Lets look at the demographics of this surname. Where would you find the Jele’s?
KZN
Richards Bay, eMpangeni
Durban - Emlazi,
Eskhawini
Emphepheni
ENewcastle
Dannhauser
Qwaqwa including some in Lesotho (Tjele)
Alexandra, Springs
Soweto- Zola, Mndeni, Meadowlads, Naturena, Thembisa
Pretoria - Mamelodi, witbank emalahleni (some speaking Tswana)
Mpumalanga
Piet Retief, Baberton.
Carolina, Machado
Swaziland
Embabane
North West
eThemba - sometimes being called amatebele because they speak Nguni or situated where some Nguni speaking people are.
Zambia and Tanzania
Don’t know where but I heard someone (Remember the great Mzilikazi enroute from south to North
Through Piet Retief, along Mozambique, North West, Limpopo King Sikhukhune, to Zimbambwe hence Matebele Land
Remember allegations of killings by Mugabe soldiers to the Matebeles in the 70's until Zambia. it is believed that some of the clans are now divided into 7 Jere clans as they leave today.
