Ndebele Quotes & Sayings

My silence was my salvation; the silence of years of trying to say something without much understanding; the silence of desperate action. This would be the first silence that would carry meaning. — Njabulo S. Ndebele

Wealth is like the morning dew
which dissipates with the
advent of the sunrise"
(A Ndebele Proverb)
— Ndaba Sibanda

The problems of society will also be the problems of the predominant language of that society. It is the carrier of its perceptions, its attitudes, and its goals, for through it, the speakers absorb entrenched attitudes. The guilt of English then must be recognized and appreciated before its continued use can be advocated. — Njabulo S. Ndebele