Surname · iKalanga · isiNdebele (Northern Ndebele)
Nyathi
Also spelled Nare, Nyati.
Carried by the BaKalanga and amaNdebele (Matabeleland).
iKalanga
A clan name of the BaKalanga, which the sources also call Kalanga.
- PeopleBaKalanga
- Totem Buffalo
- Recorded as, in the languages Kalanga families live in Nare, Mokone
isiNdebele (Northern Ndebele)
An isibongo of the amaNdebele (Matabeleland), which the sources also call Northern Ndebele.
- PeopleamaNdebele (Matabeleland)
- Grouping Buffalo totem
- Surnames recorded Nyathi
- Places recorded Matabeleland, Midlands
- Branch Matabeleland
Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.
Where This Came From
- TG Silundika Cultural Community Centre — tgsilundikaculturalcommunitycentre.org (read 2026-08-12)
- Mzala Tom, The Sotho people of Zimbabwe (Part 2) (Sunday News; cites Joseph Mujere and Pathisa Nyathi's Babirwa history), 2022-10-16, Zimpapers (Sunday News / heraldonline.co.zw) — https://www.heraldonline.co.zw/the-sotho-people-of-zimbabwe-part-2/
- 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/ (Nyathi)
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