Isibongo · isiNdebele (Northern Ndebele)
Hlabangana
- PeopleamaNdebele (Matabeleland)
- Grouping Nguni line; Lotshe Hlabangana was Lobengula's close confidant
- Surnames recorded Hlabangana
- Places recorded Matabeleland
- Branch Matabeleland
Also Spelled
Hlabangana is also written Hlabangane.
Spellings differ between families, between records and between countries. Wozekhaya keeps the name as each source wrote it rather than settling on one form.
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About This Record
What Was Written Down
Ndlovu-Gatsheni records Lotshe Hlabangana surviving a witchcraft accusation in 1880 and being executed in September 1889 for having commended the Rudd Concession to the king. Recorded from the sources named on this entry; the wording here is Sibaya's own.
Families Tell This Differently
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Where This Comes From
- Written down by
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- Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Who Ruled by the Spear? Rethinking the Form of Governance in the Ndebele State (African Studies Quarterly 10(2-3)), 2008, University of Florida Center for African Studies — https://asq.africa.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/168/Ndlovu-Gatsheni-Vol10Issue23.pdf
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