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Mavundza

Also spelled Mavundja, Mavunda.

  • PeopleVatsonga
  • Grouping Hlabi / VaHlave
  • Surnames recorded Mavundza
  • Places recorded Lower Limpopo, Bolobedu, Groot Spelonken, Limpopo, Malungana, Swaziland

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

About This Record

What Was Written Down

Junod lists Mavundja among the Hlabi clans and records that Mavundja people left the Limpopo with the Nkuna during Manukosi's wars and founded colonies in the Transvaal. Malungana, citing the Gazankulu Year Book, says the Mavunda sub-group settled first in Swaziland and later in the Bolobedu area near Groot Spelonken, and were among those who did not assist Soshangane. Wikipedia dates the departure of Nkuna, Valoyi, Mavundza and Rikhotso to 1835. Mathevula's table of contents includes a Mavundza chapter (not read). Recorded from the sources named on this entry; the wording here is Sibaya's own.

Where This Comes From

Written down by
  • Henri-Alexandre Junod, The Life of a South African Tribe, Vol. I: The Social Life, Imprimerie Attinger Freres, Neuchatel — https://archive.org/details/lifeofsouthafric01junouoft
  • Wikipedia contributors, Tsonga people, read 2026-09-05, Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsonga_people

Recorded Alongside

  • Bila Also recorded among the Vatsonga.
  • Cawuke Also recorded among the Vatsonga.
  • Hlabi Also recorded among the Vatsonga.
  • Hlanganu Also recorded among the Vatsonga.
  • Hlungwani Also recorded among the Vatsonga.
  • Honwana Also recorded among the Vatsonga.

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