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The Shangaan people in South Africa Shangaan people are a tribe in South Africa, mainly located in the lowveld region (mainly concentrated in the Bushbuckridge area, with their current leader: Chief Eric Mpisana Nxumalo of Amashangane Tribal Authority). They speak a mixture of Nguni (a language group that includes Swazi, Zulu and Xhosa) and Ronga, Ndzawu, Shona, Chopi languages, which have been amalgamated to Xitsonga language by the Swiss Missionaries. The history of the Shangaan people is documented in some blogs as well as some peer-reviewed papers (see references below). There have been confusion in the differentiation between the Shangaan and the Tsonga people in South Africa. Concisely, there should not be any confusion based on what has been described above. It is important to differentiate who is Shangaan and who is Tsonga, as these are not the same. The South African history simplified the two groups/nations into one thing, which is still causing confusion and divisions amongst the people. A Shangaan person cannot be called a Tsonga and vice versa. The Shangaan Cultural Dance is called the Muchongolo Dance, also known as Nghunghunyane’s Traditional Dance; it has been well documented by Isak Niehaus and Jonathan Stadler, 2004..