Surname · isiNdebele (Southern Ndebele)
Mabhena (Southern)
Also spelled Mabhena, Mabena, Mbuduma, Pofu.
An isibongo of the amaNdebele (Southern), recorded in isiNdebele (Southern Ndebele), which the sources also call Southern Ndebele.
isiNdebele (Southern Ndebele)
- PeopleamaNdebele (Southern)
- Grouping Manala house - royal surname
- Surnames recorded Mabhena, Mabena
- Places recorded Gauteng, Pretoria, Wallmannsthal, KoMjekejeke, Witbank, Mgibe, Heidelberg, Makerana
- Branch Southern
Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.
Where This Came From
- 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 zakwa Mabhena (Mbuduma)
- Chris J. van Vuuren, Ndebele (Encyclopedia of World Cultures, vol. 9, Africa and the Middle East), 1995, G. K. Hall / Macmillan; read via encyclopedia.com — https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/ndebele-0
- Wikipedia contributors, Southern Ndebele people, read 2026-09-05, Wikimedia Foundation — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Ndebele_people
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