Skip to content
Wozekhaya

Surname · isiXhosa · isiZulu · siSwati

Ndlela

Carried by the amaHlubi, amaZulu and emaSwati.

isiXhosa

An isiduko of the amaHlubi.

  • PeopleamaHlubi

Recorded Praise Names

These are praise names, not a full recitation.

SibhekuzaNodabekhulaNodada

Read the full isiXhosa record

Part of Iziduko: Xhosa clan names

isiZulu

An isithakazelo of the amaZulu.

  • PeopleamaZulu

Recorded Praise Names

These are praise names, not a full recitation.

BayeniSompisiGodideMphemba

Read the full isiZulu record

Part of Izithakazelo: Zulu and Ndebele clan praises

siSwati

A sinanatelo of the emaSwati, which the sources also call Swati.

  • PeopleemaSwati
  • Grouping not stated by the sources read
  • Surnames recorded Ndlela
  • Places recorded Tibondzeni, Shiselweni, Zombodze, Eswatini

Read the full siSwati record

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)
  • nivile.co.za/iziduko.html (read 2026-08-23) — independent cross-check
  • IZITHAKAZELO ZAMAZULU directory, community-compiled (see sources)
  • Community compilation: iafrika.org
  • Community compilation: zuluring.blogspot.com
  • Community compilation: izithakazelo.blog
  • Community compilation: izithakazeloizibongo.blogspot.com
  • Community compilation: izithakazelo.wordpress.com
  • Swaziland Oral History Project, Hamilton series (A22): interview with Simbimba Ndlela, 27 July 1983, with endnotes, 1983; printed 2021 — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/WITS/FLOPPYS/DISK1/(A22)SIM.pdf
  • Swaziland Oral History Project, Hamilton series (A22): interview with Simbimba Ndlela, 27 July 1983, with endnotes, 1983; printed 2021 — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/WITS/FLOPPYS/DISK1/(A22)SIM.pdf (narrator Simbimba Ndlela)

Are You Ndlela?

Put your name on the launch list.

Tell Me When It Opens

We write to you about Wozekhaya, and nothing else.

If Your Family Holds More Of This

A family saying its own izinqulo knows them better than any directory does. If yours has more than what is on this page, it belongs here.

Add What Your Family Holds Get Wozekhaya All Surnames

Wozekhaya Is Opening

Be there on the first day.

One private place for your family. Leave your address and we will write to you when it opens, about this and nothing else.

We do not pass your address to anyone, and we do not send marketing. How we handle it.