Surname · iKalanga · isiNdebele (Northern Ndebele)
Ncube
Also spelled Mncube, Shoko/Soko, Mkandla/Khabo, Zikhali, Phiri.
Carried by the BaKalanga and amaNdebele (Matabeleland).
iKalanga
A clan name of the BaKalanga, which the sources also call Kalanga.
- PeopleBaKalanga
- Totem Monkey
- Recorded as, in the languages Kalanga families live in Shoko, Mokgabong, Tshwene, Motshweneng, Phiri, Msimang, Nsimango
isiNdebele (Northern Ndebele)
An isibongo of the amaNdebele (Matabeleland), which the sources also call Northern Ndebele.
- PeopleamaNdebele (Matabeleland)
- Grouping Monkey/baboon totem
- Surnames recorded Ncube
- Places recorded Matabeleland, Njelele, Matobo
- Branch Matabeleland
Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.
Where This Came From
- TG Silundika Cultural Community Centre — tgsilundikaculturalcommunitycentre.org (read 2026-08-12)
- Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Who Ruled by the Spear? Rethinking the Form of Governance in the Ndebele State (African Studies Quarterly 10(2-3)), 2008, University of Florida Center for African Studies — https://asq.africa.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/168/Ndlovu-Gatsheni-Vol10Issue23.pdf
- Mloyiswayizizwe Sokhela, Reconstruction of the Kalanga history welcome but beware of distortions! (opinion column, Bulawayo24, reprinted on ka…, 2012-05-09, Bulawayo24 / kalanga.org — https://kalanga.org/blogs/reconstruction-of-the-kalanga-history-welcome-but-beware-of-distortions/
- 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/ (Ncube)
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