Izithakazelo zakwa Hlatshwayo 😍 Hlatshwayo Clan Names and brief history
Abantu bakwaHlatshwayo bahlobene nabakwaNgwane nabaseSwazini.
Ulibo lwabo luhamba kanje:
Mhayise, Langa, Hlatshwayo, Sophikwase, Cebisa, Ngwanya, Mhlaba, Mgogodlane, Siyendane, Muleshe, Mhlaba2, Mgogodlane (Swazini)
Indlu yase Bergville:
Mgogodlane, Makhwelela, Shali, Novoyi (Somtseu) Siphiwe, Thulani, Siyendane, Manukuza, Mgezeni, Bambuhlanga.
Indlu yase Gege:
Muleshe, Mahubhu, Velamuva.
Nazi izibongo zakwa Hlatshwayo:
Ngwanya, Siyendane,
Gidogongweni ovalumnyango ngamakhanda amadoda,
Cebisa ka Mbengeshe,
Wena owacebisa amakhosi,
Mhayise wako Langa,
Hlatshwayo abahlabizinkomo zamadoda esibayeni,
Bazidle bangasolwa,
Mgogodlana,
Nina enanqoba ibutho lika Gobizembe,
Ngelengele !!
Izibongo zakwa Hlatshwayo with English translation:
Ngwanya, Siyendane,
(Ngwanya, Siyendane).
Gidogongweni ovalumnyango ngamakhanda amadoda,
(Gidogongweni who closes the door with the skulls of men).
Cebisa ka Mbengeshe,
(Cebisa, son of Mbengeshe).
Wena owacebisa amakhosi,
(You who advised the chiefs).
Mhayise wako Langa,
(Mhayise of Langa).
Hlatshwayo abahlabizinkomo zamadoda esibayeni,
(Hlatshwayo – those who slaughter the cattle of men in the kraal).
Bazidle bangasolwa,
(They ate them without being suspected/accused).
Mgogodlana,
(Mgogodlana).
Nina enanqoba ibutho lika Gobizembe,
(You who defeated the regiment of Gobizembe).
Ngelengele !!
(Ngelengele).
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.
Chief
SIHLISIZWE
Ngwanya, please write your lineage from Cebisa to yourself. Siyendane!
Lizwe Hlatywayo
I am a proud Hlatywayo ,happy to know where we originate ,thanks guys for the information
xolani
hy lizwe hlatywayo..i am xolani hlatywayo from bushbuckridge I want to ask if weather I am a mhayisa or what because the spelling is not the same as the other surname hlatshwayo
xolani
hy lizwe hlatywayo..i am xolani hlatywayo from bushbuckridge I want to ask if weather I am a mhayisa or what because the spelling is not the same as the other surname hlatshwayo.
Simon Nyalungu
Very interesting indeed. Need to hear more about Nyalungu/Mbete, Hlatswayo
nobayeni hlatshwayo
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
Sihlisizwe Hlatshwayo
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.