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Mashabane

  • PeopleVatsonga
  • Grouping Wikipedia says the Mashabanes identify with the Tembe
  • Surnames recorded Mashabane
  • Places recorded Ronga, Rikatla, Tembe-affiliated

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What Was Written Down

Junod names Mashabane as the clan of a man in his Rikatla inheritance case, whose clansmen objected to a widow being inherited across clan lines. Wikipedia lists the Mashabanes with the Dlamini, Gumede, Matshinye and Nyaka as clans that identify with the Tembe. Recorded from the sources named on this entry; the wording here is Sibaya's own.

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Where This Comes From

Written down by
  • Henri-Alexandre Junod, The Life of a South African Tribe, Vol. I: The Social Life, Imprimerie Attinger Freres, Neuchatel — https://archive.org/details/lifeofsouthafric01junouoft
  • Wikipedia contributors, Tsonga people, read 2026-09-05, Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsonga_people

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