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 ...

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.

IN the last article we surveyed briefly the eating habits of different people of the world. We emphasised the fact that people’s eating habits are dictated by their environment. Those who live ...

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 ...

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.

Zimbabwe’s new president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, is urging the southern African nation to put behind it one of its most painful episodes: the army’s massacre of as many as 20,000 people from the ...

He finally settled in the southern part of what is today known as Zimbabwe, where he established his Mthwakazi Kingdom and became the king of the Ndebele people until his death. In 2000, one of ...