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Vhalaudzi

Also spelled Mulaudzi, Vhalauli, Laudzi, Lwamondo / Nelwamondo, Vhalaudzi vha ha Masia, Vhalaudzi vha Tsianda.

  • PeopleVhavenda
  • Grouping Companions of the Singo (LUONDE; MAGOMA-2021 writes Vhalaudzi as Vhasenzi) / late arrivals (WIKI-VENDA-PEOPLE) / probable Sotho stock for the Lwamondo line
  • Surnames recorded Mulaudzi, Nelwamondo
  • Places recorded Lwamondo, Vhulaudzi, Tshakhuma, Masia, Tsianda

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S.M. Dzivhani & E. Mudau, Mahosi a Venḓa na Vhadau vha Tshakhuma (Government Printer, Pretoria, 1958)

Rights position unresolved. The same unsettled question as Van Warmelo 1935, and for the same reason: a Government Printer publication, so whether s 5 State copyright (50 years from publication, expired end 2008) or s 3 life-plus-50 governs decides it, and no rights statement exists either way.

The rendering that was read: Vhadau vha Tshakhuma (Tshivenda-language typescript on the Vhadau of Tshakhuma and the early peoples of Venda; author… — https://repository.up.ac.za/server/api/core/bitstreams/e2593648-436f-4316-87cf-b72e71970958/content (OCR reading)

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What Was Written Down

Luonde lists the Vhalaudzi with the Masingo and Vhandalamo as the components of the Vhasenzi. Stayt says the Lwamondo chief's ancestors fled from Balauri, were made keepers of the chief's cattle by Tshikalanga Mphephu, became independent during the Anglo-Boer war, and were probably of Sotho stock. The typescript distinguishes Ne-Lwamondo's people, khosi of the Vhalauli or Vhalaudzi, from the Vhalaudzi of Masia and Tsianda, says they came from the Madzimbanombe hills after the Vhasenzi had taken the country, describes the baboons of Lwamondo mountain as its guardians in a fight against Muzila's raiders, and separately records Vhalaudzi from the north who built villages on Vhulaudzi mountain and were driven off by the Tshakhuma chief Muregu. The Ramunangi document also mentions the sacred baboons of Lwamondo Hill. Netshisaulu lists Mulaudzi as a totem-derived surname without the totem. Recorded from the sources named on this entry; the wording here is Sibaya's own.

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  • Luonde.co.za - Brief History; Ngomalungundu (community heritage site), accessed 2026-09-05, luonde.co.za — https://luonde.co.za/brief-history/ and https://luonde.co.za/brief-history/ngomalungundu
  • 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
  • Vhadau vha Tshakhuma (Tshivenda-language typescript on the Vhadau of Tshakhuma and the early peoples of Venda; author… — https://repository.up.ac.za/server/api/core/bitstreams/e2593648-436f-4316-87cf-b72e71970958/content
  • Vhadau vha Tshakhuma (Tshivenda-language typescript on the Vhadau of Tshakhuma and the early peoples of Venda; author… — https://repository.up.ac.za/server/api/core/bitstreams/e2593648-436f-4316-87cf-b72e71970958/content (OCR reading)
  • Nthambeleni Charles Ṋetshisaulu (University of Venda), The Role Played by Nicknames and Totems in the Development of Tshivenḓa Surnames, 2025 — https://noyam.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/EHASS20256715.pdf
  • Hugh A. Stayt, The Bavenda, 1931 — https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/59437
  • Wikipedia contributors, Venda people (Wikipedia article), accessed 2026-09-05, Wikimedia Foundation — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venda_people

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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