sebezama ngamandla ukuthi kubelomthetho ovumela ukuthi amadoda esabelweni sekunene atshintshane omkabo ukwenzela ukuqinisa imuli. uma uhlelo lwezokuhweba olungenayo yalezi zakhi ezisemqoka, uzobe ushiywe udidekile ekusebenzeni. we, as the descendents of the ndwandwe king, zwide, felt in 2003 that it was not good to run into one another in town and call one another zwide, mkhatshwa, but not knowing our background about our ancestors. that was painful to us because people of other surnames are doing cultural activities, and know about their background and ancestors. we donât have a way forward as the ndwandwe nation. that led us to meet and discuss these problems we have. we made a committee from the usuthu section of nongoma. there were 4 of us when we first met in the hall at department of agriculture. in our conversation we saw that it was not enough to be alone as the people from usuthu, then we communicated with others who live in the mandlakazi section under the inkosi bhekintinta zulu. at the meeting on 7 august 2004 we were 14.