The Kalanga verb "KU YELA" means "to measure". The human workgroup (under the Anunnaki) that was responsible for the task of measuring are the Bayela (in Kalanga), the Greeks/Elas (in English). Among the Bayela the animal known in English as a zebra, is ubiquitous. It is called "TEMBO" in Kalanga. The stripes of the Greek flag mimic those of the zebra. The totem of Bayela is the zebra. Some people claim that the Botswana flag colours depict a zebra's stripes; while on the Botswana coat of arms, two zebras are depicted.
So, why the zebra? I have thought long and hard over this. I came to the conclusion that to train humans in the art/skill of taking measurements, the Anunnaki must have used a string/rope/chord painted with alternating black and white markings. To the humans this rope looked like a zebra/tembo. So the humans who used that rope in their daily chores (Bayela or Greeks) came to be associated with the zebra. In America such a rope would have looked like a certain snake, something which would have caused the builders of Machu Pichu great discomfort if not outright panic and/or pandemonium.
It is almost certain that the AbaTembu of South Africa, among whom we count people like former president Nelson Mandela, are Bayela/Greeks. They carry the TEMBO/TEMBU name, and they identify themselves as Kalanga first, then Xhosa second. This does not mean that the Xhosas proper, are any less Kalanga than the Abatembu. All it means is that the Xhosa's , as Ngunis (fence builders/menders) ceased to identify themselves as Kalangas much earlier than the AbaTembu. The latter probably carried out measurements in the mines, and therefore retained the universal language (Kalanga) for much longer than the other Xhosas.
