Surname · isiZulu · siSwati

Mabuza

Carried by the amaZulu and emaSwati.

isiZulu

An isithakazelo of the amaZulu.

These are praise names, not a full recitation.

Ludonga

A sinanatelo of the emaSwati, which the sources also call Swati.

Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.

IZITHAKAZELO ZAMAZULU directory, community-compiled (see sources)
Community compilation: iafrika.org
Community compilation: zuluring.blogspot.com
Community compilation: izithakazelo.blog
Community compilation: izithakazeloizibongo.blogspot.com
Community compilation: izithakazelo.wordpress.com
Thabani Thwala, The Politics of Placing Princes in Historical and Contemporary Swaziland (MA research report, supervisor Philip Bonner), 2013 — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/FHYA%20Depot/Theses%20and%20Dissertations/Thwala_2013_The_Politics_of_Placing_Princes_in_Historical_and_Contemporary_Swaziland.pdf
Thabani Thwala, The Politics of Placing Princes in Historical and Contemporary Swaziland (MA research report, supervisor Philip Bonner), 2013 — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/FHYA%20Depot/Theses%20and%20Dissertations/Thwala_2013_The_Politics_of_Placing_Princes_in_Historical_and_Contemporary_Swaziland.pdf (p.6 describes them as an offshoot of the royal house)
Anonymous blog administrator, Tinanatelo (community blog, 116 posts of June 2018), 2018, Blogger — http://tinanatelo.blogspot.com/2018/06/ (post TINANATELO)
Wikipedia contributors, Bemdzabuko (English Wikipedia), read 2026-09-05, Wikimedia Foundation — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bemdzabuko (citing MATSEBULA1988 p.21)
Wikipedia contributors, Swazi people (English Wikipedia), read 2026-09-05, Wikimedia Foundation — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swazi_people

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