MLFM removes “Vatsonga/Machangani” from their website after public pressure
Handle ka guwa yo chavisa, va Munghana Lonene FM va boheki ku lulamisa no susa vito ra “Vatsonga/Machangani” eka ntumani …
5 reasons Amashangaan failed to get a homeland separate from Vatsonga
When the Apartheid government started with the Bantustans project, the aim was twofold: To emphasize the separation between European colonial …
Why does Munghana Lonene FM insist on labeling us as “Vatsonga-Machangani”?
As speakers of Xitsonga, we can all agree ku we are currently experiencing an identity crisis. We don’t agree on …
10 Things Vatsonga need to stop saying to/about each other
Vatsonga, ku na swilo leswi hina tani hi rixaka, tani hi vanhu, hi faneleke ku swi hunguta kumbe ku swi …
Xana a wu swi tiva? [Swivongo Edition]
Avuxeni; #1 – Xana a wu swi tiva ku va ka Ndhukwani i va ka Maxele? #2 – Xana a …
Matimu ya va ka Ngoveni – “Yingwe yo koma”
Swivongo swa vanhu hinkwavo, swi hlamuseleka hi ririmi leri vanhu va xivongo xexo va vulavulaka rona, kumbe hi ririmi leri …
5 reasons why Tsonga surnames have more than one Tsonga spelling for the same surname
Ririmi ra Xitsonga, ri kule ngopfu, eka ndhawu leyi tsemakanyaka mune wa matiko. Ririmi ra Xitsonga ri na marin’wana, na …
Did Soshangani speak Xichangani?
Soshangani Nxumayo spoke isiLala, which is a Nguni dialect. So how did Soshangani end up with a language named after …
Vutsonga and Women: Celebrating our Queens, Leaders and Founding Mothers
It goes without saying that culture is evolutionary. Cultural evolution may occur due to various factors, from internal and external. …
Xana Gwambe, Dzavani, Nghunghunyani i va mani?
Ku na tsalwa leri nga tshama ri hlamusela xivumbeko xa timhaka leti nga endla ku Gazankulu yi tirhisiwe tani hi …
The year 2020 marks 200 years of Tsonga-Shangaan conflict
Various people have tried to talk down the conflicting nature of the existence of amashangane among Vatsonga. For so many …
Popular Nguni surnames of Tsonga Origin
There are Tsonga groups within the Nguni ethnical and linguistic groups, and there are Tsonga people with Nguni sounding surnames. …