Surname · isiXhosa · isiZulu · isiNdebele (Northern Ndebele) · siSwati
Khumalo
Also spelled Kumalo, amaNtungwa, Mntungwa.
Carried by the amaHlubi, amaZulu, amaNdebele (Matabeleland) and emaSwati.
isiXhosa
An isiduko of the amaHlubi.
- PeopleamaHlubi
Recorded Praise Names
These are praise names, not a full recitation.
MntungwaMzilikazi kaMashobane Part of Iziduko: Xhosa clan names
isiZulu
An isithakazelo of the amaZulu.
- PeopleamaZulu
- RegionKwaZulu-Natal
The Izithakazelo
Mntungwa,Mbulaz' omnyama,Nina bakaBhej' eseNgome,Nin' enadl' umuntu nimyenga ngendaba,Nin' enadl' izimf' ezimbili ikhambi laphuma lilinye,Lobengula kaMzilikazi,Mzilikazi kaMashobana,Shobana noGasa kaZikode,Zikode kaMkhatshwa,Okhatshwe ngezind' izinyawo nangezimfushanyana,UMkhatshwa wawoZimangele,UNyama yentini yawoZimangele,Mabaso owabas' entabeni kwadliwa ilanga lishona,BaNtungw' abancwaba,Zindlovu ezibantu,Zindlovu ezimacocombela,Nin' abakwaMawela owawel' iZambezi ngezikhali,Nin' abakwaNkomo zavul' inqaba,Zavul' inqaba ngezimpondo kwelaseNgome zahamba,Nin' enalukudl' umlenze kwaBulawayo,Mantungwa Aluhlaza,Mantungwa Amahle,Bantwana benkosi! Nin' abakwaNtokela,Inkubele abayihlabe ngamanxeba,Abakhule ngezinyawo ezimfishanyana nezimaqhukulwana,Inyang' abathe beth' ifil' uZulu kanti isiyetheswe,Yetheswe ngoNyakana kaMpeyana,UBando abalubande balushiy' uZulu,UNtshwintshwintshwi kaNoyanda noNdaba,UNkone evele ngobus' emdibini,Maqhaw' amakhulu! Two versions are recorded and neither has been chosen. Where community sources differ on a praise, both readings are kept. A regional form and a transcription slip are indistinguishable to anyone who is not a first-language reader.
The Name
Associated with khumala, connoting reverence, exaltation, or high status; the Khumalo are grouped among the Mntungwa lineage of the Nguni.
isiNdebele (Northern Ndebele)
An isibongo of the amaNdebele (Matabeleland), which the sources also call Northern Ndebele.
- PeopleamaNdebele (Matabeleland)
- Grouping Royal house of the Ndebele kingdom (Mzilikazi kaMashobane, Lobengula)
- Surnames recorded Khumalo
- Places recorded Matabeleland, Mhlahlandlela, Bulawayo, Entumbane, Matobo, Mzilikazi
- Branch Matabeleland
siSwati
A sinanatelo of the emaSwati, which the sources also call Swati.
- PeopleemaSwati
- Grouping not stated by the sources read
- Surnames recorded Khumalo
- Places recorded Hlatikulu
Part of Tinanatelo: Swati clan praises
Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.
Where This Came From
- izithakazelo.blog/iziduko-zamaxhosa/ (read 2026-08-23)
- Themba, 2026-08-11: IZITHAKAZELO ZAMAZULU, Full Text Corpus, Tranche One
- Community compilation: iafrika.org
- Community compilation: zuluring.blogspot.com
- Community compilation: izithakazelo.blog
- Community compilation: izithakazeloizibongo.blogspot.com
- Community compilation: izithakazelo.wordpress.com
- Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Nation Building in Zimbabwe and the Challenges of Ndebele Particularism (African Journal on Conflict Resolution 8(3)…, 2008, ACCORD — https://www.accord.org.za/ajcr-issues/nation-building-in-zimbabwe-and-the-challenges-of-ndebele-particularism/
- Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Who Ruled by the Spear? Rethinking the Form of Governance in the Ndebele State (African Studies Quarterly 10(2-3)), 2008, University of Florida Center for African Studies — https://asq.africa.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/168/Ndlovu-Gatsheni-Vol10Issue23.pdf
- totems.co.zw (Zimbabwean community heritage site, uncredited), totems.co.zw - Ndebele Totems category (about thirty entries: Ngwenya, Khumalo, Nyoni, Dlamini, Mthunzi, Gumbo, Mnkan…, 2023-2025 (post dates), totems.co.zw — https://totems.co.zw/category/ndebele-totems/ (Izibongo zamaKhumalo)
- Swaziland Oral History Project, Bonner series (B9): interview with Simelane Simelane, koNtshingila, 6 May 1970, with…, 1970; printed 2021 — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/WITS/FLOPPYS/DISK3/(B9)SIME.pdf
- Anonymous blog administrator, Tinanatelo (community blog, 116 posts of June 2018), 2018, Blogger — http://tinanatelo.blogspot.com/2018/06/ (post Tinanatelo KHUMALO)
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