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The Southern Transvaal Ndebele occupied the river valley, which was to become the location of the city of Pretoria, by around 1600.
It was also during this time in the Matobo Hills that Baden-Powell first started to wear his signature campaign hat like the one worn by Burnham, and it was here that Baden-Powell acquired his Kudu horn, the Ndebele war instrument he later used every morning at Brownsea Island to wake the first Boy Scouts and to call them together in training courses.
On 16 October 1836, a Boer laager ( or fortified circle of wagons ) led by Andries Hendrik Potgieter, was attacked by an Ndebele force of about 5, 000, who looted all of Potgieter's livestock, but were unable to defeat the laager in what became known as the Battle of Vegkop.
Into these areas, still partly populated by remnants of the Ndebele and Sotho-Tswana, there was also a considerable immigration of members of the various Sotho-Tswana chiefdoms who had fled during the Difaqane.
Armed conflict, first with the Ndebele people under Mzilikazi in the area which was to become the Transvaal, then against the Zulus under Dingane, went the Voortrekkers ' way, mostly because of their tactics, their horsemanship and the effectiveness of their muzzle-loading guns.
In a Ndebele tale, the hippo originally had long, beautiful hair but was set on fire by a jealous hare and had to jump into a nearby pool.
Khama III ( 1837 ?- 1923 ), also known as Khama the Good, was the kgosi ( meaning chief or king ) of the Bamangwato people of Bechuanaland ( now Botswana ), who made his country a protectorate of the United Kingdom to ensure its survival against Boer and Ndebele encroachments.
The 90s was dominated by musicians include Leonard Dembo, the effervescent Khiama Boys, veteran Simon Chimbetu and up coming artistes Alick Macheso, Tongai Moyo and Somadhla Ndebele.
Among the most popular performers of the region within Zimbabwe, however, was 1980s Ndebele pop sensation Lovemore Majaivana.
Rhodesia was named after Cecil Rhodes, the British empire-builder who was one of the most important figures in British expansion into southern Africa, and who obtained mineral rights in 1888 from the most powerful local traditional leaders through treaties such as the Rudd Concession and the Moffat Treaty signed by King Lobengula of the Ndebele.
After months of bloodshed, Mlimo was found and shot by the American scout Frederick Russell Burnham and soon thereafter Rhodes walked unarmed into the Ndebele stronghold in Matobo Hills and persuaded the impi to lay down their arms, effectively ending the revolt.
Shosholoza is a Ndebele folk song that originated in Zimbabwe but was popularized in South Africa.
The song is a traditional South African Folk song that was sung by Ndebele all-male migrant workers that were working in the South African mines in a call and response style.
Its physical manifestation was, however, as a conflict between the minority white settler government of Ian Smith Rhodesian Front and the African nationalists of the Patriotic Front alliance of ZANU ( mainly Shona ) and ZAPU ( mainly Ndebele ) movements, led by Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo respectively.
Lobengula Khumalo ( 1845 – 1894 ) was the second and last king of the Ndebele people, usually pronounced Matabele in English.
Life under Lobengula was less strict than it had been under Mzilikazi, although the Ndebele retained their habit of raiding their neighbours.
After the onset of self-government, a major issue in Southern Rhodesia was the relationship between the white settlers and the Ndebele and Shona populations.
It was the first British use of the Maxim gun in combat ( causing five thousand Ndebele casualties ).
Even though Lebowa included swathes of Sekukuniland and was seen as a home for the Northern Sotho speaking tribes such as the Pedi people, it was also home for various non Northern Sotho Speaking tribes, including the Northern Ndebele, Batswana and VhaTsonga.
This period, known locally as the Mfecane ( crushing ) was characterised by devastation and murder on a grand scale as Mzilikazi removed all opposition and remodelled the territory to suit the new Ndebele order.
The capital was transferred from Toteng after victory over Ndebele King Lobengula.
Later that year there was a factional split along tribal lines caused the Ndebele to follow Sithole into the moderate ZANU – Ndonga party, who renounced violent struggle, while the Shona followed Mugabe with a more militant agenda.

Ndebele and English
Going north and then inland westward along the watershed between the Vaal and the Limpopo River, Mzilikazi and his followers, the AmaNdebele, ( called Matabele in English ) established an Ndebele state northwest of the city of Pretoria.
The name " Thandiwe " means " beloved " in Ndebele, Zulu, Xhosa or Swazi, and " Thandie " is pronounced in English.
43. 8 % spoke Zulu, 10. 8 % Northern Sotho, 8. 8 % Xhosa, 6. 9 % Tswana, 5. 7 % English, 4. 8 % Venda, 4. 7 % Southern Ndebele, 4. 7 % Sotho, 3. 6 % Tsonga, 2. 2 % Afrikaans, 1. 2 % Swazi and 2. 9 % some other language as their first language.
It incorporates all of South Africa's 11 national languages, including Afrikaans, English, Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi, Ndebele, Sesotho, Northern Sotho, Tsonga, Tswana and Venda.
* In Zimbabwe, use of English, Shona and Ndebele is established in education until the fourth grade ; from the fourth grade, English is the medium of instruction
83. 5 % spoke English, 7. 2 % Afrikaans, 4. 5 % Xhosa, 0. 6 % Zulu, 0. 5 % Sotho, 0. 5 % Tswana, 0. 3 % Southern Ndebele, 0. 2 % Northern Sotho, 0. 0 % Swazi, 0. 0 % Tsonga and 2. 8 % some other language as their first language.
The Republic has eleven official languages ( Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa and Zulu ) and affords official recognition to several other languages spoken by ethnic minorities.
South Africa has eleven official languages: Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa and Zulu.
The English version of the South African constitution refers to the languages by the names in those languages: isiZulu, isiXhosa, Afrikaans, Sepedi ( referring to Northern Sotho ), Setswana, English, Sesotho ( referring to Southern Sotho ), Xitsonga, Siswati, Tshivenda and isiNdebele ( referring to Southern Ndebele ).
A member of Zimbabwe's KoreKore tribe, Nzou Samanyanga as his totem, he sings in the nation's dominant Shona language along with Ndebele and English.
The ZBC operates four radio networks, providing a mix of news, current affairs, educational programming and music, in English, Shona and Ndebele.
These languages include English, Afrikaans, the Nguni languages Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele, and Swazi, as well as the Sotho languages, which include Tswana, Sotho and Sotho sa Leboa.
Namely: Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa and Zulu.
It is home to the Northern Ndebele speaking people, English, Afrikaans, Northern Sotho, and XiTsonga speakers.
The stunning bushveld environment and influences from Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Tsonga, SeSotho, Afrikaans and English cultures give Mokopane a unique character.
47. 6 % spoke English, 23. 7 % Afrikaans, 10. 9 % Zulu, 4. 7 % Sotho, 3. 1 % Tswana, 3. 0 % Xhosa, 2. 9 % Northern Sotho, 1. 1 % Tsonga, 0. 6 % Venda, 0. 3 % Swazi, 0. 3 % Southern Ndebele and 1. 7 % some other language as their first language.
71. 7 % spoke English, 7. 5 % Afrikaans, 5. 9 % Zulu, 4. 4 % Tswana, 2. 9 % Sotho, 2. 0 % Venda, 2. 0 % Xhosa, 0. 5 % Northern Sotho, 0. 5 % Swazi, 0. 5 % Southern Ndebele and 2. 4 % some other language as their first language.
65. 5 % spoke English, 7. 8 % Zulu, 6. 0 % Tswana, 5. 0 % Northern Sotho, 3. 1 % Afrikaans, 2. 4 % Xhosa, 2. 1 % Sotho, 1. 7 % Venda, 1. 7 % Tsonga, 0. 8 % Southern Ndebele.
38. 6 % spoke Afrikaans, 37. 5 % English, 4. 9 % Tswana, 4. 8 % Northern Sotho, 3. 1 % Sotho, 2. 0 % Zulu, 1. 9 % Southern Ndebele, 1. 2 % Tsonga, 0. 7 % Xhosa, 0. 5 % Venda, 0. 4 % Swazi and 4. 5 % some other language as their first language.
42. 2 % spoke Afrikaans, 36. 1 % English, 5. 6 % Northern Sotho, 3. 1 % Tswana, 2. 6 % Southern Ndebele, 2. 4 % Sotho, 2. 4 % Zulu, 1. 0 % Tsonga, 0. 6 % Xhosa, 0. 4 % Swazi and 3. 5 % some other language as their first language.

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