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Meaning of "matabele"
matabele: Refers to a specific ethnic group or people, notably the Ndebele ethnic group in southern Africa. It can also be used to denote a language spoken by this group
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- The Ndebele people.
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Matabele ants are actually willing to rescue injured worker ants during fights with termites.
We are talking about the matabele ants from Africa.
The Matabele ants will use their plunder to raise more workers.
I am afraid my Matabele is a little rusty.
Matabele ants are widespread south of the Sahara and feed exclusively on termites.
Here they experienced at first hand the struggles of the Voortrekkers against the Matabele.
A Matabele ant treats a wounded comrade whose limbs were bitten off during a fight with termite soldiers.
A clash between the Bakoni and Matabele occurred here.
My Matabele is a little rough.
The Boer victory proved to the Matabele that the British were not invincible.
Matabele ants, specialist termite hunters.
Intended for general aviation use the Matabele I had a dual ignition system with four magnetos.
She is of mixed race - Irish and Matabele.
They were called Matabele by the British.
Matabele spent October to December on patrol, and screening operations off Norway.
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After a few minutes, the Matabele were so badly wounded that they fled.
Johannes Colenbrander, a frontiersman from Natal, was recruited to accompany the Matabele emissaries as an interpreter.
With the Matabele chief at Bulawayo.
He persuaded the Impi to lay down their arms, thus ending the Second Matabele War.
The Matabele war.
The site was destroyed in the 1830s when the Matabele arrived in the area.
The Matabele kingdom.
In one commitment, fifty fighters warded off 5,000 Matabele warriors with only four Maxim guns.
The Matabele izinDuna.
Charles Greville worked for the British military from 1897, serving in the Second Matabele War.
At this point the Matabele king Lobengula evacuated Bulawayo and burned it.
The Mashona live around Salisbury, the Matabele live further south, around Bulawayo.
The Matabele izinDuna unanimously accepted peace with the Company at an indaba in late February 1894.
When there is trouble in the Matabele areas of Rhodesia, the Mashona troops are sent.
The Matabele remained unaware of this subterfuge until May 1892.
Apart from a small contingent of Matabele ( or Ndebele ) scouts, the unit was all white.
By 1894 Matabeleland was fully included within the company 's postal system following the First Matabele War.
You speak Matabele yourself?
Ms. dos Santos Matabele ( Mozambique ), by way of conclusion, expressed her gratitude to the Committee.
Like the Zulus, the Matabele referred to a regiment of warriors as an impi.
Some of the Matabele began to question the king 's judgement.
You speak Matabele yourself? - Not as a native.
I am afraid my Matabele is a little rusty . Oh, come, my lord.
On 20 March, Matabele rebels shot and stabbed a native policeman.
