Isibongo · isiNdebele (Southern Ndebele)
Skhosana
This name is also recorded in isiXhosa. See Skhosana clan names in every language.
- PeopleamaNdebele (Southern)
- Grouping Senior son of Musi; lineages found in the Ndzundza grouping
- Surnames recorded Skhosana, Sikhosana, Skosana, Masombuka
- Places recorded Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Winterveld, KwaMsiza
- Branch Southern
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Why It Is Not Here Yet
The rendering that was read: iAfrika (community directory, uncredited contributors), iAfrika - isiNdebele section, category 'Umlando neenanazelo' (history and clan praises), including Umlando wamaNdebel…, 2025 (post dates), iafrika.org — https://iafrika.org/nr/category/umlando-neenanazelo/ (Iinanazelo zakwaSkhosana (Masindakulu); opening lines only)
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Also Spelled
Skhosana is also written Sikhosana, Skosana and Masombuka.
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
Musi's first-born, by his third wife, so outside a succession that runs through the great wife; the second name Masombuka is explained by the sources as 'the one who began'. Fourie (1921) counts Masombuka among Musi's five sons, Van Warmelo (1930) does not list him among six - a disagreement Skhosana's thesis sets out side by side. SAHO says Masombuka left briefly and later rejoined Manala, and records Skosana families marrying into the Msiza at KwaMsiza. Nyathi records a Matabeleland tradition that Sikhosana brokered the peace between his brothers and was given the duty of providing royal staffs for both kings. iAfrika records five Skhosana praise sub-lineages (Masindakulu, Dludlu, Nolenga, Magalela, Gajana) and a separate Masombuka set whose address-names include Jali and Ndlovu. 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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- iAfrika (community directory, uncredited contributors), iAfrika - isiNdebele section, category 'Umlando neenanazelo' (history and clan praises), including Umlando wamaNdebel…, 2025 (post dates), iafrika.org — https://iafrika.org/nr/category/umlando-neenanazelo/
- iAfrika (community directory, uncredited contributors), iAfrika - isiNdebele section, category 'Umlando neenanazelo' (history and clan praises), including Umlando wamaNdebel…, 2025 (post dates), iafrika.org — https://iafrika.org/nr/category/umlando-neenanazelo/ (Iinanazelo zakwaSkhosana (Masindakulu)
- 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/
- South African History Online, The Ndebele in history (article A-0063369; project researched by Franco Frescura), 2011 (updated 2026), South African History Online — https://sahistory.org.za/article/ndebele-history
- Wikipedia contributors, Southern Ndebele people, read 2026-09-05, Wikimedia Foundation — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Ndebele_people
- iAfrika (community directory, uncredited contributors), iAfrika - isiNdebele section, category 'Umlando neenanazelo' (history and clan praises), including Umlando wamaNdebel…, 2025 (post dates), iafrika.org — https://iafrika.org/nr/category/umlando-neenanazelo/ (Iinanazelo zakwaSkhosana (Masindakulu); opening lines only)
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