Surname · isiNdebele (Southern Ndebele) · siSwati
Masilela
Carried by the amaNdebele (Southern) and emaSwati.
isiNdebele (Southern Ndebele)
An isibongo of the amaNdebele (Southern), which the sources also call Southern Ndebele.
- PeopleamaNdebele (Southern)
- Grouping Ndzundza (per SAHO); also listed among abeNhla in Matabeleland
- Surnames recorded Masilela
- Places recorded Mpumalanga
- Branch Southern
siSwati
A sinanatelo of the emaSwati, which the sources also call Swati.
- PeopleemaSwati
- Grouping Emakhandzambili
- Surnames recorded Masilela
Part of Tinanatelo: Swati clan praises
Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.
Where This Came From
- South African History Online, The Ndebele in history (article A-0063369; project researched by Franco Frescura), 2011 (updated 2026), South African History Online — https://sahistory.org.za/article/ndebele-history
- 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/
- Thabani Thwala, The Politics of Placing Princes in Historical and Contemporary Swaziland (MA research report, supervisor Philip Bonner), 2013 — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/FHYA%20Depot/Theses%20and%20Dissertations/Thwala_2013_The_Politics_of_Placing_Princes_in_Historical_and_Contemporary_Swaziland.pdf
- Thabani Thwala, The Politics of Placing Princes in Historical and Contemporary Swaziland (MA research report, supervisor Philip Bonner), 2013 — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/FHYA%20Depot/Theses%20and%20Dissertations/Thwala_2013_The_Politics_of_Placing_Princes_in_Historical_and_Contemporary_Swaziland.pdf (p.18 (listed among Emakhandzambili chiefdoms attacked by Mswati II)
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