The site 2 km north-east of Khami and 24 km west of Bulawayo that gave the Leopard's Kopje culture its name: Zhizo occupation from the ninth century, then the Mambo phase of the tenth and eleventh centuries with cattle byres at the village centre, and much later a refuge of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Whether it was occupied on 1 January 1200 is not pinned. Khami itself is fifteenth century and later.
Who holds it
- Title
- Not known
- Since
- Not pinned
- Confidence
- low
Charter
None: a settlement under a chief, without written privileges.
Fairs and markets
No fixed markets are known; exchange at the chief's court and with visiting traders.
Where the sources disagree
- Coordinates estimated from the published description (2 km north-east of Khami).
Evidence: Excavated by Huffman.
Primary sources for Plateau chiefdoms
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- Mapungubwe, the Zimbabwe plateau, Toutswe and the Comoros: the archaeological record (no text; radiocarbon-dated sites). There is no written word from the interior south of the Zambezi or from the Comoros in 1200; all that is known is from excavation. Read online
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.