Isibongo · isiNdebele (Southern Ndebele)
Sibindi (Southern)
- PeopleamaNdebele (Southern)
- Grouping Manala - a chief's name and a lineage
- Surnames recorded Sibindi
- Places recorded Gauteng, KwaMnyamana, KoMjekejeke
- Branch Southern
Also Spelled
Sibindi (Southern) is also written Sibindi.
Sibindi is also recorded for Sibindi (Matabeleland) (isiNdebele (Northern Ndebele)).
Spellings differ between families, between records and between countries. Wozekhaya keeps the name as each source wrote it rather than settling on one form.
Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.
About This Record
What Was Written Down
Nyathi records that the Manala were under Chief Sibindi when Mzilikazi reached Ndubazi; Wikipedia's Manala king-list has Sibindi, son of Mdibane, ruling about 1817-1826, fleeing KwaMnyamana and being killed by Mzilikazi's forces, with a brother Mgibe also killed. Sokhela lists Sibindi among the abeNhla izibongo of the Matabeleland kingdom. No Southern praise source was read; the docx sequence that joins both histories is blog-derived and is not adopted. Recorded from the sources named on this entry; the wording here is Sibaya's own.
Families Tell This Differently
Families who carry this name tell parts of it differently. Each way it has been told is below.
Where This Comes From
- Written down by
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- Pathisa Nyathi, Names and naming: Mabhena history captured in names (Sunday News column), 2020-02-23, Zimpapers (Sunday News / heraldonline.co.zw) — https://www.heraldonline.co.zw/names-and-naming-mabhena-history-captured-in-names/
- Mloyiswayizizwe Sokhela, Reconstruction of the Kalanga history welcome but beware of distortions! (opinion column, Bulawayo24, reprinted on ka…, 2012-05-09, Bulawayo24 / kalanga.org — https://kalanga.org/blogs/reconstruction-of-the-kalanga-history-welcome-but-beware-of-distortions/ (listed among abeNhla izibongo)
- Wikipedia contributors, Southern Ndebele people, read 2026-09-05, Wikimedia Foundation — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Ndebele_people
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