Inspired by her Ndebele roots, she explores concepts including African identity and cultural complexity, as well as how indigenous cultures and modernity both collide and coexist. Under the ...

Bulelani Lobengula Khumalo’s visit to Bulawayo reignited debate over the Ndebele monarchy, drawing sharp criticism from government officials.

We further explained that ukuhlonipha was fundamental to the Ndebele culture and that it went across all age groups. Children were taught from infancy different forms of respect relative to their age.

In a few hours, he will be whisked off to the mountains of his Mpumalanga village of Manyebethwana, where he and thousands of his cohorts will undergo the Ndebele rite of passage ritual or Ingoma.

It is not the intention to dwell on the history of the customs of burial obtaining among various clans and ethnicities making up what today is the Ndebele nation (Nguni, Kalanga, Sotho ...

The Ndebele tribe is known for their colourful blankets, known as umbhalo. It signifies the five important elements a human being needs to live. The brown (ndzotho) signifies land; yellow ...

THE debate on the state-of- the-province address has triggered another embarrassing exchange between KwaZulu- Natal Premier S'bu Ndebele and former premier Lionel Mtshali, with Mtshali being told ...

Garwe attracted brickbats from cultural activists, politicians and other groupings after he wrote an unprovoked letter describing Ndebele King Bulelani as a charlatan. The minister wrote the ...