Hlatshwayo – Izibongo Nezithakazelo
On August 30, 2013 By MbathastanIn Izibongo, Izithakazelo
73 thoughts on “Hlatshwayo”
UMabhengeza(ta) , akekho uMbengeshe. UNgele noma Ngelemuthi, uNgelengele uHadebe.
We were originally Dlamini/Nkhosi.
The Hlatshwayo separated from the Nkhosi clan before Swazis were formed as a Nation. We then joined the Dlamini/Nkhosi again after the Swazi nation was formed. It was normal for clans to part ways and end up back together. To be historically accurate our clan came into being before the Swazi Nation was born, due to the Nguni and not Zulu wars, brothers were separated. Others went with Manukuza (Soshangana) Nxumalo to Moz to form the Gaza kingdom, while others were conquered and accepted Shaka’s overlordship and became amaZulu, while others still remembered ekhaya kwaNkhosi and joined the Swazi nation and became amaSwazi.
Less than two hundred years ago we were one.
Izibongo ezihlobene namaNgwanya:
Zikalala- both clans agree.
Nyalunga/Nyalungu/Mbethe/Mbetse- Hlatshwayos (in FB), disagree.
Personally I think the Mbethe/Nyalungu branch is definitely Hlatshwayo, formed by our brothers who left with Soshangane.
IMVELAPHI YEGAMA ELITHI HLATSHWAYO..
-uHlatshwayo wayengo wakwa Nkosi ebukhosini baseSwazini. Kwenzeka ukuthi omunye wabantwana basendlunkulu walala nodadewabo owayezalwa naye kunina.
Wayesethi ke yena umndeni wakubo umhlabile ngoba umfowabo ulale nodadewabo ngakho usezibiza ngokuthi unguHlatshwayo. Isizwe saqanjwa nguye uHlatshwayo njengoba esephuma emndenini wakhe kwaNkosi ngoba ehlatshiwe eqa imingcele yaseSwazini afike akanise phezu koPhongolo kanye nabafowabo. Kuyilapho esezozala uNgwanya.
UHlatshwayo uyena owenza isenzo esamenza wadatshulwa, waxoshwa negama lakhe lakhishwa olibeni (lineage) lomndenini wakwaNkosi. Wabaleka wabe eshintsha igama lakhe waba uHlatshwayo.
UHlatshwayo noNgwane bazalwa inkosi uLanga. UHlatshwayo owayeyizibulo wayengeke abe yinkosi ngokomthetho wamaSwazi ngakho wasuswa eduze kwenkosana wabekwa eLucolweni abanye bathi eNgongweni. Lokhu kwenzelwa ukuthi angabangisi uNgwane.
Igama likababa kaHlatshwayo alitholakali ngokugcwele, abanye ba uDlamini (don’t knw which one as there are 3), abanye bathi uLanga kaNkosi II.
AMAKHOSI NEMIZI YAWO-
11 Thulanimangwanya kaMhlangano—KwaSok­­esimbone
12 Fipha kaMhlangano—kwaSok­­esimbone
Mgogodlane II (eSwazini)
Makwelela ka Mgogodlana1
Shali ka Makwelela
Novoyi ka Shali(Somtseu)
Thulani ka Siphiwe
Amakhosi abusayo namuhla:
-uFipha ePiet retief
Wonke amakhosi akwaNgwanya angawesende likaSiyendane kodwa laba baseBergville bazalwa uMakhwelela ongumfowabo kaSiyendane.
-USiyendane wadinwa ukuya eSwazini waphendula iminyango wayokhonza eSilweni samaZulu uMpande kaSenzangakhona, washo ke ukuthi akasayi ukuyokhonza eSwazini. UMpande wamxhoshisa ngezwe lakwaNgwanya ngaphesheya komfula uPhongolo kuya eDumbe (Paulpietersburg) liwele umfula uPhongolo ligudle kuMahamba lithathe iPiet Retief liphelele ezintabeni zaseMabola
-Phuphu laNdaba namhla ngenandaba
-Mshunguza ayigwaze engayigwazeli yena ayigwazela amankengane
-UNgwanya kangakanani nasentendeni yesandla uyahlala nasothini lomkhonto anganela
Mhayise waNgwanya! Cebisa lomuhle ngekucebisa emakhosi.
Phuph’ laNdaba namhla indaba ingesiyo yakho.
Vezi lelihle likaMswayini, Khobobo
KaHlatshwayo akuvalwa ngemivalo kuvalwa ngemakhandz’ emadvodza. Mgogodlan’ owavel’ eziphunzini!
Sibadla benjalo bosomconjwana.
Khoboka Khuzekhulu ,
Sibadla banjalo bosomconjwana,
Ka­H­latshwayo akuvalwa ngemivalo kuvalwangema khandza ebantfu,
Sihlahla semanyeva sincutfwa ngemazembe ekubolekwa.
Ngwanya lowa buli ngonyama kwa vela ingwe. Wena lowa tfukutselisa Nkenyane batsi bayabhodla wagcuma wemela ngahlanye Basala ba bulalana bodvwa kwaze kwafa newekugcina kwa dala inhlekelele lenkhulu leyahlengwa ngema jabhane aka khobobo.. Bathe bambela Hlatshwako lithuna emihumeni, kantsi kuyongena bona.
IHUBO LESIZWE SAKWA HLATSHWAYO (Zulu):
“Wabulala amakhosi,ingwe yohlanga
Mana nkonyane yohlanga
“uNgwanya bamazi izwe lonke,izwe lonke
nkonyane yamaNgwanya bayethuka
Sokwa siwashise amankengane,sicwecwa­­ izizwe”
Sibonga kakhulu Sihlisizwe ka Mhayise sitha ume njalo wena wekunene. Singajabula kakhulu nabanye uma bengenza njengoba wenzile.
Kuliqiniso asinalo ulwazi lonke kodwa sizama ukuqoqa lokho esikutholayo ukuze abezayo bangeyukulahleka kwazise isilungu sesiyakhela kusizwe esimnyama.
Stanley Mondle Mbatha (Mbathastan)
September 20, 2013 at 11:42 pm	 Reply
ngiyabonga kakhulu kudala ngifuna ukwazi ngemvelaphi yama hayise
siyabonga Sihlisizwe ukusiphakamisa sazi ukuthi singobani sivelaphi Mhayise.
July 2, 2014 at 10:22 pm	 Reply
cha nam ngyejabula kunin ngfun ukwaz ngemvelaph yam dankie boNgwanya
syabonga mfethu, scela indlela yokuzwa ihubo coz asaz liculwa kanjan.
January 8, 2015 at 7:01 am	 Reply
Sipho Maswazi Hlatshwayo
Wow CHA, Angibonge ukuzwa ngezibongo, nezithakaselo kanyenemvelaphi yami. Nakubake ngisasalelwe yisifiso esikhulu sokuba ngazi ukuthi mina nomndeni wami njengoba sesadlala eMtubatu nje ingabe saphuma kuyiphi indlu.
Phumlani Stayela Wiseman Hlatshwayo
Ayikho into ejabulisa njengokuzazi ukuthi uvelaphi kuyathokozisa ukuthi ugcwale ngolwazi lwekini siyabonga kakhulu nisihlephulele njalo kwenikutholayo siyohlezi simagange ngokuzazi
March 11, 2015 at 7:16 pm	 Reply
dankie boMhayise mina when i grow up they used uNgelemuthi even now when i m home (Bergville)but thank you so much guys even from those in Mozambue
Keep on risng Mhayise.I was empty on my mind but now sengiyazi ngemvelaph yethu
April 4, 2015 at 7:20 am	 Reply
Okugelona iqiniso wukuthi u Fipha uyi nkosi e Piet Retief,okuyiqiniso wukuthi
ubukhosi busabanjwe undlunkulu u ka Lukhele emva kokukhothama kwe nkosi u Mgogodlane II.
Gidinga usizo ngezthakazelo zakwa Zikalala plz!
February 6, 2014 at 6:01 pm	 Reply
I nid mre info abt hlatshwayo surname,i have an assignment on the history of hlatshwayo as it is my surname pls help family
pls contact me 0723732837 pls pls pls
March 25, 2014 at 4:59 pm	 Reply
i m Hlatshwayo from bergville the youngest i had that my great grandfather was NQANJWANA one of his wifes was noMASONTO KELINAH MAPHALALA,she use to say uyintombi kamehlo kaZULU…i m having my own family so i need them to know our beground siphuma eMASWAZINI(BERGVILLE) sayo kwakha eROOKDALE endala so anyone awazi lomdeni i,ll love to connect
March 28, 2014 at 3:00 pm	 Reply
SICELA UKULILALELA IHUBO LAKITHI,MAKE IT AN AUDIO
April 9, 2014 at 6:14 pm	 Reply
siyabonga ngololulwazi osicobelele ngalo
May 19, 2014 at 1:31 pm	 Reply
kodwa angizitholi izibongo nezithakazelo zakwaSHABANGU, kanye neSakwa MGAGA
May 22, 2014 at 10:33 pm	 Reply
Syabonga mfethu ngolwazi oscobelela lona.
Mina ngazi okuhlukile kulukhu okubhaliwe mayelana nokwakheka kwesibongo uHlatshwayo edabuka Ku Nkosi.
June 3, 2014 at 1:41 pm	 Reply
i thank you too boMhayise anything its that you may find please share it with us and thats try to help the guy from mozambique as well thank you
August 13, 2014 at 9:54 am	 Reply
Mhayise omhlophe qwa njengehlabathi zolwandle ngolwazi osicobelela
ngalo sithi unwele olude lapho Ngelengele ume njalo uqhubeke ubasize
nabanye ubachazele ngomlanda wakithi Mhayise Ngelengele
Am rili happy to gt mor infor abt who I’m ed whr am cmng frm as MHAYISe irilly iappreciate dt
I am from mozambique gaza macia
my grand father was a chief of place called kamutlabwe he’s name. Rehano. The only thing I still recalls is songandaba ghovhanilhatswayo. Can it be by any bet we are lhatswayo.
if yes help me to understand and to know my isibongo and isithakazelo please
Siyabonga mhayise omhlophe ngokusifunza ngemvelaphi yethu ume njalo
August 12, 2014 at 9:34 am	 Reply
Nina izithakazelo engizaziyo . UHLATSHWAYO, mahayise , ngwanya, ngelamuthi,wogama, kwasha kama kwasala iziphunzi,zasala zibaloyanisa nina baka siyanomthwalo katshabalala ,siyendane
August 28, 2014 at 1:20 pm	 Reply
Ukhokho; Magadamphefu Eshade no NaThabethe umkhulu uGagade eshade no Namfusi. Izingane uNomathemba, uNkosana, bhubhane, noNomasotho. Basuka emahasoni. Manje sesahlala eheidelberg nase Evanton.
August 28, 2014 at 1:29 pm	 Reply
Ukhulu wathi ungida egoge yinto eyayisho ubuzimuzimu. Bathi amadodana Kahlatshwayo waxabana lo omdala wathutha nomama ongama lakhe kwakunguKhobongwane bayohlala ehlathikhulu lapho abantu babethi uma bedlula bekathi ngida egogeni khobongwane umuntu asindwe yizinyawo bambambe bamundle. Wathi kungakho bebathi oHlatshwayo amabhengetha.
August 28, 2014 at 1:44 pm	 Reply
I knw dat cuz ubabomcane wam told m dat
February 23, 2015 at 9:44 am	 Reply
Cebisa, uyiveza kahle indaba ngoba akusiwo wonke uHlatshwayo ongu Gid’gogweni. Eminye imizi ikakhulikazi eKZN iyayiphika lena ngoba yona ayizange ivelelwe yilomshophu wokulahlekelwa konke ize igcine ingamazimu. Ngakho uma uthole uHlatshwayo wothi Cebisa, Ngwanya,Mgogodlana, Mhayise, Siyendana,Ngele, Swazi. Ungaqhubeka uma wazi ukithi lomuntu oxoxa naye owamuphi umuzi.
thanks mhayise ngolwazi so can i ask if there is imihlangano yamahayise somewhere mhlambe nami ngizo zama ukuthi ngibe inxenye yayo
September 2, 2014 at 10:12 am	 Reply
Mhayise..mabhengeta….ka Hlatswayo akuvalwa ngemivalo kuvalwa ngamakhandza emadvodsa…..siyabonga kakhulu singo Mhayise!!!!
October 30, 2014 at 1:17 pm	 Reply
Thank you it is awesome,this is what we need in an era which is dominated by western culture and influence.Please paste more of anything you have found from oral/written history .
I am Nyalungu Hlatshwayo Mbetse(Mbethe) born from the clan of Madzovo,Ridonga,Matikwana,Bandi,Khakheni who is my grandfather born around the Lower Sabie area in the now Kruger National Park around 1885. and My research has pointed to Ngizwangendaba grand grand parent who I am told was a warrior who fled the wars of Shaka Zulu through Mozambique,afterwhich some of his descendants went to Swaziland while some through to South Africa.We are at Bushbuckridge(Mkhuhlu and surrounding areas including Acornhoek).Anyone with more information please post what you have and lets celebrate our rich heritage.Nyalungu,Hlatshwayo ,Mbetse
January 10, 2015 at 9:26 am	 Reply
Mina ngiyabonga ngalolulwazi esilotholayo,bengingazi ukuthi sihloniphana nobani.Thina esiphila manje siyatha/wa kwa Nkosi noDlamini ngoba yibona okhokho bethu labo?
January 10, 2015 at 12:07 pm	 Reply
thank you so much Nyalungu my brother as i have mentioned before that i m from bergville coming from Swaziland as my family back ground .but what i m happy about is that we have people in MOZAMBIQUE AND BUSHBACK RIDGE in extend siyabonga boMHAYISE to everyone in this link lets share
January 27, 2015 at 3:14 pm	 Reply
Help me trace the family tree of Nyalungu,Mbetse,Hlatshwayo most of whom are now around Bushbuckrige,Sabie,White River,Nelspruit,Giyani and their surrounding areas.Grandfathers raceable goes as far as Madzovo,Ridonga or Lidonga and Matikwana
October 10, 2015 at 10:01 am	 Reply
Mbetse! Bulongo betinkomo! In history there was a Hlatshwayo who sired Zwangendaba. In my research about the Hlatshwayo clan, I found out that this Hlatshwayo (name) was of the Jele/Gumbi/Tshuma clan and not related to Hlatshwayo (surname). He, of the name, is younger compared to the one of the surname by 2 or 3 generations. We the Hlatshwayos, are definitely not related to the Jele family of surnames. But research is a live thing, it changes with time so maybe there will be more information about Hlatshwayo the man. What is confusing is that there are descendants of Hlatshwayo (name), who now reside in countries like Tanzania who claim that their Hlatshwayo had the same clan praises as ours. Another issue is that Zwangendaba did go to Moz and stayed a few years there and then crossed to Zim. So the Hlatshwayos in those countries need to be sure which family they belong to. Which is not easy because there were Hlatshwayos (surname) who went with Soshangana and Mzilikazi to those respective countries in the same period. The only convincing fact which at least gives guidance in this discussion lies in that the Nyalungu never intermarry with the Hlatshwayos. So it is not in the name, but the clan, that there’s a relationship. My opinion of course.
Sherrington Tawanda Kuyayabo Hlatshwayo
I am Sherrington Kuyayabo (Kuyabo) Hlatshwayo. A descendant of the group that came through Mozambique with Soshangane and I was made to understand that my grand father was Kuyayabo a worrior in Ngungunyana’s army. My father grew up an arphan and told us very little about our history. As a young boy an old lady living near us used to mention names like : Mahlabelakudhe,Magwazangothi,Ndhlukula, Mafuleke and a few others which she said were the line of the Hlatshwayos from Swaziland . I was born in the then Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) 70 years ago and grew up as a Ndau boy. I therefore do not speak any other language except a bit of English and Ndau. I am very very interested to know my /our roots. I was very touched with your narration but could hardly understand fully. Any chance of you putting all this and your future research in English ?
February 4, 2015 at 6:25 pm	 Reply
It is my pleasure to see that some people benefit with what we are doing. I will try to write in both English and IsiZulu next time although it will be hard to translate in some case.
March 12, 2015 at 10:30 pm	 Reply
At my age knw my history it amazng thanks to Mhayise which you long life big brother keep on risng Isizwe sikwaHlatshwayo
Mistake wish you long life big brother
Sawubona mfo wethu mina ngingu Themba ka-Hlatshwayo ngijabula kakhulu name ukubona nokuzwa ngalokhu enikwenzayo ukuze sazi kahle nathi ngemvelaphi yethu boMhayise.Ngiyabona izithakazelo zika-Hlatshwayo lapha zibhaliwe nangendlela ezihluka ngayo kodwa ke mina kukhona engikwaziyo nokungekho kulezi zithakazelo nengingathanda ukuthola incazelo ngakho khona kungukhuthi:Hlatshwayo mhayise ngwanya nglabo gama wena owabhula lihlatsi lembongeni wathi libhulwe ngumthakathi.ngicela incazelo ngawo lamagama bafowethu
Thank you,my name is nonkululeko silindokuhle Hlatshwayo from Newcastle ngokuzwa kuthiwa original siphuma eswazini abokhulu beza ngapha emzansi abazange besabuyela emuva ngisho Obaba bethu abazi lutho,lokho kungiphatha kabi ukungazi langivela khona please help me
Mhayise! Cebisa! I may not have more knowledge of the names you mentioned but I can confirm that Soshangane left with some Hlatshwayo warriors when he fled to Moz. History tells us that the Hlatshwayos and all the clans that occupied the Pongola area where on the side of Zwide kaLanga and his general-in-chief Soshangane in their fight against Shaka. In those days regiments were formed not by surname but by age group. Hence you’d find a Hlatshwayo, Tshabalala, Sibiya, etc in the same regiment. Now when he fled, Soshangane alias Manukuza, took some regiments under his authority with him to Moz. That’s why you will find Hlatshwayos, Chabalalas, Sibiya, Khozas now residents of Zim.
December 16, 2015 at 9:46 pm	 Reply
l am Nyalunga “Mbethe”. I am no more worried whether the spelling is Nyalunga/u “Mbetse or Mbethe”. My main worry is to know the family “praises”(izibongo); whether it be in Zulu,Swati or Shangani. Any one out there, please help. Mbethe
February 14, 2015 at 8:53 pm	 Reply
NYALUNGA MBETSE BULONGO BEZINKOMO EZI BHONSE MAHLANGENI ZITHI MO. KHAHLABEZA BE SUTHU BAYOFEL’ ELKHAHLAMBA.PHELEKEZEL’ INYATHI IYA KUMAYIMBA. MDELI WE NKOMO AYITHANDA AYITHATHE AYINIKE BAKUBO. ULEVU ZAKHE ZIDE KUMASHOBE ZINKOMO .MCIM WEHLUNGU ELISHA NGAYIZOLO. NKOMO ZAMBETHA MASHOBA ZIYAMKHAHLELA.MSHIVA LOWAGABELA MATHONGA KA SONCAMA .USIHLANGU SAKHE SABUYA NAMANZ’E NGUGWANA…. MBETSE XUNGAXA HLATSHWAYO
January 15, 2016 at 2:33 pm	 Reply
Ngiyabonga mahayise nine eningavali ngemivalo enivalangema khandza amadvodza i’ll truly apprecite dis as i fnd out more abt my history nd my root i hve gained more knowlegde nine bekunene ngele ngele
February 23, 2015 at 9:59 am	 Reply
sengathi singahlangana sonke isizwe socebisa
Nina beKnene angbonge ukthola ulwazi ukwandisa emgodleni lenginawo
March 11, 2015 at 7:22 pm	 Reply
Marosie Abraha m Hlatshwayo
cobo lwami ngya bonga ukuvha isbongo sakitshi njengoba bengise emuvha ngelwimi labo mama amashangane.
Khethi Ephraim Hlatshwayo
Kunjani mfethu kunobukhosi bemaNgwanya dundonalt (mpumalanga) ngiyafisa nekwati lelihubo lakitsi
May 20, 2015 at 12:05 am	 Reply
If possible research OR explain which house do we come from I am Nyalungu,Mbetse or Mbete,Hlatshwayo.From any such praise surnames or clan praises which is sinior if it is in this order.One old man explained that we are descendants of Ngizwangendaba who was a warrior of the then amabuthu ka Shaka but ran away from Kwazulu to Mozambique.We are now living in Bushbuckridge since the 1700ds
Thank you for all previous posts which books can I access to know more
May 27, 2015 at 9:41 pm	 Reply
am so happy to have gained so much knowledge about my surname. Ngiyabonga bo Ngwane. Ngele ngele
June 9, 2015 at 10:17 pm	 Reply
Ngicela ningithumelele indlela okuculwa ngayo ihubo lakithi kwaHlatshwayo,from bheki xulu(ozalwa uHlatshwayo ongubaba wami)
July 17, 2015 at 3:48 pm	 Reply
I’m happy that we still have people who are ready to find a lot about our history, My surname is known as Xihlahla in Tsonga which is said to be a nguni surname Sihlahla, it is said to be related to Hlathikhulu, Muthimukhulu n others I will be very glad to here much about Sihlahla clan.
Ngaze ngaytholi mvelaph yam namuhl kudal ngfuna ukwaz ngayo i am Swazelihle
July 18, 2015 at 9:14 pm	 Reply
ngyabonga ukwazi imvelaphi yakithi yasemandulo ngyanithanda nonke maswazi amahle nonke ezweni
July 28, 2015 at 12:41 am	 Reply
Plz inform us of any meetings of the Hlatshwayo clan. I have once attended the meeting.
July 28, 2015 at 10:14 am	 Reply
kuyathokozisa engikuzwa ngomlando wakithi.futhi ngiyakukholwa.
September 29, 2015 at 4:42 pm	 Reply
Very interesting indeed. Need to hear more about Nyalungu/Mbete, Hlatswayo
September 30, 2015 at 10:50 am	 Reply
ngiyabonga kwazi izithakazelo zami ngiyazi kona kuthi ngingu mhayise,ngwanya, siyendane, selenduna, Dade elibhula manzi ubone manzi ngekudungeka, scabhe esihle esihlalela makhosikazi, slevu leside lesiphephethwa umoya, manje ngicakwa ukuthi azifani lezithakazelo engatshelwa zona nalezi engizibona lapha ngicela ningincede kuleyo ndawo
November 20, 2015 at 6:06 pm	 Reply
Mhayise! Ngwanya! Siyendane! Cebisa, ungakhathazeki kakhulu ngokuhluka kancane kwezithakazelo. Lokhu kulindelekile ngoba vele izithakazelo ziyashintsha kuye ngomuzi odabuka kuwo noma isigodi ovela kuso. Wokhumbula ukuthi uma oHlatshwayo behlukana ngenxa yezimpi zeLembe , umlando awuzange ume ndawonye. Isibonelo, abadabuka eSwazini bayaye bathi “Gid’ogogweni” babuye bathi “Mashiyamahle” (Okuyisithopho). Bakususela ezehlakalweni ezenzeka ngemva kokuhlukana kwesizwe, yingakho lezi zingatholakali eKZN. Kanti eKZN kukhona ababiza u”Makhwelela”, ongabizwa eSwazini. UMakhwelela umfowabo Siyendane owayeyinkosana yamaNgwanya onke. Angazi ukuthi uyitholile impendulo Ngwanya? Okubalulekile ukwazi uhlu lozalo lwamakhosi akwaMhayise nokuthi wena uvela kumuphi umuzi.
I am a proud Hlatywayo ,happy to know where we originate ,thanks guys for the information
December 29, 2015 at 11:56 am	 Reply
Rev Duma Hlatshwayo
From what l have heard from my from Chief Velamuva who is a brother to my father’s grandfather, the Hlatshwayos come from the Dlaminis through Prince Cebisa Dlamini (Nkhosi). Prince Cebisa is King Mswati I’s brother. He left Swaziland to get a wife from the Zulus. He got his first wife in Pongola and built his home there. His second home was built at Mkhunyane (Commondale, not far from Paulpietersburg) for his second wife. He built his home at a place called Bergville (near New Castle) for his third wife. It was when he was at Bergville that he decided to visit home (Swaziland) to show his family some of his children. When Cebisa arrived home, there was ‘sibhimbi’ (some kind of celebration in the royal kraal (in the Shiselweni Region). During that celebration, King Mswati saw his brother Cebisa’s beautiful daughter and took her as wife and then told him that he is no more a Nkhosi but a Hlatshwayo because ‘usemhlabile’ (stabbed him) by taking his daughter as one of his wives (a practice that is common among Swazi kings since they are not Dlaminis or Nkhosis but ‘Bayethes.’). This made Prince Cebisa very angry that he left immediately for South Africa and remained there until his death. His tomb is on a mountain not far from Commondale.
The lineage of the Hlatshwayos at Gege is as they are put but Mleshe’s son is not Mahubhu but Mahubhulu, who came to Swaziland and joined King Mswati II’s regiment and made himself a name there since he was a man of valour (ingwazi). After realizing his victories in war, the king gave him his brother Prince Lukhwabitsi’s daughter as one of his wives and asked Chief Mshengu of eMashobeni (in the Shiselweni Region) a piece of land for him. This is the land which is occupied by the Hlatshwayos at Gege. It covers the land from the Mahamba-Piet Retief road next to Mahamba border gate to Ndlotane river near Magubheleni.
Since a princess can not be ruled by a commoner, Mahubhulu became chief in his land. By that time Mahubhulu was a very old man but at such an old age his new wife commonly called ‘laLukhwabitsi’ gave birth to a son, ‘Velamuva,’ thus named because he was of his half-brothers’ grandchildren’s ages. After Mahubhulu’s death, Velamuva became chief of the area, and the place is also called, ‘eMlindazwe’ because Mahubhulu said he was keeping watch over it for Chief Mshengu of eMashobeni who was ‘insila yeNkhosi Mswati.’
The ‘izithakazelo’ for the Gege Hlatshwayos differ from those of the other Hatshwayos. I will write them the way l was taught by some of my elders:-
Hlatshwayo, Mhayise, Ngwanya, Cebisa wengwenyama lowacebisa emakhosi, Mabhengeta, Matsintsane lowatsintsa intsanga yakhe eMfabela watsi tinyawo tenkhosi yetfu tonakele, toniwe kusindza kukhala kumasoka, batsi Ngwanya wondzile kantsi Ngwanya ukhahlelekile, Ngwanya akangakanani ngobe nentsendzeni yesandla angahlala, Ngwanya lowabhula ingwe kwavuka ingwenyama, Ngwanya lomuhle wakalaMlobela.
Ngwanya, please write your lineage from Cebisa to yourself. Siyendane!
Hi all,I would like to know the difference between the Nene clan & the Kunene clan because I’m really confused the origins of my people, thank you
DOREEN S SIBANDA
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March 31, 2016 at 3:53 pm	 Reply
Bheki mduduzi Nyalunga
Uma tiya emhlangeni
Khahlabeza be Sotho
Lesalwe ngu ngwane
Siciba lesi ngahlalwa
Inyatsi iye ka
Mayipha ,nine bo
Mgango muhle ,
By Bheki Mduduzi Nyalunga
Thank you for the latest historical background and latest posts with praises well done .more posts please we are becoming more enlightened Nyalungu,Mbethe,(Mbetse),Hlatshwayo
May 1, 2016 at 9:15 pm	 Reply
I AM NOMFUNDO HLATSHWAYO ,JUST WANT TO SAY AM VERY HAPPY TO KNOW MY ROOTS AS HAYISE . ALL I WANT TO KNOW IS THAT DOES THE HLATSHWAYO HAVE ANY CULTERE TO FOLLOW AS THEY GROW. AKE NGITHI NJE NGIJABULE KAKHUKU FOTHI NGIYA ZIQENYA NGOKUBA WAKWA HLATSHWAYO
its good to know that i have i brother is south Africa
July 13, 2016 at 11:47 am	 Reply
Ngingu Majaha Hlatshwayo umtukulu wa matokilihlane lotalwa ngula sacolo Bana sitimane bavela enquthu.
July 23, 2016 at 8:00 pm	 Reply
Okunye ngiyahambisana nakho kodwa okungye kuyaphuma kimi ngokolwazi lami, nophando englwenzile, ngokozalo ikakhulu olwase Kzn, umkhunyane, Dumbe ne Nquthu. Ngyethemba iqiniso sizolithola elifanayo. ihubo langapha liyehluka kancane kuleli kepha thina e Dumbe nabase Mkhunyane nabase Nquthu silicula ngokufana ngyofisa ngwanya sike sixhumane no Nqobile Hlatshwayo wase Swaziland ngnesiqiniseko unawo ama details angasisiza sonke, bese ng cela nawe silekelelane ngonyaka wokuzalwa kwa Syendane
July 26, 2016 at 2:07 am	 Reply
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August 14, 2016 at 9:54 pm	 Reply