Imvelaphi nomlando wesibongo sakwa Mkhwanazi

Ngingu Bheki mkhwanazi,Kuyangithokozisa ukuzwa nge mvelaphi yakwaMkhwanazi.
Bengicela ningicobelele Ngo Mkhwanazi oseNewcastle ,Charlestown ,Volkrust ,Phokweni .Uma sibala amakhehla sifike siphelele kuShawani benoGazi.Sizwa ukuthi babegudla umfula Umzinyathi No Thaka ,kodwa asitholi ukuthi babeqhamuka kuphi bezalwa ubani?Obani abafowabo,bexishwa yini?Ukuze sikwazi ukwemuleka kwabanye abaKhwanazi kuhle uma singakwazi ukuzichaza ukuthi singabakwa Shawani ovela kuyiphi indlu ,ezalw nobani laba esebeke babalwa emlandweni

From what I gather there were more than four Mkhwanazi lineages of which the most prominent were those of Mhabahaba Mkhwanazi (Intunta), Somhlolo Mathema Mkhwanazi (Inqama), Maqundela Mkhwanazi (Sobukhazi) and Lodada Mkhwanazi. Lodada was the father of Mbhida and Mfaziwamajaha, King Lobhengula’s first and second wives respectively. Today only the Mhabahaba chieftancy (Ngungumbane) and the Somhlolo(Mathema) still exist. It appears that the praise names you listed generally belong to the Mhabahaba lineage as he became the most prominent/famous of the the Mkhwanazis. What were Mhabahaba’s praise names or those of his immediate ancestors became adopted as general Mkhwanazi izitemo/izangelo/izithakazelo. Broadly speaking, there are two groups of amaKhwanazi in Matebeleland, that is, abezansi (Gagisa/Mpandeyamadoda/Mgidla/Mathema/Sigidi,etc) and abenhla (Gawu/Makhwentaba). Both groups are Nguni although most people associate abenhla with Sothos. Whilst a great majority of abenhla were of Sotho origin, there were many Ngunis who fell under the abenhla group by virtue of the geographical location where they joined Mzilikazi. For instance whilst the Gagisas/Mpande… were abezansi(which means) because they came from Zululand, the Gawus/Makhwentabas were enhla either because they were Nzunza(Transvaal Ndebeles) or Nyamazana’s Swazis. The association of abezansi with Nguni and abenhla with Sotho was opportunistically exploited by Sinqobile Mabhena of eNswazi. In 1997/8 when she claimed that as a Sotho, not a Nguni, ‘she was entitled to be a chief because Mabhenas were Sothos not Ngunis’. We know this incorrect as Mabhenas, Mahlangus, Sikhosanas, Mthombenis, etc, from kwaNdebele are pure Ngunis from the Transvaal. The Mkhwanazi(Gawu/Makhwentaba) fall under this category. As for Mhabahaba being the oldest known Mkhwanazi ancestor, well, I’m not quite sure. Mhabahaba was son of Zama, who was son of Bebesi, who was son of Lomafu, who was son of Nkwenkwezi, who was son of Sikhumba, who was son of Mthethwa, who was son of Mantewane. The oldest known Mkhwanazi ancestor is probably Mantewane. Bryant, a well-known Zulu anthropologist thinks that Mkhwanazis are originally Mthethwas just like Zulus are originally Gumedes. Curiously, the Mkhwanazi lineage does mention Mthethwa as one of the forebears. Besides, in KZN, the Mthethwas in eMpangeni and Mkhwanazis in Mtubatuba are neighbours who enjoy unusually close relations. The Mkhwanazis are found among all the 5 Nguni groups ie the Zulu, the Xhosa,the Ndebele(Mthwakazi), the Swazi and the Ndebele(Nzunza) and the common praise name that links all of them is Nkwali (Nyoni) yenkosi. As for the spelling, the Mthwakazians are the only group who spell the surname with an ‘n’ next to the ‘..zi’. It can be assumed that this is a bastardised version which was acquired in Zimbabwe as a result of the linguistic influence of local languages. The ‘h’ is not much of a problem as it reflects the changes in the Zulu/Ndebele orthogaphy which did not represent aspirated sounds such as ‘khwa’ vs ‘kwa’, ‘khu’ vs ‘ku’, ‘pha’ vs ‘pa’. Those who are spelling it as ‘Mkhwanazi’ are therefore using the modern Zulu/Ndebele orthography while those who spell it as ‘Mkwanazi’ are using old Zulu/Ndebele orthography. In South Africa and Swaziland only ‘Nkwali/nyoni yenkosi’ is known. .They instead use Shamase and Ndonga which are not used in Mthwakazi. I hope someone more knowledgeable than me could assist. George Mhabahaba

Abakwa Mkhwanazi

Abantu bakwa Mkhwanazi babebizwa ngokuthi abakwa Mpukunyoni. Badabuka eSwazini bake bahlala nabakwa Thabethe nabakwa Mngomezulu. Bagcina behlukana abanye babizwa ngabakwa Mpukunyoni.
Ake Sibalamanise:

Abakwa Mpukunyoni
UMdolomba uzale uCungele no Mantewane,
U-Cungele wazala uVilana ozale uMalanda,
U-Malanda wazala uSomkhele ozale uMtubatuba,
U-Mtubatuba wazala uMgwazeni ozale uMiniyase.

Abakwa Dlangezwa
U-Mdinwa uzale uPhalane ozale uNgogwane,
U-Ngogwane wazala uMuntongenakudla.

Abakwa Mnqobokazi,U-Mnyenyeza uzale uWokoza ozale abakwa Nkomo,
U-Mantewane uzale uMthethwa ozale uSikhumba,
U-Sikhumba wazala uNkwenkwezi ozale uLomafu,
U-Lomafu wazala uBebesi ozale uMzana,
U-Mzana wazala uMhabahaba okuvele kuye isizwe sakwa Mkhwanazi.

Izithakazelo zakwa Mkhwanazi,
Spheshu, Madubandlela, Somlomoti, Sodilikazi, Nkwaliyenkosi, Ndonga, Mtubatuba, Veyane, Shamase, Sontuli, Somkhele, Lele, Khowa, Malanda, Mashukumbeya, Mthendeleka,
Mpande yamadoda,
Mpande ayiphikiswa oyiphikisayo uyazithwala,
Gwagwa lika Gwagwa umbane wezulu,
Owaciba ngomkhonto esikhwebesini,
Kwaphepha inkosi yabe Ntungwa,
Owasingatha ihwahwa kodwa wangalidlulisela emlonyeni,
Mgidla, Lomafu, Nkwenkwezi,
Sikhumba ka Mthethwa ka Mantewane,
Gagisa!!

Siyabonga nina Nkwali yeNkosi yebuzelikhulu, inyoni engadliwa abafokazana kodwa idliwa ngamakhosi,nina enagawula umhlanga kwavela amabuzabuzane ,abanye babezitwele abanye bezibeletha nina enithungelwa osondweni lwengubo niphelele. Nkwali yeNosi,Shamase,Ndonga-Mayoya-Magongobalana-Keresi-Mavuso,(Paul,Khothikhothi,Mntatela)(Ndabambi, Mgqibelo-(Mkhuhlane,Khehla)(Mkhuhlane-Mgqibelo,Dumisane,Bafana)

Umlando wakwa Mkhwanazi
Umlando wabaKhwanazi bakwaDlangezwa usuka kuSinaye owayeyinkosana kaVeyana.

USinaye wayesendlini yakwaMpukunyoni. USinaye waphuma kwaMpukunyoni walibhekisa eMaphelane ngakwaMbonambi. Wehluleka uSinaye ukuhlala eMaphelane wabe eseya ekhabonina kwaMthethwa, eMahujini. Wafike wazala inkosana yakhe uDlabantu. UDlabantu wasuka kwaMthethwa waya eMbangweni (lapho osekuthiwa yiseMpangeni manje).

UMdinwa
UMdinwa usematheni endlini yakwaMkhwanazi kwaDlangezwa. UMdinwa nabantu bakhe bashiya abafowabo bonabaqhubeka behlisa izwe baze bayofika ezintabeni zoNgoye. Lapho bafica abantu bakwaQwabe ababebusa kuleliya zwe.Ababuzanga lutho abakwaMkhwanazi kodwa babathela induku babaleka abakwaQwabe balibhekisa laphaya ngaseMdlovane. Bahlala bazinza bengesiwona amakhosi ngoba leliya zwe lakoDlangezwa lalingaphansi kwabantu bakwaZibane, okuyisizwe esiphuma kubantu bakwaNgcobo.[Ngicela ukuthi ningangizwa kambi nina baseMthandeni, iqiniso lithi amandla abantu bakwaQwabe aphela emva kokuba i-Lembe lehlule u-Sondaba woMthanda]

UPhalane
UPhalane wabe ezalwa nguMdinwa emzala kuNgoti wakwaMthethwa khona laphaya phesheya koMhlathuze, koNtongo. Kuthiwa uPhalane wathunywa yinkosi yakwaZungu uMadlebe emthume esilweni uCetshwayo nabanye abanumzane. Ngenxa yokuthi kuyahlalwa ebukhosini, uPhalane wafike washuka izikhumba enzela ondlunkulu beSilo izidwaba. Bashintsha ondlunkulu ekugqokeni izidwaba ezakhiwe ngezikhumba zezimbuzi base begqoka ezesikhumba senkomo. Wabe eseba nogazi uPhalane esilweni uCetshwayo. ISilo uCetshwayo sanikeza uPhalane isinene somsonto (esakhiwe ngezinyane lemvu) Kuthiwa nguPhalane futhi owayaba izithebe zaseNdlunkulu yakwaZulu.Weyedume kakhulu ngekhono lokuxazulula izinkinga nokusingatha izindaba ezibucayi, ikhono lokushuka izikhumba enze izidwaba, ukuthaka imithi, ukuphathwa kwamabutho nokuphana. Kuthiwa isandla sakhe esihle yisona esamenzela ugazi olukhulu wagcina esebekwa ukuba aluse izwe. Onke la makhono akhe kubukeka sengathi alolongeka ngenkathi ekhulela endlunkulu kwaNodwengu. Omunye umbono uthi uPhalane wabe ethandwa abantu, wakhethwa phakathi kwamadoda ayisithupha ukuba abe inkosi. Kuthiwa kwakunendoda eyabe yaziwa ngokuthi uMalambule, ikhonzwe uJantoni efuna ukuba iphathe abantu. Kodwa kwathi uma kubuzwa kubantu ukuthi ubani ongahle abaphathe kwatholakala ukuthi bakhetha uPhalane. UMalambule owabe ebusa abantu bakwaZibane wagula kakhulu. Ngenkathi esagula kanjalo kwasuka uPhalane kaMdinwa wakwaMkhwanazi waya kwabamhlophe eMgungundlovu. Wafike wathi inkosi uZibane isikhotheme. Abamhlophe bathi ngobanakhu uMkhwanazi ubonakala ethembekile akahambe ayothatha ubukhosi kube nguye obheke leya ndawo yakoDlangezwa.Wabe esebuya eseba inkosi uPhalane. Kuthe uma sekuzwakala ukuthi iNkosi uMalambule iyaphila kwasuka indoda ethileesizweni yaya eMgungundlovu yayobikela abamhlophe ukuthi iNkosi iyaphila ayikhotheme. Abamhlophe bathi inkosi uZibane ayibuyele esihlalweni sayo kodwa uZibane wathi akusenani akasale eqhubeka uMkhwanazi kwazise base behlobene ngokuganiselana. Babe sebebuthola kanjalo-ke ubukhosi nezwe lakwaDlangezwa, kuyoshaya ezintabeni zo-Ngoye.INkosi uPhalane kwabe kuliqhawe neshinga elaziwayo. Wayengomunye wababehola impi yeSilo uCetshwayo silwa nabamhlophe empini eyalwa laphaya eGingindlovu futhi wahlabana kakhulu kuleyo mpi. Phambilini kulezi zindlu zakwaMkhwanazi engakagani uMntwana uMtikili kwaMpukunyoni, le ndlu yakwaDlangezwa iyona eyabe ingenkulu. Kuthe ngokugana kwakhe kwashintsha le ndlu yakwaMpukunyoni kwaba iyona esingenkulu.UPhalane kuthiwa wake wabusa njengenduna phesheya komfula uMhlathuze esizweni sabaKhwanazi ngesikhathi kubusaiNkosi uCetshwayo. Ngenkathi iNkosi uCetshwayo idingiselwa eSentelina yadlula kuso lesi sigodi ngenkathi iwelelaEsikhaleni, yaweliswa uPhalane ezibukweni lomfula uMhlathuze. Waze wakhothama uPhalane watshalwa ngaphesheya komfula iNkonjane. Kukhona isikole esisezintabeni zoNgoye esaqanjwa ngayo iNkosi uPhalane

UNgogwana
INkosi uNgogwana yalandela u-Yise uPhalane emva kokuba esekhotheme. Inkosi uNgogwana yayibusela emzini okwakuthiwa kuseNtshiweni. Inkosi yayiganwe oMaNdunakazi ababili. INkosi uNgogwana yakhothama lulunye kuNhlolanja ngowe-1920. Ngemuva kokukhothama kweNkosi uNgogwana kwabe sekubekwa uMbuyiseni kaNgogwana ukuba abambe ubukhosi.

UMbuyiseni
Ekukhothameni kwenkosi uNgogwana kwabe sekungena inkosi uMbuyiseni mhla ziyi-19 kuNhlaba ngowe-1920, owabe eyindodana kaNgogwana. Inkosi uMbuyiseni yakha umuzi yawubiza ngokuthi kukwaZondomunye. Inkosi uMbuyiseni yayiganwe ondlunkulu abayisishiyagalombili. Kwakungondlunkulu oMaDube ababiliI, undlunkulu uMaMbuyazi, kubengondlunkulu oMaCele ababili, undlunkulu uMaMnguni, undlunkulu uMaZulu bese kuba undlunkulu uMaXulu. Okwenza ukuba ondlunkulu uMaDube babe babili futhi belamana ukuthi uMaDube wokuqala akaphiwanga abantwana, kwabe sekucelwauMaDube wesibili ukuba azovusa indlu kadadewabo. UMaDube wesibili wabusiswa ngabantwana. Indodana yakhe yokuqalakwaba umntwana uMuntongenakudla. UMaXulu wabusiswa ngezingane ezimbili uNtshalantshala noNdabazezwe. UMaCele akaphiwanga kwase kuthi uMaXulu yena wathola uMvelingqangi kanye noMxovana. Inkosi uMbuyiseni ayibusanga isikhathi eside kepha kwaba yiminyaka emithathu kuphela emva kwalokho yabe seyikhothama. Wakhothama esezele indodana ogamalayo kwakunguMuntongenakudla. Kuthiwa inkosi uMbuyiseni yakhothama izingane zisencane kwase kudingeka ukuba kubekhona ibambabukhosi. INkosi uMbuyiseni yakhothama zingama-30 kuNcwaba ngowe-1928. Kunesikole esaqanjwa ngegamalenkosi uMbuyiseni.

UZibizendlela noNikiza
Owaqokwa mhla ziyi-11 kuMfumfu ngowe-1928 ukuba abambe emva kokukhothama kwenkosi uMbuyiseni kwaba uZibizendlela owabusela emzini wakhe kwaSalebusa. UZibizendlela kuthiwa walandwa emaZimeleni. Inkosi uZibizendlela ayihlalanga isikhathi eside kepha yasheshe yakhothama. Yakhothama ziyi-15 kuNhlaba ngowe-1933. Emva kokukhothama kukaZibizendlela kwabe sekubamba inkosi uNikiza eyabekwa mhla ziyi-19 kuMandulo ngowe-1933 ngoba inkosi uMuntongenakudla wayengakakhuli ngokwanele. Kuthiwa uNikiza wabamba isikhathi eside impela esasithi asibe amashumiamabili eminyaka

Inkosi uMuntongenakudla kaMuiyiseni Mkhwanazi
Inkosi uMuntongenakudla wazalelwa emzini wakubo kwaZondomunye. Wabekwa waba yiNkosi lulunye kuLwezi ngowe-1948. Umuzi wakwaZondomunye unamanxiwa amabili. Inxiwa lokuqala likwaKhandisa, elesibili limaqondana nesango elingenaesikoleni sakwaDlangezwa, egqumeni eliyibanga lokuphonswa kwetshe ukusuka esangweni lalesi sikole. Lo muzi uphakathikwamazibuko amabili, iNkonjane neMangezi. INkosi uMuntongenakudla kwabe kungumntwana wokuqala wenkosi uMbuyiseni. Kubukeka sengathi baningi ababemeyabethi akumfanele ukuba yinkosi mhla wakhula. Lokhu kuvela nasezibongweni zayo inkosi uMuntongenakudla:
Inkosana beyikhes’abaKhwanaziBeth’ akunkosana yalutho.
INkosi uMuntongenakudla wayeganwe undlunkulu uMaKhumalo nondlunkulu oMaGumede ababili. Isizwe sabaKhwanazi sakesagubuzelwa yifu elimnyama ngesikhathi inkosi uMuntongenakudla eboshiwe emva kwezimpi. Inkantolo yakhipha umyalelowokuthi abaKhwanazi bazophathwa uMbulaleni wakwaMnguni ngesikhathi inkosi yabo isadonsa isigwebo. UMnguniowabamba isihlalo waqala umsebenzi zingama-25 kuNdasa ngowe-1951. Inkosi uMuntongenakudla yabuye yabuyelaesihlalweni sayo emva kokuba sekuphele isigwebo sayo. INkosi uMuntongenakudla yakhombisa isibindi esikhulu ngesikhathiinikela ngomhlaba ukuba kuhlatshwe isoyi lapho kwakuyokwakhiwa khona isikhungo semfundo ephakeme uNgoyeesasungulwa mhla lulunye kuNcwaba ngowe-1959. Yabuye yabamba elikhulu iqhaza ngesikhathi sekwakhiwa sona lesisikhungo semfundo ephakeme. Inkundla yezemidlalo ekuyo le nyuvesi iqanjwe ngeNkosi uMuntongenakudla kanyenomgwaqo okuyo le nyuvesi. Emva kokubuyela esihlalweni ayibange isabusa isikhathi eside. Kwabe sekuba nemibangoyezindawo. Inkosi yakhothama kulezo zimpi ngonyaka we-1977.