 Cultural Sites - Important Clan SitesIziziba zikaKhondloLocation: About 25 kms North East of Vryheid, near the Bivane Dam, part of Inkongolwane River, along the R69 to Louwsburg. For more pictures and a video, visit the Clan AlbumUMABUZAUmfowabo kaMashoba uMabuza yena wazala uKhondlo wezimanga. UKhondlo wayemdala kakhulu kuPhuthini. Phela uKhondlo lo kwakuyinyanga enkulu yeSilo sakwaNodwengu, uMpande ngeminyaka ephakathi kowe-1840 nowe-1850. UKhondlo nguyena owayethaka adidiyele izintelezi ezazisetshenziswa amabutho ngezikhathi zempi. Wayedume kakhulu ngamakhubalo nangemilingo ayekusebenzisa namathambo lapho ebhula. Kuthiwa uKhondlo wayelapha ngokugwilizisa umuntu esizibeni sakhe esasibizwa ngesiziba sikaKhondlo, esinamanzi ayaluzayo. Umuntu onokuphithana kwekhanda noma ukugula kwanhloboni wayephuma esephile qingqo.IZIGEMEGEME ZIKAKHONDLONjengoba sesiphawulile, esizibeni sikaKhondlo umuntu wayephuma esephilile noma ngabe ubenakufa kuni. Kuthiwa uKhondlo wayenganqeni ukwendlala isicephu phezu kwamanzi esiziba, singadudulwa amanzi, sivele sime singanyakazi,uKhondlo aguqe kuso bese ephonsa amathambo phezu kwaso abhule, kodwa angacwili. UKhondlo wayeke angene esizibeni nesikhuni sivutha ahlale izinsuku, aphume sisavutha. Le migilingwane akungatshazwa ukuthi hleze yayethusa inkosi uMpande, yabona kungcono ukuba ithumele kuKhondlo ukuba afike kuyo ngokushesha. Phela inkosi uMpande yayinesiqiniseko sokuthi ngeke uKhondlo awelele ngale komfula kwazise wawudla izindwane. Ngokuphazima kweso watheleka uKhondlo njengokusho kwenkosi uMpande ngoba lalingaweli phansi izwi lenkosi. Inkosi uMpande yambuza ukuthi uwele kanjani. Ngaleso senzo uKhondlo wabe esethola izibongo ezithi:Wena owawela ngezihlenga zomfula, ongawelanga ngamazibuko ngoba umfula ugcwele.UKhondlo no Phuthini kwabe kuyizelamani bezalwa uMashoba;uPhuthini wayeyiNkosi kanti uKhondlo yena wabe eyinyanga enemandla amangalisayo.UKhondlo nonkosikazi wakhe babeyizinyanga bobabili babalaphela ezizibeni behlala emigedeni uma belapha. zimbili iziziba zikaKhondlo, isiziba esingenhla esikaKhondlo, esingezansi esonkosikazi wakhe.Phela uKhondlo lo kwakuyinyanga enkulu yeSilo sakwaNodwengu, uMpande ngeminyaka ephakathi kowe-1840 nowe-1850. UKhondlo nguyena owayethaka adidiyele izintelezi ezazisetshenziswa amabutho ngezikhathi zempi. Wayedume kakhulu ngamakhubalo nangemilingo, wayesebenzisa amathambo lapho ebhula. UKhondlo wayelapha ngokugwilizisa umuntu esizibeni sakhe esasibizwa ngesiziba sikaKhondlo, esinamanzi ayaluzayo. Umuntu onokuphithana kwekhanda noma okwanhloboni wayephuma esephile qingqo.Wayenganqeni ukwendlala isicephu phezu kwamanzi esiziba, singadudulwa amanzi, sivele sime aguqe kuso bese ephosa amathambo phezu kwaso abhule kodwa angacwili. UKhondlo wayeke angene esizibeni nesikhuni sivutha ahlale izinsuku, aphume sisavutha.Lokhu kwenza hleze kwayethusa inkosi uMpande yabona kungcono ukuba ithumele kuKhondlo ukuba afike kuyo ngokushesha, Phela inkosi uMpande yayinesiqiniseko sokuthi ngeke uKhondlo aphumele nganeno komfula kwazise wawudla izindwane. Ngokuphazima kweso watheleka uKhondlo njengokusho kwenkosi uMpande ngoba lalingaweli phansi izwi lenkosi. Inkosi uMpande yambuza ukuthi uwele kanjani? Ngaleso senzo uKhondlo wabe esethola izibongo ezithi:Wena owawela ngezihlengela zomfulaOngawelanga ngamazibuko ngoba umfula ugcwele.MARTHA SHOBA Reply 14.10.2014 18.23I just need to hear more about this surname so that my kids,grand and great chidren to know wel where they come fromhenry Reply 06.11.2013 14.32thembi e Shoba Reply 18.09.2013 13.54I like this but ngifisa ukwazi ukuthi yenake u Khondlo wazala bani nobani...balandelana Kanjani kuze kube yimanje...zamokwkhe Reply 13.07.2012 16.26what is important to fellow Mazibuko curtuler, if im not fellow it what is problem?nonzima muna Reply 04.04.2012 19.47Muhle umsebenzi Muna! Qhubekela phambili kodwa Nzima ngithanda ukwazi ngesithakazelo uMuna ukuthi savela kanjani? 