Ndebele Tribe in South Africa

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The Northern Ndebele (Northern Ndebele: amaNdebele) are a polyethnic people of Zimbabwe, whose history began when a Zulu chiefdom split from King Shaka in the early 19th Century under the leadership of Mzilikazi, a former chief in his kingdom and allie. Under his command the disgruntled Zulus went on to conquer and rule the chiefdoms of the Southern Ndebele. This was where the name and identity for the eventual kingdom was adopted.

During a turbulent period in Nguni and Sesotho-Tswana history known as the Mfecane, Mzilikazi regiment, initially numbering about 500 soldiers, moved west towards the present-day city of Pretoria, where they founded a settlement called Mhlahlandlela (a name which lives on in the modern-day Bulawayo suburb, Malindela). They then moved northwards in 1838 into present-day Zimbabwe where they overwhelmed the Kalanga, eventually carving out a home now called Matabeleland and encompassing the west and south-west region of the country. In the course of the migration, large numbers of conquered local clans and individuals were absorbed into the Ndebele nation, adopting the Northern Ndebele language and culture. Historically the assimilated people were the Southern Ndebele, Swazi, Xhosa, Tswana, Sotho and Kalanga.