Vatsonga / Mathonga | |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
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| Religion | |
| Predominantly Christianity; Traditional African religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Tsonga people; Chopi people; Embo-Dlamini, Nguni people |
The Tembe-Thonga people (also known as Vatsonga or Mathonga) are a Southern African Bantu ethnic group primarily inhabiting northern KwaZulu Natal in South Africa and southern Mozambique.1 They are part of the broader Tsonga-Nguni cultural and linguistic family that inhabited the Southern African region of Maputaland-Lubombo since the Bantu expansion era.123
References
References
- Webster, David (1986). "Tembe-Thonga Kinship: The Marriage of Anthropology and History". Cahiers d'Études africaines (104): 611–632. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
- Tsonga – African tribe, Mozambique.co.za, accessed 24 November 2025
- Beyer, Greg South African Languages and Their Histories (Nguni-Tsonga Group), TheCollector, 2 October 2022. Accessed 24 November 2025