Bulawayo Gossip and Stories

05/06/2025

𝐌𝐤𝐡𝐮𝐥𝐮 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐠𝐮𝐧𝐢 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭
𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐙𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐰𝐞. 🇿🇼 🇿🇦

This work was born out of a deep concern for the ignorance that continues to fuel division between South Africans and Zimbabweans, an ignorance rooted in a lack of shared historical understanding.

For too long, Nguni-speaking peoples have been separated by colonial borders, forgetting that our ancestors drank from the same rivers, spoke similar tongues and revered the same spirits. This list is not just about surnames, it is about restoring memory, dignity, and unity among peoples who were never meant to be enemies.

Let this be a step toward healing, education
and ancestral reconnection.

1
Khumalo
Gatsheni, Bheje, Mntungwa
Royal house; descendants of
Mzilikazi, originally from Zulu royal lineage
2
Moyo
Mpofu, Nyathi
Totem: Heart or Elephant; large, widespread
clan across Nguni and Shona regions
3
Ncube
Mahlangu, Gabadeli
Royal warrior clan; descendants
of early Ndebele generals
4
Sibanda
Magalela, Zwana
Military lineage, traditional
hunters and warriors
5
Dube
Mashobane, Zulu
Linked to Mzilikazi’s father;
carries royal and
warrior associations
6
Mpofu
Mhlanga, Mafu
Totem: Elephant;
known for bravery and leadership
7
Mhlanga
Nyama kaZulu
Totem: Tree; ancestral links to Swati and Zulu
8
Masuku
Zwide kaLanga, Maseko
Tied to Zwide’s Ndwandwe lineage; prestigious warrior clan
9
Ndlovu
Gatsheni, Mabena
Totem: Elephant; symbol of power and leadership
10
Ngwenya
Mntungwa, Ncwane
Totem: Crocodile; strategic and strong clan
11
Gumede
Mnguni, Phakathwayo
Descendants of Mnguni, patriarch of all Nguni peoples
12
Bhebhe
Mahlangu, Ndabazabantu
Related to Bhele clan, pre-Zulu Nguni group
13
Mabhena
Gagisa, Mahlangu
Highly ranked military clan under Mzilikazi
14
Hadebe
Ngema, Zulu
Found in Zulu and Ndebele; respected diviners and warriors
15
Mafu
Mthimkhulu, Mhlanga
Close to Mpofu; descendants

16/05/2025

Meet Crispen Nyathi one of the best actors produced from Bulawayo , asikabi Lazo indaba zakhe ezimbi silezinhle kuphela

16/05/2025

Intshengu ke?or ibaliwe layo

16/04/2025

Ihunga hunga lith uThomas A*o Shona ngumfowabo lamajaivana but abayithi vuu

11/04/2025

NDEBELE IDENTITY: Who are the Ndebele of Zimbabwe?

A very long thread...

Many people struggle with defining the Ndebele people of Zimbabwe. Are Ndebeles a tribe, a nation, Khumalos, South Africans or is Ndebele just a language?

These questions are complex & result in emotive debates & tribal slurs. Why do we have many different tribes or ethnicities but their location is defined as Matabeleland - the land of the Ndebele people? This is a complex subject. Is there such a thing as an original Ndebele?

To unpack why people in Matabeleland & Midlands embrace the Ndebele label & others now openly reject it, the answer lies in how the Ndebele state was established by King Mzilikazi in the 1800s after breaking away from King Shaka.

The most narrow and ill-informed definition reduces being Ndebele to being a Khumalo. This is a clannish definition that fails to take into account the complex processes of nation building evolved by Mzilikazi who continually added new groups to build his state.

The second definition is one that defines Ndebele-ness linguistically – as comprising any one who speaks Ndebele language as a mother tongue.

The third is the geographic definition. This one identifies people living in Matabeleland & parts of the Midlands in Zimbabwe as being Ndebele.

To those with a hegemonic Ndebele agenda, being a Ndebele means a conglomeration of all those people whose ancestors were assimilated into the Ndebele state, be they of Nguni, Sotho, Shona, Kalanga, Tonga, Tswana, Venda etc extraction.

Ndebele identity is a product of pre- colonial, colonial & post colonial intricate events & processes like Mfecane and Nguni-Sotho nation building strategies of the 1820s, as well as the role of colonialists and African nationalism.

A small Khumalo clan expanded into a nation through raiding, conquest, assimilation and the incorporation of tribal groups and communities. It included inculcating Ndebele values and language over people of different ethnic groups. This

11/04/2025

NGUB'ENTSHA (not Ngub'yenja) LOBHENGULA (pictured in 1897) the youngest of King Lobhengula's sons captured by the BSAC with his brothers Mpezeni & Alban Njube after the epic 1893 Pupu Battle & taken to the Cape, SA by Cecil John Rhodes to annihilate the State built by King Lobhengula!

04/04/2025

We all know MJ sang, well that's the past , the superstar born and bred in Bulawayo MJ sings is not only a one hit wonder but , one of the 7th wonders of the world, usebenze legang elixotshayo egoli kudlalade labo elitsha, but akayith vuuu,

03/04/2025

10/02/2025

Zim hip hop award winner Mlue Jay s.a based mfana wakoBulawayo is your humble guy to beat , usisi ngumfazi wakhe lingaqali kucabanga idoti or oSimiso yiziporori 🤷well time will tell

10/02/2025

Wicknell comes to the rescue for ibosso nge$4000 , amafans asemthanda kudlula Yona ibosso just imagine Kube ubanike 100k, lamanzi ageza ngawo bebezawanatha njenge wine yesidlo senkumbuzo kaJesu,

10/02/2025

They said abahambe , and guess what he did? Ubuyile and he is giving back to the community that's only knows him from screens, Bulawayo will never be the same again, is this Conti continuing😳we will wait and see

05/02/2025

The myth , the versatile , promoter and socialite meet uDawu MaPressa uNhlambazonke, if Bulawayo artists had promoters like this guy , no lie , asimkhoth zbunu but he is the best DJ Mapressa Mii your 🌻🏵️💮🌸🌷🌺your events lit baba