Surname · Xitsonga
Makhuvele
Also spelled Makhubele, Msengi.
A xivongo of the Vatsonga, recorded in Xitsonga, which the sources also call Tsonga.
Xitsonga
- PeopleVatsonga
- Totem mhunti (duiker) and mhlanga (reed) — Malungana: the clan has two totems, the bad-tempered duiker of its praise and th
- Grouping Chiefly clan of the Msengi Tribal Authority, Hlanganani district
- Surnames recorded Makhuvele, Makhubele
- Places recorded Msengi, Giyani, Hlanganani, Limpopo
Part of Swivongo: Tsonga clan names
Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.
Where This Came From
- Shidjabadjaba John Malungana, Vuphato: Praise Poetry in Xitsonga (D.Litt. et Phil. thesis), 1994 — https://ujcontent.uj.ac.za/esploro/outputs/doctoral/Vuphato---praise-poetry-in/9913242107691
- Wikipedia contributors, Tsonga people, read 2026-09-05, Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsonga_people
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