RELATIONSHIPS that will be discussed in this article refer to connections among people resulting from being members of the same family and having descended from a common ancestor.

The Ndebele people of South Africa have been kicked around for a hundred years or more and were recently forced into a barren “homeland” from which they have to travel hours a day to work ...

IT has been said over and over again that cattle took first place in the life of the Ndebele people. They played a social, economic and a religious role. A man who had no cattle did not have any ...

Language: Southern Ndebele Famous Ndebele South Africans: Nothembi Mkhewebane Traditional attire: After marriage, dresses became increasingly elaborate and spectacular. In earlier times, the ...

We asked Sifiso Ndlovu, an expert in the art and identity of the Ndebele people, to tell us more. ... Today Mahlangu is regarded as the global face of Southern Ndebele material culture.

Dazzling and colourful murals normally embellish the homesteads of South Africa’s Ndebele community. Ndebele house painting is a style of African art practised by the Southern Ndebele people of ...

As a child in the early 1940s I spent much time at my Gogo's village in the District of Kezi, Southern Rhodesia. My Gogo, Mafulela Thebe, was a very proud Ndebele, steeped in the culture and tradition ...

“People thought that the Ndebele culture was a dated culture,” the 26-year-old artist said. “Yet it has created a visual language for South Africa that’s recognized by the world.” ...

South African artist Zana Masombuka, known as the “Ndebele Superhero,” explores concepts including African identity and cultural complexity.