Surname · isiZulu · isiNdebele (Northern Ndebele) · siSwati
Mhlanga
Carried by the amaZulu, amaNdebele (Matabeleland) and emaSwati.
isiZulu
An isithakazelo of the amaZulu.
- PeopleamaZulu
- Recorded originZulu-Swazi royal clan
Recorded Praise Names
These are praise names, not a full recitation.
KhabakoNina bakwaNkhomo lekhabako yaboLanga wa Mkhuhlakhuhlawasidvwaba silutfulilowakhwela Lubombo ngekuhlehletelawaGabigabi lelingadliwa ngulabasha lelidliwa ngulabadzala bodvwanaJokojokwanaGasela lowadvonsela'emakhosi eNshongweni; Nine baka Gidzagidza lowagidza egumeni lemkhwekati wesive saNconga naNdzinisa naMakhunga Ntekati eMhlanga, eGasela, enqinaeladla liguqile koNkweneneza eLomagodla kanzima, eMjamase, eBethwane, eMdomula, eNtanzukuselemazibukweni, eSindindindi, eZulul kalidumi sibona ngomfula ukugcwala, eMdladlama, eSibhakabhaka sing Langa eNkukhu yabhensa isisila akhwathuka aMandwandwe abukela(eSetshe elabhensa koBheyani aMandwandwe abukela), eLongoba, eNyathi endumanduma abayibona (bayifaka umkhala) bayakhela umkhaya, eSilo simkhonokhono, eThumbankomo labantu (Gidi nkomo labantu), eLothethelandaba ongasela kubuyela emanxiweni, wena Mthethwa kaNyambosi, eMzansi ozondekayo, eMdingi kaJobe omanxebanxeba ezandlend eni, wena owaphuma esihlabathini solwandle. 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.
isiNdebele (Northern Ndebele)
An isibongo of the amaNdebele (Matabeleland), which the sources also call Northern Ndebele.
- PeopleamaNdebele (Matabeleland)
- Grouping Recorded by the Zimbabwean directory with Swazi-referencing praise
- Surnames recorded Mhlanga
- Places recorded Matabeleland
- Branch Matabeleland
siSwati
A sinanatelo of the emaSwati, which the sources also call Swati.
- PeopleemaSwati
- Grouping Bemdzabuko
- Surnames recorded Mhlanga
Part of Tinanatelo: Swati clan praises
Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.
Where This Came From
- Zulu oral-history archives / zuluring
- Community compilation: iafrika.org
- Community compilation: zuluring.blogspot.com
- Community compilation: izithakazelo.blog
- Community compilation: izithakazeloizibongo.blogspot.com
- Community compilation: izithakazelo.wordpress.com
- 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/
- 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/ (Mhlanga)
- Swaziland Oral History Project, Royal series (A1): interview with Phuhlaphi Nsibandze, 1968, recorded for King Sobhuz…, 1968; printed 2021 — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/WITS/FLOPPYS/DISK1/(A1)PHU.pdf
- Swaziland Oral History Project, Royal series (A1): interview with Phuhlaphi Nsibandze, 1968, recorded for King Sobhuz…, 1968; printed 2021 — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/WITS/FLOPPYS/DISK1/(A1)PHU.pdf (endnote lxv (reporting MATSEBULA1988 p.21)
- 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 (pp.14-15)
- Wikipedia contributors, Bemdzabuko (English Wikipedia), read 2026-09-05, Wikimedia Foundation — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bemdzabuko
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