The Motsa clan can be found in eSwatini, South Africa( Motsa, Motha and Mota) , Lesotho, (Mota). In eSwatini the clan names bifurcated into two streams following the ancestry origins of two brothers, one of whom was of a darker hue (Loluhlata). This rendition is not of Loluhlata but of the Motsa of Lushikishini, the Royal Palace of Chief Mhlaba Motsa (my great grandfather).
Motsa Mvulane Khatsidze Dlebankhomo Mdlalose, wena lowadlala indlalakanye engabe kusasa uyowudlalani. Nongombili, Setfuko sibi. Wetfukwe nguNjobeni naLukhambule. Jojo kaSobhuza. Nabo Mangcingcikatana wetikhali. Wena waMabonakala eLudvwendvweni. Wena waLozihhabhu! Motsa!
Muzi Kubeka
Hi Zodwa. Can you explain the connection between Motsa/Motha and Kubheka? Likewise Msibi, Ndabandaba/Ndzabandzaba, Mathunjwa who all use the clan name Kahthide/Katsidze.
Thanks!
Temusa Gee
What’s the meaning of each line of the clan praises???
Bongani Mothar
Hi Zodwa
You wouldn’t happen to know how o Motha got to be in the Zulu and Ndebele clans?
Phethile
To help, according the history I was told by my grandfather who was born in 1918 he said, when their fathers “Motsa” came into south Africa from Swaziland, they needed a place to settle as they were running away from their brothers in Swaziland.
When they reach in South Africa they settled in Phongola, and Zulu people were fighting anyone who was not Zulu. In order to be not chased away too they had to pretend to be Zulus, and then they decided to remove “TSA” and replace it by “that” since in Zulu there’s no word with “ts”.
“I think it was the time of Shaka Zulu exosha amashangane.” He said that couldn’t help much because AmaZulu wabe azana ngezibongo so owayesindile wayesindile but that is how the Motsa’s became Motha and find themselves in all in different province some fleed with everybody as it was war. Some Motsa’s never change they are still Motsa but they believe that they are tswanas, because of not knowing the history. The truth is that Motha are swazis origins from Swaziland.
Zodwa Motsa (waMhlaba)
Hello,
What I have heard is that they actually originate from the Mota who are Batlokoa (baSotho). They resided in present day Eswatini as this part of the Basotho before the present day rulers (the Nkhosi Dlamini) arrived. They are called emakhandzambili (those who were found ahead) or bemdzabu (the original owners of Eswatini). With the coming of the Nkhosi Dlamini and the taking over of splinters of clans, some stayed while others moved on to other areas of Southern Africa. The majority of the Mota/Motha/Motsa are in Qwaqwa under King Mota III the reigning monarch.
Zodwa Motsa (waMhlaba)
Hi Bongani
Yes I have found some information on how the Motha got to eSwatini, KwaZulu and Eastern Cape.