There are some Mpondo people who recognise the appearance of the Pleiades ("isilimela") to signal the beginning of the year, but it is most likely that this interpretation was adopted from the Xhosa people.
There are some Mpondo people who recognise the appearance of the Pleiades ("isilimela") to signal the beginning of the year, Ndamase, Victor Poto (1926). Lovedale Institution Press but it is most likely that this interpretation was adopted from the Xhosa people.