AmaNdebele

©Dr Peter Magubane

AmaNdebele aziwa khulu ngemigwalo yabo emihle, ebagwale ngayo emizinabo kanye nangendlela abembatha ngayo ivunulo embalabala kanye nemirhabiso.

Bakhe babayincenye yabantu bamaNguni ekhe bahlala etlhagwini yeSewula Africa, kodwana baphuma ema-centurini amathathu eyadlulako afudukela phakathi ehla nenarha. Amandebele wakaNdzundza namhlanje ahlala ePumalanga ekhabe ibizwa bona kuKwandebele kanye neduze kweNebo (Kwadlawulale esifundeni seLimpopo).

Ukuphazamiseka Empilweni zamaNdebele

Ngeminyaka yabo-20th century, amatjhwayo aakhulu kwezelimo yamakhuwa abanga kobana amaNdebele ahlala emaplasini abekwe ngaphasi kwegandelele...more

Ukuhlukana Kobulili Hlangana Kwesitjhaba samaNdebele

Kunekwezinye iinqhema amadoda wakaNdzundza – khulukhulu la abuya ebukhosini – naragela phambili ukuthatha isithembu....more

Umlando wamaNdebele

Ukugwala izindlu, ukuphothela kanye nokuzirhabisa ekuvanyiswe kobana kuthiwe ngekwaMandebele, kuhlehle kwenziwa maNdebele wakwaNdzundza ahla...more

Isitjhaba samaNdebele Kanye Nesiko Lengoma Kanye Nelokuthomba

Ingoma kanye nokuthoma kusenziwa besana nabentazana bemphakathini waKwaNdebele, ekusigaba lapha basuka ebuntazaneni nanyana ebusaneni baya e...more

Imincamo kanye Namagwala wamaNdebele wakwaNdzundza

AmaNdebele wakwaNdzundza aziwa khulu ngamagwalo wawo, afanako ngokwakheka kanye nangemibala, enziwa bomma kanye nokuphothela....more

Ikolo kanye Nenkolelo zamaNdebele

Njengenqhema ezilandela isintu ezinengi eSewula Africa, ipilo yamaNdebele ifaka hlangana zekolo, ezidlala indima ekulu eendabeni zaqobe pilo...more

Isitjhaba samaNdebele seSewula Africa

Ngeminyaka yabo-17th century, amaNdebele aphuma ngaphasi kwamaNguni wetlhagwini abazala babao, egade sele batjhuguluke incenye yesitjhaba sa...more