- The
Thembu (Xhosa: Aba
Thembu) are a
Xhosa Nation who
inhabited the
Kingdom of Thembuland. They were
established around the 16th
century as one of the Xhosa...
-
Congress (ANC)
party from 1991 to 1997. A Xhosa,
Mandela was born into the
Thembu royal family in Mvezo,
South Africa. He
studied law at the
University of...
- the
descendants of his
cadet branch of the
Thembu royal family remain ineligible to
succeed to the
Thembu throne,
which is
itself one of the
several traditional...
- Xhosa,
local to the
Eastern Cape,
established tribal sub-federations—the
Thembu, Mpondo, and Mpondomise—in the 16th century. The
homeland of the
Xhosa people...
- Vusani, (c. 1790 – 10 August[citation needed] 1830) was the king of the aba
Thembu, in the eastern-southern part of
Xhosaland (Eastern Cape).
Ngubengcuka succeeded...
-
Sabata Jonguhlanga Dalindyebo(1928–1986) was the
ruler of the
Thembu Kingdom. He was the son of
Jongilizwe Sampu Dalindyebo. His rule was
marked by conflict...
- 2007, he was
chosen as successor.
Nelson Mandela had
given up the
right of
Thembu leader nearly 70
years prior to
fight white rule in
South Africa. As the...
-
Religion Christianity, Zulu
religion Related ethnic groups Xhosa, Swazi, Hlubi,
Thembu people,
Southern Ndebele,
Northern Ndebele and Ngoni, San people...
-
involved himself in
Thembu and
Transkei politics. Made
paramount chief of the "Emigrant
Thembus", a
breakaway and sub-group to the
Thembus, Mathanzima's support...
- Nelson, was a
direct descendant of the
holders of the
kingship of the
Thembu people and was
himself the heir to the
chieftaincy of Mvezo. His grandson...
