Surname · Tshivenda
Vhatwanamba
Also spelled Vhatwamamba, Mutwanamba, Twanamba, Tshivhula.
A mutupo of the Vhavenda, recorded in Tshivenda, which the sources also call Venda.
Tshivenda
- PeopleVhavenda
- Mutupo Mutwanamba — the mutupo name itself; the typescript says Tshivhula's mutupo was Mutwanamba
- Grouping Disputed: Karanga-Rodzvi arrivals (WIKI-VENDA-PEOPLE, MAGOMA-2021, LUONDE Ngomalungundu page) / Vhangona (LUONDE brief-history list) / either Vhangona or Vhasenzi according to different tellers
- Surnames recorded Tshivhula
- Places recorded Mapungubwe, Musina, Ha-Tshivhula, Ha-Madzhie, Ha-Matshete, Ha-Mulambwane, Ha-Lishivha, Machemma
Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.
Where This Came From
- Luonde.co.za - Brief History; Ngomalungundu (community heritage site), accessed 2026-09-05, luonde.co.za — https://luonde.co.za/brief-history/ and https://luonde.co.za/brief-history/ngomalungundu
- Munyadziwa Magoma and co-authors, Retrieving Intangibility, Stemming Biodiversity Loss: The Case of Sacred Places in Venda, Northern South Africa, 2021 — https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/4/4/249
- Vhadau vha Tshakhuma (Tshivenda-language typescript on the Vhadau of Tshakhuma and the early peoples of Venda; author… — https://repository.up.ac.za/server/api/core/bitstreams/e2593648-436f-4316-87cf-b72e71970958/content
- Wikipedia contributors, Venda Kingdom (Wikipedia article), accessed 2026-09-05, Wikimedia Foundation — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venda_Kingdom
- Wikipedia contributors, Venda people (Wikipedia article), accessed 2026-09-05, Wikimedia Foundation — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venda_people
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