Ngcoya clan

The Ngcoya people are part of the Pondo (Mpondo) people of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. The story about how the Ngcoya clan came about: There was a Mpondo king, Bhala, and he had many wives. One of his wives begot a son and they said to the wife that "Uyagcoya wena wena uzele indodana" which meant "Joy to you who begot a son". She then named her child Ngcoya, and then his children adapted the surname Ngcoya from uNgcoya, the child of iNkosi uBhala. Each clan had clan names known as izithakazelo, which were names obtained for very close association with certain clans and for doing certain things. The clan names of the Ngcoya people are:

• Faku
• Nyawuza
• Thahle Ndayeni
• Laba abahlamba ngobende benyamazane abanye behlamba ngobenkomo
• Choboza mhlanga kuvela ilanga
• Laba abagqiba umgodi udilika
• Thupane
• Qelekazi
• Lukhozane
• Bukhosini