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Dikgwedi tša ngwaga ka Sepedi - The months of the year in Sepedi

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Hlakola 4, 2021 Dumela. Thobela. O amogetšwe.  Ke kgale mola ke ileng ka aba se sengwe mo blokong ye. Nnete ke go re, ke ile ka fela maatla sebakanyana. Eupša bothata bjo bo bego bo ntshwenya, bja go nhlohleletša gore ke thome bloko ye ga se bja tloga. Bjalo ka baswa ba Bapedi, le bjalo ga re tsebe polelo ya gabo rena ebile ga re kaonafale. Ge e le nna ga ke kgone o swara maikutlo a a nkgapeletšago gore ke dire se sengwe ka se. Ditebogo go bagwera ba ka ba malwa le babadi ba bangwe ka mantšu a bona a thlohleletšo go mangwalo ao a fetilego. Ke thlohleleditše go tšwela pele.  Bjale, lehono ke ngwala ka ga khalentara ka leleme la Sepedi. Ke holofela gore o ka ithuta se sengwe. O iphsine.                                                                                     xxx It has been a long while since I last shared something on this blog. The truth is, I had been discouraged for a while. But the problem that has been bothering me, leading me to start this blog has not gone away. As t

The history of Bapedi people

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   20 Mopitlo 2020 Basadi le makgarebe a bapedi Source: Thato Tinte, Zkhiphani.co.za Bapedi, also known as Pedi, Basotho, or Northern Sotho is a tribe found in South Africa, which forms part of the Sotho group. Sotho is a name derived from ‘batho ba baso’ which means black people. The Sotho group is divided into 3 subgroups: Northern Sotho (Bapedi), Southern Sotho (Batswana), and Western Sotho (Basotho). “Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter…”  - Chinua Achebe The Northern Sotho is further subdivided into the high-veld Sotho and the Low-veld Sotho. With the high-veld Sotho being the recent immigrants mostly from the West and South Western parts, they include the following Northern Sotho dialects: Bapedi, Batau, Bakone, Baroka, BaNtwane, Ba Ga-Mphahle, Ba Ga-Tšhwene, Ba Ga-Mathabathe, Ba Ga-Dikgale, Batlokwa, Gananwa, and Moletši. And the low-veld Sotho is combined immigrants from the North with longer-standing inhab

About Me

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Name Kutullo Pheladi Nicknames K2, Boss Zonke Craft(s) Crocheter, Aspiring Entrepreneur, Blogger Date Of Birth 12 January 199x Occupation Full-time student Hobbies Blogging, Music, Crafting, Reading  Ke mmina mmaletswetswe tau ya godimo, ke ra lona lenong, kgoši ya dinyonyana . I am a young, hardworking, self-disciplined Mopedi girl from a small lively town called Jane Furse, located in Ga-Sekhukhune (Sekhukhune District) in the lovely Limpopo Province.  I got my primary school education around 2005-2011 at Jane Furse Comprehensive school,  one of the few combined schools (at that time), located in rural areas, which had first-class facilities i.e classrooms, computer labs, and libraries. Interestingly enough, even though Jane Furse is regarded as a rural area, I learned English quicker and performed very well academically, much better than Sepedi, my Home Language. My experience there was bitter-sweet. I had my fair share of real