo ‘Mlondeni’ njalo ngiliTshangane.
Zibhebhu kaMaphitha kaSojiyisa kaJama wa kwaZulu
Zibhebhu kaMaphitha kaSojiyisa kaJama wa kwaZulu. Wadlala indima enkulu ngempi yabantwana eyaziwa ngempi yaseNdondakusuka, lapho uMpande ayeqhathe khona abantwana uCetshwayo no Mbuyazwe. UZibhebhu wesekela kakhulu umntwama uCetshwayo bayinqoba leyompi. Izinto zajika ngemuva kokunqoba kukaZulu abamhlophe empini yaseSandlwane, njengoba inkosi uCetshwayo yadingiselwa phesheya. Yabeka indodana yayo eyothatha ubukhosi ngemuva kwayo, umntwana uDinuzuluu kumfowabo uZibhebhu kaMaphitha. Indaba yoniwa ngomntwana uNdabuko kaMpande owayelamana nesilo uCetshwayo owanyundela uZibhebhu kumfowabo ethi ebehlupha umntwana emulusisa emusengisa futhi. Sase isilo simshalazela ke ngalokho uZibhebhu okwamenza wagadla kuqala kunenkosi yakhe uCetshwayo. Kulolo hlaselo lwaZibbhebhu kwafa izikhulu cishe zonke zakwaZulu,engingabala ezimbalwa zazo; uGodide kaNdlela, uSihayo wasemaQungebeni, uMbopha kaWolizibi wakwaHlabisa, uNtshingwayo kaMahole namadodana akhe amabili, haaa ngingabala ngifikephi na, cishe 79 eezikhulu ezasala enkundleni zijunywe uhlaselo likaZibhebhu kaMaphitha. Lokho kwadala inzondo phakathi kwaMandlakazi noSuthu okwenza ukuthi isilo uDinuzulu siphindiselele uyise kuZibhebhu.
Ubongwa kanje uZibhebhu, umsongi wensimbi eshisayo ayibeke ekhanda kusabe amagwala! Nani maSwazi yekani ufunga uMahlokohla ngoba uMahlokohla ngowakithi eBhanganoma! Haaa inkosi kayiqedwa.