luyanda gwebu - my real surname according to my mother and father is ribbing

Luyanda,
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You have told us that your name is Luyanda Gwebu and your father's name is Chorus Gwebu but that his father's family name was Ribbing.

What was your grandmother's name? Do you know where she worked, what she did? Do you know what business your grandfather Ribbing was in?
What year was your father born? How old was your grandmother then? Do you have any indication how old Ribbing was? Was he a young man starting out in life or an old man with a big family already? You say Ribbing moved back to his hometown and divorced his wife, do you know where his home town was?

Good luck in your search.

althou i have little details as my granmother has passed on.but my granfather had a petrol garage in ermelo and my granmother was his domestic worker and her name was Salaphi.my father was born in 1952.my granmother was born in the early 1930's.as i hear my granfather moved to his hometown which is overseas unfortunately i dont know the town or city i dont know what year was my granfather was but he was an old man with family and a wife.im a young woman age 27 and still using my granmothers surname and with the little details contained on this search i am hoping to find my siblings

i forgot to mention that i am from south africa

I would focus on the petrol garage in Ermelo in the 1950s look for taxes paid or land sales? Stuff like that.
If your grandfather Ribbing left the country then there may be a departure record with the customs department? That would at least tell you his first name and maybe a country to look for him in.

thank you so much for your help i will try and find out