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Springboks to wear limited edition ’African imprint’ inspired jersey on end-of-year tour

Independent online (SA) 25 Oct 2021
So just looking at the pattern on that bag, it inspired the lines but also connects to my Xhosa-Nguni clan with the geometric lines. “The pattern on the jersey is inspired by the story I was telling about the print, which is people moving around looking for a better life.
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Being black in a white skin: students with albinism battle prejudice

MENA FN 29 Sep 2021
(MENAFN - The Conversation) Myths and stereotypes about albinism abound. People with the condition are called derogatory names, like inkawu – the Nguni term for white baboon – and isishawa, a Zulu ... .
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Pottery dating reveals the origins of Venda

Mail Guardian South Africa 22 Aug 2021
According to Huffman and Woodborne, the Venda people are “archaeologically and anthropologically important” because, unlike other Sotho- and Nguni- speaking peoples, the Venda have continued the “essence” of precolonial Zimbabwe culture — “class distinction and sacred leadership”.
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Courier firm wants staffer fired for saying ’abelungu’ to white bos

Independent online (SA) 13 Jul 2021
A COURIER company wants the Labour Court to uphold its decision to fire an employee for referring to its owners abelungu, a Nguni term that translates to white people ... Said in isiXhosa, Ngcwenga’s utterances directly translated to “abelungu (white people) do not want to pay us and want to fire us”.
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Courier firm wants staffer fired for saying ’abelungu’ to white boss

Independent online (SA) 13 Jul 2021
A COURIER company wants the Labour Court to uphold its decision to fire an employee for referring to its owners abelungu, a Nguni term that translates to white people ... Said in isiXhosa, Ngcwenga’s utterances directly translated to “abelungu (white people) do not want to pay us and want to fire us”.
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Umshini uyakhuluma: Technology threatens the human touch in Nguni Machina

Mail Guardian South Africa 25 May 2021
He called the album Nguni Machina — referencing the shared heritage and languages of the Nguni people, as well as the Latin phraseDeus Ex Machina” (god in the machine) ... his metric of success for Nguni Machina wouldn’t be how many people streamed it or whether they “liked” it.
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Our diversity is the beauty of South Africa, says Kaizer Chiefs’ Ramahlwe Mphahlele

Independent online (SA) 24 Sep 2020
“We have several tribes in South Africa ... “We have the Nguni group, Venda, Tsonga… and we have white, coloured, Indian peoples. When I was on the road yesterday, I watched the people stepping in and out of taxis ... IOL Sport .
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Beyonce’s Musical Film Journey: The Story Behind Black is King on Disney+

Citizenside 24 Aug 2020
Meanwhile, the sparkly outfits are a nod to the Dogon people, highlighting their complex astronomical expertise and astrological belief system. Audiences might notice the Burberry cow print coordinate featured in the “Already” video, which references the Zulu and Xhosa people of South Africa who made use of Nguni cattle hide for their shields.
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Cape no longer 'coloured' and protests not the answer, says activist group

Independent online (SA) 28 Jul 2020
The time for protests is over and the indigenous people of the Cape need to come together to talk about the suffering our people are enduring and to come up with the solutions that will work for us. “Indigenous refers to the Khoisan, who are the original people from the tip of Africa, as well as your Nguni people, Xhosas, Zulus and so forth.
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Netflix’s Cook Off: everything you need to know about this record-breaking film

Stylist 01 Jun 2020
Netflix’s Cook Off. everything you need to know about this record-breaking film ... Share this. Series. Under Her Eye ... Is it any wonder, then, that so many people are talking about the no-budget rom-com over on Twitter? ... Tendaiishe Chitima,Tendai Nguni, and Jesese Mungoshi lead the cast of Netflix’s Cook Off.What are people saying about Netflix’s Cook Off?.
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Amazemtiti: The making of a native bourgeoisie class in colonial SA

Independent online (SA) 27 May 2020
The topic concerns the black elite of the colonial era, ‘amazemtiti’ (a Nguni bastardization of the word ‘exempted’, meaning those who were exempted from laws designed to manage and control black people.). Well, this article attempts to address a largely unfamiliar topic to many people, especially the youth and many others.
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Mass COVID-19 Testing in Mhondoro Village

All Africa 27 Apr 2020
Mass Covid-19 testing is being done in Chitemere Village, Mhondoro-Mubaira, and the surrounding villages after two more people in the area, who were in contact with the late Gogo Nguni nee Chitemere tested positive for Covid-19 ....
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Nguni Sheep an Endangered Breed

All Africa 04 Dec 2019
THE Nguni sheep migrated to South Africa with the Nguni people between 200 and 400AD down the eastern coast to the areas where they are found today ....
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What is the concept of ubuntu which Meghan Markle and Prince Harry said they were moved by?

Metro UK 26 Sep 2019
(Picture. mungi.ngomane/Instagram). Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have been travelling around South Africa, with Archie in tow for his first royal tour ... Meghan started off the speech by quoting Maya Angelou ... Advertisement ... The word comes from one of the Nguni languages which are a group of Bantu languages spoken in southern Africa by the Nguni peoples.
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The torment of being a ‘questionable’ South African

Mail Guardian South Africa 12 Sep 2019
This includes, but is not limited to, the disdain for the languages that are discernably different to the Nguni and Sotho languages, the overt and covert discrimination of people with darker skin and larger noses and even the disdain for the different dietary preferences.
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