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1. SIVALO MAHLANGUA thread....King Mzilikazi encountered the Mahlangu people at a time when they lived at Ndubazi in present day Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The Mahlangu chieftaincy is established

1. THE MYSTERY OF UTHEKWANEUthekwane /hammer-headed stork is a mysterious bird in Ndebele folklore & spiritual philosophy. Most African tribes also associate the bird with rain & lightning - hence

1. ZWANGENDABA'S LONG JOURNEYA short thread...Mzilikazi, Soshangane & Zwangendaba are the most prominent leaders to emerge out of the Mfecane wars during the reign of King Shaka (Sgidi kaSenzangakhona). Of

1. NDABEZINHLE SIGOGO : THE GODFATHER OF NDEBELE LITERATUREA short thread....Sigogo is credited for structuring how the Ndebele novel was to be written. He was editor at the Literature Bureau,

1. HOW MZILIKAZI BECAME A KING A thread....The Khumalo originated with Khumalo kaMntungwa who settled around the Mkhuze river in Northern KwaZulu-Natal. Mzilikazi was born of Mashobane kaMangethe who is

1. THE CHEWA PEOPLE OF ZIMBABWEA thread....... ChiChewa is recognised as an official language in terms of the constitution of Zimbabwe. ChiChewa is a Bantu language spoken in Malawi, Zambia,

1. THE SOTHO - TSWANA PEOPLE OF ZIMBABWEA thread......SeSotho & SeTswana are recognised as official languages in Zimbabwe. The Sotho-Tswana groups came to the Zimbabwe plateau with Mzilikazi. However, some

1. THE XHOSA PEOPLE OF ZIMBABWEA thread..... Xhosa people are predominantly found in the Mbembesi area near Bulawayo. Other Xhosa communities are found in Fort Rixon, Goromonzi (in Chief Rusike's

1.THE NDAU PEOPLE OF ZIMBABWEA long thread....The Ndau people are one of the most unique ethnic groups in Zimbabwe with a complex history that is often misconstrued or subdued in

7. To those with a hegemonic Ndebele agenda, being a Ndebele means a conglomeration of all those people whose ancestors were assimilated into the Ndebele state, be they of Nguni,

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