The
South African Ndebele are one of the
Nguni tribes. The Nguni tribes represent nearly two thirds of South Africa's African population and can be divided into four distinct groups; the Central Nguni (the
Zulu-speaking peoples), the Southern Nguni (the
Xhosa-speaking peoples), the
Swazi people from Swaziland and adjacent areas and the Ndebele people of the
Mpumalanga Gauteng and
Limpopo.