Edited sentence: By the way, the term 'Makwerekwere' was coined from Korekore tribe of Zimbabwe and has since become a word of contempt.In my opinion, the term 'Matebele' is a term of hatred/ contempt/ belittlement just as much as 'Makwerere' is term meant to cause emotional harm to African natives of SA's neighbouring countries.It was widely used among the Basuthos, Batswana etc.Maybe the author of this article should read amongst others, 'Men of Men' by Wilbur Smith.That was long before Mzilikazi got to the north.The Ndebele ka Langa were later to be joined by the Ndebele ka Musi(notably the Kekana) and together with the Ndebele ka Lidwaba formed the Northern Ndebele.The term Matebele obviously derives from the name Ndebele, but predates the advent of Mzilikazi.When the Khumalos arrived in the Transvaal in the 1830s, there were already the Ndebele ka Langa (who arrived around Polokwane in the 1660s and are of Hlubi origin)