The Thembu are Xhosa people who lived in the Thembu Kingdom.
The Mpondo People, or simply Ama-Mpondo, is a kingdom in what is now the Eastern Cape. It was established in 1226. The Ama-Mpondo Nation was first ruled by its founder who was King Mpondo kaNjanya who lived around and later the 'Ama-Nyawuza' clan, by nationality referred to themselves as 'Ama-Mpondo'. They are related to other Aba-Mbo kingdoms and chiefdoms in South Africa.
Hintsa ka Khawuta, also known as Great or King Hintsa, was the king of the Xhosa Kingdom, founded by his ancestor, King Tshawe. He ruled from 1820 until his death in 1835. The kingdom at its peak, during his reign stretched from the Mbhashe River, south of Mthatha, to the Gamtoos River, in the Southern Cape.
Sigcawu ka Sarili (1892-1902) was the King of the Xhosa nation from 1892 until his death in 1902. His father was Sarili ka Hintsa and mother Queen Nobuthe.
King Gwebi'nkumbi kaSigcawu was the king of the AmaXhosa Nation from 1902 until his death on the 30 May 1921 and his brother Daliza Sigcawu was regent for his son. His father was King Sigcawu kaSarili.
Daliza Sigcawu was the regent and 8th king of the Gcaleka sub-group of the Xhosa nation from 1921 to 1923. He came to power after his brother Salukaphathwa Gwebi'nkumbi Sigcawu died and until he handed over the reign to his nephew Mpisekhaya Ngangomhlaba Sigcawu in 1923. His father was Sigcawu ka Sarili.
King Ngangomhlaba kaGwebi'nkumbi was the King of the AmaXhosa nation from late 1923/1924 to June 1933 and his Bungeni Zwelidumile Sigcawu took over the throne after his death. His father was King Salukaphathwa Gwebi'nkumbi Sigcawu.
King Zwelidumile KaGwebinkumbi was the King of the AmaXhosa Kingdom of South Africa from 2 June 1933 to 9 April 1965. He took over the reins when his oldest brother Mpisekhaya Ngangomhlaba Sigcawu died. He was born near Willowvale in the Cape Colony to Salukaphathwa Gwebi'nkumbi Sigcawu.
King Xolilizwe KaZwelidumile was the King of the Xhosa people from 10 April 1965 to 31 December 2005. King Xolilizwe was an active member of the National House of Traditional Leaders of South Africa. He was the oldest son of King Bungeni Zwelidumile Sigcawu.
King Zwelonke kaXolilizwe was a South African royal and King of the Xhosa people. He became king on 1 January 2006. Zwelonke was born at Nqadu Great Palace in Willowvale in the Eastern Cape to Xolilizwe Mzikayise Sigcawu and Nozamile.
The Bhaca people, or amaBhaca, are an Nguni ethnic group in South Africa.
The Rharhabe House is the second senior house of the Xhosa Kingdom. Its royal palace is in the former Ciskei and its counterpart in the former Transkei is the Gcaleka, which is the great house of Phalo.
King (iKumkani) Maxhob'ayakhawuleza Sandile "Aa! Zanesizwe!" was the son of the late King Mxolisi Sandile "Aa! Bazindlovu", who was the son of King Archie Velile Sandile, and Queen Nolizwe, the daughter of Western Mpondoland King Victor Poto Ndamase "Aa! Bhekuzulu", and sister to both King Tutor Vulindlela Ndamase "Aa! Nyangelizwe" and the wife of Chief Thandathu Jongilizwe Mabandla of the AmaBhele aseTyhume royal clan. He was the 6th descendant of Sandile and 10th descendant of King Phalo, the Son of King Tshiwo.
The Gcaleka House is the Great house of the Xhosa Kingdom in what is now the Eastern Cape. Its royal palace is in the former Transkei and its counterpart in the former Ciskei is the Rharhabe, which is the right hand house of Phalo.
Willowvale is a town in Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
The Mpondomise people, also called Ama-Mpondomise, are a Xhosa-speaking people. Their traditional homeland has been in the contemporary era Eastern Cape province of South Africa, and during apartheid they were located both in the Ciskei and Transkei region. Like other separate Xhosa-speaking kingdoms such as Aba-Thembu and Ama-Mpondo, they speak Xhosa and are at times considered as part of the Xhosa people.
King Vulikhaya kaXolilizwe is the King of Xhosa people. He was born in 1970 in Nqadu Great Place in Willowvale by King Xolilizwe Sigcawu and Queen Nogaweni. He took over as the King in 2020 after the death of caretaker Xhosa King INkosi Nongudle Dumehleli Mapasa who took over following the death of his brother King Zwelonke Sigcawu in 2019. He was a South African High Commissioner to Malawi before he could ascend the throne as the Xhosa King.
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