PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
The tribe
split into three sections following the death of Khosi Thohoyandou, the
Mphaphuli section was located in the Eastern plains, the Tshivhase
section
was located in the Central mountainous region east of Nzhelele Valley
and
the Ramabulana Section ruled west of the Nzhelele Valley. Rulers
were...
- Khosi DIMBANYIKA fl.1688-1710, originally from Zimbabwe
following the
break
up of the Monomotapa Empire, he and his people moved into the present
Limpopo
area about 1688, settling in the Dzata region, married and had issue.
He died in the Nzhelele
Valley
about 1720.
- Khosi DYAMBEU c1720/-, married and had issue. He died near
the Royal village of Dzata.
- Khosi MASINDI (qv)
- Khosi [PHOPHI] THOHOYANDOU (qv)
- Khosi MASINDI, married and had issue.
- Khosi THOHOYANDOU [Phophi], king of the last group of
immigrants
to arrive in Venda, to the Nzhelele Valley. He conquered and absorbed
the
inhabitants there and established an empire like structure and his
hegemony
covered the area from Zambezi to modern Pietersburg, with Dzata as the
capital of Venda. He disappeared mysteriously into the unknown and was
the last of the kings to have ruled a united Venda kingdom, after his
death his sons set up independent chiefdoms, married and
had issue. He died about 1790.
- Khosi MPOFU [Tshikalanga] (qv)
- Khosi RALUSWIELO [Tshivhase], his section went east to
Dopeni,
eventually
settling at Mukumbani. (qv)
- Khosi TSHISEVHE, ruled at Makonde.
- Khosi BELE, ruled at Vuvha.
haRAMABULANA Section: West of the
Nzhelele Valley
- ??[Khosi MUNZHEDZI, born at Songozwi.]
- Khosi MPOFU [Tshikalange] 1790/-, fought with his brother,
resulting in a
split
in the tribe, his section left Dzata and went west to Songozwi, married
and had issue.
- Khosi RAMAVHOYA (qv)
- Khosi RAVELE [Tshilwavhusiku, TSHIGEVHETI RAMABULANA] (qv)
- Khosi RAMAVHOYA, vied with his brother for supremacy,
married and
had issue.
- Khosi RAVELE [Tshilwavhusiku, TSHIGEVHETI RAMABULANA]
-/1864,
married, and had issue. He died 1864.
- Davhana (eldest son), rival claimant, tried to usurp the
leadership
following
his fathers death, may have held it only briefly in 1864.
- Khosi MAKHADO (qv)
- Khangale
- Nthabalala
- Makhadzi Ndalammbi (f)
-
- Khosi
MAKHADO RAMABULANA [Tshilwavhusiku, meaning "Night Fighter"] 1864/1895,
born about 1825, 4th Chief of the line of Thohoyandou, 9th in the
genealogy
of Venda Chiefs, he imposed his rule over all of Venda and was known as
the Lion of the North due to his successes against the Boers; married
(amongst
others), Midana of the Phahwe, and had issue. He died 1895.(#1)
- Khosi MPHEPHU (ex Midana) (qv)
- Kutama fl.1931, Chief of a breakaway group.
- Sinthumule fl.1931, Chief of a breakaway group, sought
military
assistance
against his brother from other Vha Venda chiefs, who refused on the
grounds
that he and Mphephu were one family, he also sought help from the Boers
who were happy to oblige as they perceived Mphephu as a scourge.
- Maemumalise (Khosi 1895/1896?)
- Tshamaano, married and had issue.
- Khosi MPHEPHU [Mphephu Ahlilali Tshilamulele] 1895/1924,
born 1868/9,
in
1898, the Boers finally conquered and subjugated the Vhe Venda. Mphephu
fled with many of his followers and crossed the Limpopo into Shona
territory,
he married and had issue. He died 1924.(#2)
- Khosi MBULAHENI [George Mbulaheni Mphephu] (qv)
- Khosi MBULAHENI [George Mbulaheni Mphephu] (son) 1924/1949,
died 1949.
-
- Khosi
Patrick Ramaano Mphephu 1949/1988, born 1926, 1st State President
of the Republic of Venda -/1988, married and had issue. He died 1988.
- Khosi Tshimangadzo Dimbanyika Mphephu (qv)
- Khosi Peter Toni Mphephu Ramabulana (qv)
- Khosi Tshimangadzo Dimbanyika MPHEPHU (1988) 1994/1997,
born 1967,
married
and had issue, 1 daughter. He died 25th December 1997 near Tshipise,
buried
3rd January 1998 at Mphephu Royal Cemetary near Nzhelele Village in
Northern
Province.
- Khosi Peter Toni Mphephu Ramabulana (see above)
haTSHIVHASE Section: Central
mountainous region
east of Nzhelele Valley (Thohoyandou,
Northern
Province)
- Khosi RALUSWIELO [TSHIVHASE] fl.1790, ruled at Phiphidi,
married and had issue.
- Khosi MUKESI (qv)
- Khosi PHOPHI [RAMBUDA], ancestor of a breakaway group of
Venda, married
and had issue.
- Khosi VELE, married and had issue.
- Khosi Tshikose Rambuda -/1924, married and had issue.
He died 1924.
- Khosi Ratshibvumo Rambuda
- Khosi Khaku Rambuda, leader of a breakaway group,
married and had issue.
- Khosi Tshitongani Rambuda
- Khosi MUKESI TSHIVHASE, married and had issue.
- Khosi LEGEGISA TSHIVHASE (qv)
- Khosi LEGEGISA TSHIVHASE fl.1872-1893, moved his capital
from Muiluwani to Mukumbani, married and had issue.
- Khosi RAMAREMISA TSHIVHASE (qv)
- Khosi RAMAREMISA Tshivhase fl.1931, married and had issue.
- Khosi RATSHIMPHI TSHIVHASE (qv)
- Khosi RATSHIMPHI TSHIVHASE c1931/1946, married and had
issue. He died 1946 in prison in Pretoria.
- Khosi THOHOYANDOU TSHIVHASE (qv)
- Chief A. A. Tshivhase
- Chief John Tshivhase (qv)
- Khosi THOHOYANDOU TSHIVHASE 1946/1966, married and had
issue. He died 1966 in a car
accident.
- Khosi KENNEDY MIDIYAVHATHU TSHIVHASE (qv)
- Chief John Tshivhase 1966/1970 (Regent)
-
- Khosi KENNEDY MIDIYAVHATHU TSHIVHASE 1970/-, born about
1962, educated at Pokolwane, a Royal
aspirant, installed in 1970 but only assumed office in 1993, Member of
Committee/s: Land, Agriculture and Environmental
Affairs;
Public Services (alt); Security and Justice, Member of the National
Council
of Provinces in Cape Town, MLA (Limpopo).
haMPHAPHULI Section: Eastern Plains
- haMphaphuli Dynasty (Mbilwi Royal Palace)
- Khosikulu SHAMBOKO MPHAPHULI fl.1872
- Khosikulu MASINDI MPHAPHULI [Ratsibi]
- Khosikulu MAKWARELA MPHAPHULI (or son of Tshikalange) (qv)
- Khosikulu TSHIKALANGE MPHAPHULI, fl.1893, had issue.
- One or Two generations.
- Chief Gilbert Rangoezi Tshikalange, born at Tshififi,
succeeded his
father
as Chief at Tshififi in 1963, deposed 1966. Succeeded by Chief
Mudzhadzi
Mphaphuli.
- Khosikulu MAKWARELA MPHAPHULI, died April 1928.
- Khosikulu PHASWANE MPHAPHULI (son) 1928/-
- Khosikulu Khorombi Hector
Makhuvha-Mphaphuli -/2001
(Acting Chief), died 15th December 2001 at Pietserburg, buried 22nd
December
2001 at Tshilivho.
- Khosikulu MUSIWA GOLE MPHAPHULI 2001/- , born 1976.
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Frank Nndwakhulu Ravele, born 1926, a close kinsman of
Patrick Mphephu, State President of the Republic of
Venda 1988/1990, died 25th December 1999. [June 16 1994 Sapa The
Ravele chieftainship will be restored at Mauluma near the Levuvhu farms
in the Northern Transvaal on Saturday, (18/6/1994) SABC radio news
reports.
The Ravele Royal Council on Thursday said former president of the
Republic
of Venda, Headman Frank Ravele, would be restored as chief of the
Ravele
tribe.]
- Tshamano G. Ramabulana
- Ramano Mphephu, married Marubini (Mphephu), and has issue.
- Mbulaheni Charles Mphephu, born
10th September 1970 in Dzanani Musanda, Deputy King of Vendas.
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Khosi Peter Toni Mphephu
Ramabulana 1997/- , born 2nd August
1972
at Nzhelele, educated at Dzanani and Nzhelele Primary Schools, then at
Mphephu High School till 1990 and at the University of the North,
crowned
November 1998 at the Dzanani Palace in the presence of Nelson Mandela,
presently he is in the process of transforming the institution of
traditional leadership to enable it to be more responsive to today's
socio-economic challenges that continues to confront the Venda people.
This
is being done by faciliating and ensuring good relationships between
the headmen, civic organisations and the people. He also encourages
NGOs and other investors to invest within his area of jurisdiction,
this endeavour will assist in ensuring that employment opportunities
are
created. On this all important task he is assisted by his Deputy King
Mbulaheni Mphephu and other members of the royal council, particularly
Vhavenda David Mphephu.