Surname · isiZulu · iKalanga · isiNdebele (Northern Ndebele)
Dube
Also spelled Tembo/Mbizi, Mthembu.
Carried by the amaZulu, BaKalanga and amaNdebele (Matabeleland).
isiZulu
An isithakazelo of the amaZulu.
- PeopleamaZulu
The Izithakazelo
Ongathekel' emzin' emincane,Othekel' emzin' emikhulu,Ongathekeli kwamakhelwana,Othekel' emanxulumeni The record for this clan is incomplete. What is recorded is shown; nothing has been added to finish it.
iKalanga
A clan name of the BaKalanga, which the sources also call Kalanga.
- PeopleBaKalanga
- Totem Zebra
- Recorded as, in the languages Kalanga families live in Mbizi, Tembo, Mthembu
isiNdebele (Northern Ndebele)
An isibongo of the amaNdebele (Matabeleland), which the sources also call Northern Ndebele.
- PeopleamaNdebele (Matabeleland)
- Grouping Zebra totem; Sotho adoptees and others
- Surnames recorded Dube
- Places recorded Matabeleland
- Branch Matabeleland
Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.
Where This Came From
- 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
- TG Silundika Cultural Community Centre — tgsilundikaculturalcommunitycentre.org (read 2026-08-12)
- Mzala Tom, The Sotho people of Zimbabwe (Part 2) (Sunday News; cites Joseph Mujere and Pathisa Nyathi's Babirwa history), 2022-10-16, Zimpapers (Sunday News / heraldonline.co.zw) — https://www.heraldonline.co.zw/the-sotho-people-of-zimbabwe-part-2/
- totems.co.zw (Zimbabwean community heritage site, uncredited), totems.co.zw - Ndebele Totems category (about thirty entries: Ngwenya, Khumalo, Nyoni, Dlamini, Mthunzi, Gumbo, Mnkan…, 2023-2025 (post dates), totems.co.zw — https://totems.co.zw/category/ndebele-totems/
- totems.co.zw (Zimbabwean community heritage site, uncredited), totems.co.zw - Ndebele Totems category (about thirty entries: Ngwenya, Khumalo, Nyoni, Dlamini, Mthunzi, Gumbo, Mnkan…, 2023-2025 (post dates), totems.co.zw — https://totems.co.zw/category/ndebele-totems/ (Dube)
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