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Isibongo · isiNdebele (Southern Ndebele)

Sibindi (Southern)

Also spelled Sibindi.

  • PeopleamaNdebele (Southern)
  • Grouping Manala - a chief's name and a lineage
  • Surnames recorded Sibindi
  • Places recorded Gauteng, KwaMnyamana, KoMjekejeke
  • Branch Southern

Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.

About This Record

What Was Written Down

Nyathi records that the Manala were under Chief Sibindi when Mzilikazi reached Ndubazi; Wikipedia's Manala king-list has Sibindi, son of Mdibane, ruling about 1817-1826, fleeing KwaMnyamana and being killed by Mzilikazi's forces, with a brother Mgibe also killed. Sokhela lists Sibindi among the abeNhla izibongo of the Matabeleland kingdom. No Southern praise source was read; the docx sequence that joins both histories is blog-derived and is not adopted. Recorded from the sources named on this entry; the wording here is Sibaya's own.

Families Tell This Differently

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Where This Comes From

Written down by
  • Pathisa Nyathi, Names and naming: Mabhena history captured in names (Sunday News column), 2020-02-23, Zimpapers (Sunday News / heraldonline.co.zw) — https://www.heraldonline.co.zw/names-and-naming-mabhena-history-captured-in-names/
  • Mloyiswayizizwe Sokhela, Reconstruction of the Kalanga history welcome but beware of distortions! (opinion column, Bulawayo24, reprinted on ka…, 2012-05-09, Bulawayo24 / kalanga.org — https://kalanga.org/blogs/reconstruction-of-the-kalanga-history-welcome-but-beware-of-distortions/ (listed among abeNhla izibongo)
  • Wikipedia contributors, Southern Ndebele people, read 2026-09-05, Wikimedia Foundation — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Ndebele_people

Recorded Alongside

  • Bhuda Also recorded among the amaNdebele (Southern).
  • Dlomu Also recorded among the amaNdebele (Southern).
  • Jiyane (Southern) Also recorded among the amaNdebele (Southern).
  • Kabini Also recorded among the amaNdebele (Southern).
  • Likere Also recorded among the amaNdebele (Southern).
  • Mabhena (Southern) Also recorded among the amaNdebele (Southern).

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