Upon arrival in Spelenkon as refugees, Chief Bungeni established Bungeni village. Bungeni was a king of sSpilonkeng, but with the introduction of apartheid during the 1960s, Hosi Bungeni was made a Senior Tsonga Chief and ceased being a kingship, by contrast, Hosi Njhakanjhaka was made a Headman who presided over a small village of Shirley, Waterval township, Lemana, Njhakanhjaka village and Mabobo village at a place collectively known as Elim. The authority of Hosi Njhakanhjaka was therefore destroyed over Bungeni Village during Apartheid. Hosi Njhakanhjaka's paramount Chieftaincy was restored in 1995 and is now recognised as a Tsonga paramount Chief.