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Netshiavha

Also spelled Netshiavho, Netshiavha of Tshiavha.

  • PeopleVhavenda
  • Grouping Vhatavhatsindi
  • Surnames recorded Netshiavha
  • Places recorded Khalavha, Lake Fundudzi, Tshiavha

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About This Record

What Was Written Down

Stayt lists Netshiavho among the Vhatavhatsinde petty chiefs, first settled at Khalavha and then at Lake Fundudzi. Magoma cites a personal communication from Chief Netshiavha about the lake's python and describes the custodian of the lake reporting sightings of half-human beings there. Netshisaulu speaks of the Vhaṱavhatsindi of Tshiavha as elephant-totem people; that gloss is not applied to Netshiavha specifically here because no source read does so. 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
  • Munyadziwa Magoma and co-authors, Retrieving Intangibility, Stemming Biodiversity Loss: The Case of Sacred Places in Venda, Northern South Africa, 2021 — https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/4/4/249
  • Hugh A. Stayt, The Bavenda, 1931 — https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/59437

Recorded Alongside

  • Dzivhani Also recorded among the Vhavenda.
  • Kwinḓa Also recorded among the Vhavenda.
  • Lambani Also recorded among the Vhavenda.
  • Luvhimbi Also recorded among the Vhavenda.
  • Makuya Also recorded among the Vhavenda.
  • Manenzhe Also recorded among the Vhavenda.

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