Isithakazelo · isiZulu

Gumede

This name is also recorded in isiNdebele (Northern Ndebele). See Gumede clan names in every language.

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The Izithakazelo

Version 1

Gumede,Qwabe,Mnguni kaYeyeye,Khondlo,OSidlabehlezi bakaPhakathwayo,Abathi bedla, bebebeyenga umuntu ngendaba,Bethi, "Dluyeya ngenhlana, umalokazana ubeyethe, kayikhuni sidingida yoyodaba!"Kanti bahlinz' imbuzi,Malandela, ngokulandel' izinkomo zamadoda,Phakathwayo!

Version 2

Gumede Yeyeye,Caluza,Bayeni,Mgcaweni,Gebashe,Mfeka,Mzimela,Donda,Maphanga,Mpangazitha,Phakathwayo!Nkundlande,Mzukase,Myeni,Qwabe,Msiza,Nozulu,Malandela,Khuzwayo,Khondlo,Mazalankosi!

Two versions are recorded and neither has been chosen. Where community sources differ on a praise, both readings are kept. A regional form and a transcription slip are indistinguishable to anyone who is not a first-language reader.

Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.

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Where This Comes From

Written down by: Themba, 2026-08-11: IZITHAKAZELO ZAMAZULU, Full Text Corpus, Tranche One
Community compilation: iafrika.org
Community compilation: zuluring.blogspot.com
Community compilation: izithakazelo.blog
Community compilation: izithakazeloizibongo.blogspot.com
Community compilation: izithakazelo.wordpress.com

Qwabe The Qwabe descent group recites variants of one sequence built on a shared core - Mnguni kaYeyeye, Khondlo, and in most of them Malandela ngokulandel' izinkomo zamadoda. Quoted from the core line every member of the group actually carries: Mahlobo has Khondlo and Mnguni kaYeyeye but NOT Malandela, so citing Malandela would have been an edge with no basis in Mahlobo's own text. The historical descent claim and the recited text agree independently.
Bhele Recites Nozulu
Biyela Recites Malandela
Dimba Recites Nkundlande
Dlodlo Recites Mpangazitha
Donda Recites Mzimela

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