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Sibaya

Isibongo · isiNdebele (Southern Ndebele)

Sibasa

Also spelled Mphafuli, Mphaphuli.

  • PeopleamaNdebele (Southern)
  • Grouping Son(s) of Musi who settled among the Venda
  • Surnames recorded Sibasa, Mphafuli
  • Places recorded Vhembe, Limpopo, Tshivhase
  • Branch Southern

Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.

About This Record

What Was Written Down

Van Warmelo's genealogical table, as relayed by Skhosana, gives Musi a son M'Pafuli who became first chief of the Venda Mphaphuli; Skhosana suggests Mphafuli and Sibasa may be the same person, and Van Vuuren allows for that. Wikipedia treats them as two brothers who founded the Tshivhase and Sibasa chieftainships. Recorded as a Ndebele origin claim inside Venda polities, not as a Southern Ndebele clan of today. 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
  • Philemon Buti Skhosana, The linguistic relationship between Southern and Northern Ndebele (PhD thesis, chapters 1-2 read), 2009, University of Pretoria (UPSpace repository) — https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/28563/01chapters1-2.pdf
  • Philemon Buti Skhosana, The linguistic relationship between Southern and Northern Ndebele (PhD thesis, chapters 1-2 read), 2009, University of Pretoria (UPSpace repository) — https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/28563/01chapters1-2.pdf (citing Van Warmelo 1930 and Van Vuuren 1983)
  • Wikipedia contributors, Southern Ndebele people, read 2026-09-05, Wikimedia Foundation — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Ndebele_people

Recorded Alongside

  • Bhuda Also recorded among the amaNdebele (Southern).
  • Dlomu Also recorded among the amaNdebele (Southern).
  • Jiyane (Southern) Also recorded among the amaNdebele (Southern).
  • Kabini Also recorded among the amaNdebele (Southern).
  • Likere Also recorded among the amaNdebele (Southern).
  • Mabhena (Southern) Also recorded among the amaNdebele (Southern).

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