Tsonga people

The Tsonga people (Tsonga: Vatsonga) are a Bantu ethnic group native mainly
Tsonga people
to South Africa and southern Mozambique. They speak Xitsonga, a Southern
Bantu language which is closely related to neighbouring Nguni, in particular Vatsonga
Swazi and isiZulu. Zulus and Swazis are the original neighbours of the Tsonga
people, for more than 1000-years, hence similarities in languages as well as
Surnames. A very small number of Tsonga people are also found in Swaziland
and Zimbabwe. The Tsonga people of South Africa share a common history with
the Tsonga people of southern Mozambique; however they differ culturally and
linguistically from the Tonga people of Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Contents
History
Name
Language
Conflicts and naming conventions
Clan structures
Traditional location of Tsonga people
Population
with dialectical differences and
Economy before the borders between South
Culture Africa, Swaziland, Mozambique and
Traditional beliefs and healers Zimbabwe were imposed and the
Notable Tsonga people indigenous peoples were forcibly
References relocated by the British colonizers.
Bibliography Total population
External links 6,470,000 (late 20th-century
estimate)[1]
Regions with significant
History populations
The Tsonga people originated from Central and West Africa somewhere between Mozambique 3,100,000
AD 200 and 500, and have been migrating in-and-out of South Africa for over a
South Africa 3,300,000 (2019
thousand (1000) years. Initially, the Tsonga people settled on the coastal plains
population estimate,
of Southern Mozambique but finally settled in the Transvaal Province and
StatsSA)
around parts of St Lucia Bay in South Africa from as early as the 1300s.[2] One
Swaziland 27,000
of the earliest reputable written accounts of the Tsonga people is by Henri
Philipe (HP) Junod titled "Matimu ya Vatsonga 1498-1650" which was formally Zimbabwe 5,000
published in 1977, and it speaks of the earliest Tsonga kingdoms. Before this, the Languages
older Henri Alexandri (HA) Junod released his work titled "The life of a South
Tsonga, Portuguese, English
African Tribe" which was first published under two volumes in 1912-1913 and
Religion
re-published in 1927.
African traditional religion,
The historical movements of the Tsonga people is dominated by separate Christianity
migrations, with the Tembe people settling at the northern parts of KwaZulu Related ethnic groups
Natal around the 1350s and the Van'wanati and Vanyayi settling in the eastern
Other Bantu peoples
Limpopo region between the late 1400s and 1650s.[3] Separate migrations from
parts of Mozambique occurred shortly thereafter and particularly during the
Tsonga
1800s. According to historical records acquired from the Portuguese (who are
perhaps the first Europeans to ship to African soil in the 1400s) and Swiss
Person Mutsonga
Missionaries who arrived to Mozambique and South Africa in the 1800s, People Vatsonga
Portuguese sailors encountered Tsonga tribes near the coast of Mozambique.[4] Language Xitsonga
Early tribes identified are names such as the Mpfumo who belong to the Rhonga
clan within the wider Tsonga (Thonga) ethnicity, and further identified during
the 1500-1650 are the Valenga, Vacopi, Vatonga (Nyembana), Vatshwa, and
Vandzawu.

The Vatsonga people from very early on were much like a confederacy where
different groups settled and assimilated within a particular area and adopted a
similar language that differed on the basis of geographic location (dialect).
Various dialects of the Thonga/Tsonga language emerged from around the 1200s
Tsonga wooden headrest
or earlier, such as Xirhonga, Xin'walungu, Xihlanganu, Xibila, Xihlengwe, and
Xidjonga. They held large territorial areas in southern Mozambique and parts of
South Africa and extracted tribute for those who passed through (paying tribute
was to secure passage or to be spared from attack). The Tsonga tribes also
operated like a confederacy in supplying regiments to aid different groups during
times of crisis. Examples of this is the Rhonga tribe which supplied regiments to
the Mthethwa establishment and engaged in trade;[5] the Nkuna and Valoyi tribes
which supplied soldiers to help the Modjadji kingdom; and the Nkomati and
Mabunda tribes for supplying regiments to the army of Joao Albasini
(Xipolongo empire). The Tsonga people have an age-old custom of leading their
own tribes, with a senior traditional leader at the forefront of their own tribal
establishment and is seen with a status equal to that of a king. The Tsonga people
have lived according to these customs for ages and they hold the belief that
"vukosi a byi peli nambu" which is a metaphor meaning "kingship does not cross
territorial or family borders".
Tsonga globular pot, collected c.
Within apartheid South Africa, a Tsonga "homeland", Gazankulu Bantustan, was 1900
created out of part of northern Transvaal Province (Now Limpopo Province and
Mpumalanga) during the 1960s and was granted self-governing status in 1973.[6]
This bantustan's economy depended largely on gold and on a small manufacturing sector.[6] However, only an estimated 500,000
people—less than half the Tsonga population of South Africa—ever lived there.[6] Many others joined township residents from
other parts of South Africa around urban centres, especially Johannesburg and Pretoria.[6]

Name
The Constitution of South Africa stipulates that all South Africans have a right to identify with their own language, and points out
that tribal affiliations or "ethnicity" is identifiable mostly through a common language; hence the recognition of groups such as,
for example the Xhosas who are united by isiXhosa; Zulus who are united by isiZulu; Vendas who are united by Tshivenda; and
the Sothos who are united by Sesotho. The various groups who speak the Xitsonga language or one of its dialects are therefore
also united by the language and take its name from it, hence Constitutionally they are the Tsonga people (Vatsonga). There are
also other Tsonga groups in parts of Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Swaziland. Other related groups outside of South Africa who
are ancestral or related to the South African Tsonga people go by various tribal names (e.g., Tonga, Rhonga, Chopi, Tswa) but
they are sometimes classified within the heritage and history of the Tsonga people of South Africa.

Language
The Tsonga people speak the Xitsonga language, which is one of the official languages of the Republic of South Africa.
According to historians, the Xitsonga language had already developed during the 1500s with its predecessor the "Thonga
language" identified as the main origin.[2] It was mostly through the missionary work of the late 1800s to mid-1900s that led to a
cohesive study of the Tsonga people's dialects and language features. The work carried out by Henri Junod and his father left a
lasting legacy for the Tsonga people to rediscover their past history. It was however Paul Berthoud and his companion Ernest
Creux who actively engaged with the Tsonga people of the Spelonken region to eventually produce the first hymn books written
in the Xitsonga language at around 1878.[7] These Swiss Missionaries, however, did not understand the Xitsonga language at all
and had to depend on the guidance of native speakers for the translations. The first book written in the Xitsonga language was
published in 1883 by Paul Berthoud after dedicating enough time to learning the language. The Tsonga people themselves had
then begun to learn to read and write in Xitsonga, however that the Tsonga people had already been well affluent in the Xitsonga
language or one of its dialects long before the arrival of the Swiss Missionaries. There is evidence to indicate that the "language
was already-spoken by the primitive occupants of the country more than 500 years" before the arrival of Swiss Missionaries.
(Junod 1912, p. 32)[2]

Conflicts and naming conventions

The name "Tsonga" or "Vatsonga" itself is properly related to the older "Thonga" (also spelled as Tonga in some instances). The
Thonga people are one of the original African tribes who left Central Africa between 200AD and 500AD and gave birth to many
cultural identities in Southern Africa. The name "Thonga" means "ancestral". The people settled at various parts of southern
Africa and thus different cultural identities were born who still identify with a common heritage. The Tembe people of KwaZulu-
Natal, for example, still praise themselves as "amaThonga" but are now a part of the Zulu language and culture after being
integrated in northern KwaZulu Natal.[8] The Rhonga people were identified according to the eastern direction from which they
lived (Rhonga means East in the Rhonga dialect) and they included the tribes of Mpfumo of Nhlaruti, Nondwane, Vankomati
Andrew Mabota. Another example is the Valenga and Chopi people (Copi) of Gunyule and Dzavana who are also related to the
Tsonga people of South Africa such as the Maluleke, Shivambu, Mhinga, and Mulamula, and still regard themselves as part of the
larger Thonga/Tonga group.[9] The tribes often identified as the Gwamba (properly the descendants of Gwambe) such as the
tribes of Baloyi, Mathebula, and Nyai, also formed the Kalanga and Rozwi tribes. Other tribes include the Hlengwe people who
are descended from those who called themselves Vatswa (sometimes spelled Tshwa) and also the Khosa who identified with the
Djonga and Mbai sub-group. Indeed most of the Tsonga people of South Africa are descended from breakaway groups of the
Thonga which must have happened around the 1600s with the dawn of the arrival of the Portuguese in Mozambique.[10]

In South Africa the name "Shangaan" or "Machangane" is regularly applied to the entire Tsonga population; however, this is a
common misconception and others even take offense to it with regards to tribal affiliation.[3] What can be identified as the
Shangaan tribe only forms a small fraction of the entire Tsonga ethnic group, meaning that the term "Shangaan" should only be
applied to that tribe which is directly related to Soshangane ka Zikode (a Ngoni general from the Ndwandwe tribe) who came to
power during the 1800s, as well as those tribes which were founded or assimilated directly by him. In contrast, the Tsonga ethnic
group comprises various tribal identities, some of which have been recognised and well established in Mozambique and South
Africa even back around 1350 all the way through the 1600s to 1900s, namely the Varhonga, Vaxika, Vahlengwe, Van'wanati,
Vacopi, Valoyi, and others. On the other hand, the double barrel term "Tsonga-Shangaan" is often applied in a way similar to
Sotho and Tswana; Pedi and Lobedu; or Xhosa and Mpondo. Historical research shows that a substantial number of Tsonga tribes
have been living together in South Africa during the 1400s to 1700s at a time where the name "Shangaan" had not yet existed.[4]
Back during the 1640s-1700s the Tsonga people of South Africa were already integrated and living together established under
their own traditional leaderships (such as the kingdoms led by Gulukhulu, Xihlomulo of the Valozyi, Maxakadzi of the
Van'wanati, and Ngomani of the Vaxika).[11]

When Soshangane (whom the name "Shangaan" is taken from) and other Ngoni invaders raided Mozambique later during the
1820s, the Tsonga people who were already living prior under Dutch colonialism in South Africa did not form a part of the Ngoni
Shangaan empire (and were often hostile to it) and they had already been speaking the Xitsonga language through dialects such as
Xin'walungu, Xihlanganu, Xidzonga, etc. within the Transvaal.[12] Such Tsonga tribes have never been subjects of the Gaza
Shangaan empire and have always retained their senior traditional leadership even during the governance of the Apartheid
homeland system.[10] The misconception that they were all united by a single leader appears to be false as most of the people
who organised the early Tsonga/Tonga groupings would still be integrated within South Africa even if the Mfecane Nguni wars
did not happen. In addition to this, many of the Tsonga tribes who were still in Mozambique and later attacked by Soshangane
and other Ndwandwes in the 1820s distanced themselves and fled to the Transvaal to re-establish themselves outside of the
influence of the Gaza empire (they refused to be led by the Ngunis), while some remained and were either subjugated or
enslaved.[13] The Copi people (Chopi) however remained rebellious and independent throughout the lifetime of the Gaza
kingdom and have never been properly defeated,[14] and when the ruler of Gaza (Nghunghunyana) invaded their territory near the
Limpopo River and attempted to subjugate them in 1888, a war ensued between the Chopi people and the Gaza forces that
effectively lasted from 1889 and ended in 1895 when Nghunghunyana was defeated by the Portuguese (led by their general
Mouzinho de Albuquerque) in alliance with Chopi soldiers (led by their king Xipenenyana).[15] Many of the Gaza people fled
from the disintegrated Empire and its remaining leadership took asylum in South Africa where most of the Tsonga people had
been living before the Mfecane wars started. In South Africa, the Gaza-Shangaan people lost their Nguni language which was
prevalent within the Empire and they adopted the Xitsonga language and culture of the Tsonga people in the Transvaal. In short,
the tribal identity of the Tsonga people is not simply reduced to the aftermath of the Mfecane and the name "Tsonga" therefore
classifies the entire Xitsonga-speaking communities who share a common heritage within the Xitsonga language, customs, and
traditions; whereas "Shangaan" classifies the Ngoni people (amaShangane) who assimilated into those communities between
1815 and 1920 but still largely identify with Nguni customs.

In modern South Africa, the integration of such tribes has led to a social cohesion drive where some of the Tsonga people believe
they face an identity crisis as a result of perceived tribalism of the Ndwandwe Shangaan tribe against the original Tsonga
tribes.[16] Another factor is the Gaza-Shangaan people's association with a history of oppression and exploitation that the
inhabitants of Mozambique suffered under the rule of the Gaza Empire during the 1800s, which has been well-documented by
reliable sources and is a subject of much controversy and debate.[17][18]

Clan structures
The Tsonga ethnic group has been united by the gradual assimilation of various nearing tribes found in abundance within
Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and South Africa respectively. Historical research indicates that the development of a common
language (Xitsonga) as well as cultural integration within the Tsonga ethnic group has been occurring ever since the 1200s (over
800 years ago).[3] It is possible that different conflicting groups sought to establish protection alliances and thus integrated their
tribes into a common establishment or to secure trade. Language appears to be the dominant factor in uniting the Tsonga tribes,
similarly to the Venda people who are also of various tribes united by the Venda language. It is apparent that the Tsonga people
have never been united by a single leader but by various tribal kingdoms that fought for dominance over time, who were
eventually overcame by internal conflicts as well as the impact of colonial rule. However there is evidence to suggest that the
earliest most dominant Tsonga kingdom within South African territory from the 1600s to the late 1900s was the Mhinga Dynasty,
who founded Malamulele (the Rescuer) and further formed the leadership of the Gazankulu territorial authority around the 1960s
in what is today the eastern parts of the Limpopo province.[19][20] The Van'wanati clan according to Henry A. Junod (1912) are
also the ones who re-assimilated the Baloyi and Vanyayi clans who left the Kalanga country and became Tsonga-speaking.[2]
However the Baloyi were part of the original Thonga cluster of clans (through their ancestor Gwambe) before they went to
conquer parts of Zimbabwe and were nicknamed as Barozwi ("the destroyers"). The Tsonga people themselves still recognize
their respective tribal origins and have also embraced the Tsonga national identity, which unites them linguistically and culturally
within South Africa. The biggest factor in uniting the various Xitsonga-speaking tribes in South African territory is the role
played by Sunduza II of the Mhinga Dynasty in 1961 where he mobilized all the Tsonga chiefs to form a territorial authority that
enabled the Tsonga people to retain their own recognition equal to the Venda and Pedi territorial authorities (Mathebula 2002, p.
37).[3] Sunduza II Mhinga, a descendant of Dzavana and the king of the Chopi people Gunyule, began his pursuits to unite the
Tsonga clans in the 1950s when the apartheid government attempted to assimilate the Tsonga and Shangaan people into the Venda
and Pedi Bantustans. Sunduza II then called a meeting for all the leading Tsonga chiefs in 1957 and made a resolution to unite
and resist the impending assimilation. The leadership by Sunduza II resulted in the apartheid government engaging in diplomatic
talks which unilaterally granted the Tsonga people recognition to form their own territorial authority. This greatly cemented the
unity between the Tsonga and Shangaan people from the formation of the Gazankulu Homeland where Hudson Ntsanwisi (a
member of the Vanwanati clan) became the first Chief Minister of the Tsonga and Shangaan people.

Xitsonga-speaking communities of South Africa after 1890 (through a Xitsonga-related dialect or sub dialect):

Vatsonga (Thonga, Tsonga)

Amashangana (Ngoni, Ndwandwe)

Population
In total, there were 7, 3 million Tsonga speakers in 2011, divided mainly between South Africa and Mozambique. South Africa
was home to 3,3 million Tsonga speakers in the 2011 population census, while Mozambique accounted for 4 million speakers of
the language. A small insignificant number of speakers included 15 000 Tsonga speakers in Swaziland and roughly 18 000
speakers in Zimbabwe.[1]

In South Africa, Tsonga people were concentrated in the following municipal areas during the 2011 population census: Greater
Giyani Local Municipality (248,000 people), Bushbuckridge Local Municipality (320,000 people), Greater Tzaneen Local
Municipality (195,000 people), Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality (80,000 people), Makhado Local Municipality (170,000
people), Thulamela Local Municipality (220,000 people), City of Tshwane (280,000 people), City of Johannesburg (290,000
people), and Ekurhuleni (260,000 people). In the following municipalities, Tsonga people are present but they are not large
enough or are not significant enough to form a dominant community in their shere of influence, in most cases, they are less than
50,000 people in each municipality. At the same time, they are not small enough to be ignored as they constitute the largest
minority language group. They are as follows: Greater Letaba Local Municipality (28,00 people), Mbombela Local Municipality
(26,000) people, Nkomazi Local Municipality (28,500) people, Mogalakwena Local Municipality (31,400 people), Madibeng
Local Municipality (51,000), Moretele Local Municipality (34,000), and Rustenburg Local Municipality (30,000). The provincial
breakdown of Tsonga speakers, according to the 2011 census, are as follows: Limpopo Province (1,006,000 people, Mpumalanga
Province (415,000 people, Gauteng Province (800,000 people and North West Province (110,000 people. Overall, Tsonga
speakers constitutes 4.4% of South Africa's total population.[1]

Economy
The Tsonga traditional economy is based on mixed agriculture and pastoralism. Cassava is the staple; corn (maize), millet,
sorghum, and other crops are also grown. Women do much of the agricultural work,while men and teenage boys take care of
domestic animals (a herd of cows, sheep, and goats) although some men grow cash crops. Most Tsongas now depend on wage
labour for cash, many migrating to South Africa to find work.[21]

Culture
Tsonga men traditionally attend the initiation school for circumcision called
Matlala (KaMatlala) or Ngoma (e Ngomeni) after which they are regarded as
men. Young teenage girls attend an initiation school that old Vatsonga women
lead called Khomba, and initiates are therefore called tikhomba (khomba-
singular, tikhomba- plural). Only virgins are allowed to attend this initiation
school where they will be taught more about womanhood, how to carry
themselves as tikhomba in the community, and they are also readied for
marriage.

The Vatsonga people living along the Limpopo River in South Africa have
recently gained a significant amount of attention for their low-tech, lo-fi
electronic dance music Xitsonga Traditional and otherwise promoted as Tsonga
Disco, electro, and Tsonga ndzhumbha. The more traditional dance music of the
Tsonga people was pioneered by the likes of General MD Shirinda, Fanny
Mpfumo, Matshwa Bemuda, and Thomas Chauke, while the experimental genres
of Tsonga disco and Tsonga ndzhumbha have been popularized by artists such as
Joe Shirimani, Penny Penny, Peta Teanet, and Benny Mayengani. The more
westernized type of sound which includes a lot of English words, sampled vocals Tsonga women perform the xibelani
dance.
and heavy synthesizers is promoted as Shangaan electro in Europe and has been
pioneered by the likes of Nozinja, the Tshetsha Boys, and DJ Khwaya. The
Tsonga people are also known for a number of traditional dances such as the Makhwaya, Xighubu, Mchongolo and Xibelani
dances.

Traditional beliefs and healers

Senior N'angas help a new n'agna out of

the water during an initiation

Like most Bantu cultures, the Tsonga people have a strong acknowledgement of
their ancestors, who are believed to have a considerable effect on the lives of
their descendants. The traditional healers are called n'anga.[22] Legend has it that
the first Tsonga diviners of the South African lowveld were a woman called
Nkomo We Lwandle (Cow of the Ocean) and a man called Dunga Manzi (Stirring
Senior n'angas relax and celebrate
Waters).[22] A powerful water serpent, Nzunzu (Ndhzhundzhu), allegedly
after an initiation dedicated to the
captured them and submerged them in deep waters. They did not drown, but Ndau spirit.
lived underwater breathing like fish. Once their kin had slaughtered a cow for
Nzunzu, they were released and emerged from the water on their knees as
powerful diviners with an assortment of potent herbs for healing.[22] Nkomo We Lwandle and Dunga Manzi became famous
healers and trained hundred of women and men as diviners.
Among the Tsongas, symptoms such as persistent pains, infertility and bouts of aggression can be interpreted as signs that an
alien spirit has entered a person's body.[22] When this occurs, the individual will consult a n'anga to diagnose the cause of illness.
If it has been ascertained that the person has been called by the ancestors to become a n'anga, they will become a client of a senior
diviner who will not only heal the sickness, but also invoke the spirits and train them to become diviners themselves.[22] The
legend of the water serpent is re-enacted during the diviner's initiation, by ceremoniously submerging the initiates in water from
which they emerge as diviners.

The kind of spirits that inhabit a person are identified by the language they speak. There are generally the Ngoni (derived from
the word Nguni), the Ndau and the Malopo. The Ndau spirit possesses the descendants of the Gaza soldiers who had slain the
Ndau and taken their wives.[23]

Once the spirit has been converted from hostile to benevolent forces, the spirits bestow the powers of divination and healing on
the nganga.[22]

Notable Tsonga people

The following is a list of notable Tsonga people who have their own Wikipedia articles.

Chief Manungu Siweya (c. 1811 at Nkomati; Chief General of Albasini, and later King of Riyonde aka Manungu I
until 1901)
Gito Baloi (Mozambicam musician)
Cassius Baloyi (South African boxer)
Lucky Baloyi (South African footballer)
DJ Brian (Radio personality, Club DJ and entrepreneur)
Collins Chabane (South African politician)
Selby Kulani Mashaba (South African politician)
Thomas Chauke (Tsonga musician)
Joaquim Chissano (Former President of Mozambique)
Lizha James (Mozambican musician and celebrity)
Tiyani Mabunda (South African footballer)
Graça Machel (Former first lady of Mozambique; former first lady of South Africa)
Samora Moisés Machel (Former President of Mozambique)
Sho Madjozi (South African musician)
Jabulani Maluleke (South African footballer)
Jeff Maluleke (South African musician)
David Mathebula (South African footballer)
Herman Mashaba (Founder of "Black Like Me" and Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg)
Oscarine Masuluke (South African footballer)
Tito Mboweni (Minister of Finance of South Africa former South African Reserve Bank Governor)
Tsakani "TK" Mhinga (South African musician)
Eduardo Mondlane (Founding President of FRELIMO)
Hudson William Edison Ntsanwisi (Former Chief Minister of Gazankulu)
Trevor Nyakane (South African rugby union player)
Sam Nzima (Photographer of famous photo depicting the death of Hector Pieterson during the Soweto Uprising)
Penny Penny (South African musician)
Mbhazima Shilowa (former Premier of Gauteng)
Floyd Shivambu (South African politician, Deputy President of the Economic Freedom Fighters)
Jomo Sono (South African football legend and owner of Jomo Cosmos)
Benny Mayengani, "The President" (South African musician)
Tinyiko Maluleke (professor of theology and a political analyst)
Nkhensani Mkhari (South African Artist)
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"First Online Tsonga Dictionary" (http://www.facebook.com/firstonlinetsongadictionary).

External links
Ethnologue entry on Tsonga language (http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=tso)

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