Surname · Tshivenda
Vhambedzi
Also spelled Mbedzi, Vhanbedzi.
A mutupo of the Vhavenda, recorded in Tshivenda, which the sources also call Venda.
Tshivenda
- PeopleVhavenda
- Grouping Earlier inhabitants of the eastern Soutpansberg; treated with the Vhangona as original (MAGOMA-2021, WIKI-VENDA-PEOPLE, LUONDE) or as a pre-Singo sib from Malungudzi
- Surnames recorded Mbedzi, Luvhimbi
- Places recorded Vhumbedzi, Mutale, Luvhimbi, Makonde, Tshulu, Ha-Makuya, Mianzwi, Tshilavulu, Zimbabwe, Tshituzi, Malungudzi, Marungudzi
Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.
Where This Came From
- Luonde.co.za - Brief History; Ngomalungundu (community heritage site), accessed 2026-09-05, luonde.co.za — https://luonde.co.za/brief-history/ and https://luonde.co.za/brief-history/ngomalungundu
- Munyadziwa Magoma and co-authors, Retrieving Intangibility, Stemming Biodiversity Loss: The Case of Sacred Places in Venda, Northern South Africa, 2021 — https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/4/4/249
- Vhadau vha Tshakhuma (Tshivenda-language typescript on the Vhadau of Tshakhuma and the early peoples of Venda; author… — https://repository.up.ac.za/server/api/core/bitstreams/e2593648-436f-4316-87cf-b72e71970958/content
- Tshimangadzo Nemaheni (University of Mpumalanga), The Vhambedzi origin and the expansion of Zimbabwe stone building tradition south of the Vhembe River, 2021, New Contree vol. 86, article 27, DOI 10.4102/nc.v86i0.27 — https://newcontree.org.za/index.php/nc/article/view/27
- Nthambeleni Charles Ṋetshisaulu (University of Venda), The Role Played by Nicknames and Totems in the Development of Tshivenḓa Surnames, 2025 — https://noyam.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/EHASS20256715.pdf
- Hugh A. Stayt, The Bavenda, 1931 — https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/59437
- Wikipedia contributors, Venda Kingdom (Wikipedia article), accessed 2026-09-05, Wikimedia Foundation — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venda_Kingdom
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