Mghumbhani

Mghumbhani lies in the country of the northern Ndebele, among the hills and plains east of the Waterberg. The name is associated with the Kekana chief Mugombane, also known as Mokopane. By the middle of the eighteenth century, communities descended from the Ndebele leader Thombeni had separated into smaller groups across this country and the lands around Zebediela and Polokwane. In their new homes they lived among Sotho-speaking neighbours, and their cultures changed through that contact.