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Vhandalamo

Also spelled Mundalamo, Ndalamo, Vhandalamo vha ha Mukhodobwane.

  • PeopleVhavenda
  • Grouping Companions and allies of the Singo; intermarried with the Singo royal house
  • Surnames recorded Mundalamo, Mukhodobwane
  • Places recorded Near Tshakhuma, Mutumbe, Mangwele, Khubvi, Mukula

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What Was Written Down

Luonde makes the Vhandalamo leader the custodian of the drum Ngomalungundu, which six Vhandalamo or Vhalemba men carried so that it never touched the ground. Wikipedia (citing Loubser) describes the Ndalamo as an allied mutupo whose dynasty intermarried with the Singo so that each became the other's father's-sister's people, giving the makhadzi of each house ritual authority over succession, and records a tradition that a Ndalamo chief's eldest sister took the drum from the Lemba. The typescript tells of Mutumbe, a Vhandalamo woman and great makhadzi who settled near Tshakhuma after Thohoyandou left Dzata, whose people paid tribute to the Vhadau of Damani, and who was later given a hill and married the Tshakhuma chief Radzaga II; it names Khubvi and Mukula as lands that paid her respect. Netshisaulu lists Mundalamo 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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Where This Comes From

Written down by
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Wikipedia contributors, Venda Kingdom (Wikipedia article), accessed 2026-09-05, Wikimedia Foundation — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venda_Kingdom

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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