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.

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

Compared to other official languages of South Africa, with approx. one million speakers Southern Ndebele is a small language. Its speakers live close to major cities like Pretoria and Johannesburg and ...