IShawela (Xawela) umuzindawo otholakala kuMasipala wendawo ye-Greater Giyani Local Municipality kwisifundazwe/iprovinsi yase-Limpopo eNingizimu Afrika (South Africa). Lo muzindawo wakhiwa ekuqaleni kweminyaka  yoma 1960 ngaphansi kwe-homeland noma i-bantustan yeGazankulu. Kukhona izigaba ezimbili (2) eShawela, kanti kunabaholi abathathu. Kukhona iMahumani ville, kanye nendawokazi yeShawela. Umholi weMahumani ville nguNdhuna Makhongele kanti umholi wendawokazi yeShawela yena nguNdhuna Manganyi kanye noNdhuna Cuma. Iqembu elihola phambili kule ndawo yi-ANC kanti iKhansela yeWadi nguWilliam Mthombeni. Inkosi yohlanga lwendawo eShawela nguNkosi Mahumani (uNkosi Nkomo).Template:Ifsubst Kukhona izikole ezintathu eShawela, amagama azo yiBaleni Primary School (1960s); iKhwezu Primary School (1993); kanye neMukula High School. Template:Ifsubst Kune-Shawela United okuyiqembu elikhulukazi lendawo. Lapha kusetshenziswa i-JB Chauke Stadium lapho kunamameshi adlalelwa ekhaya. Ngonyaka ka 2012, iShawela United yathola indlondlo yokuba ngompetha kwithonamenti kaNgqongqoshe wezokusebenzisana kwemikhakha kahulumeni nabaholi bendabuko, pheceleni, u-Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs.