Ngungu Motha left Kwa’Zulu Natal under King Mzilikazi, went to Swaziland and later escaped to Mpumalanga and grew up under his mother’s family (Masilela family), and that’s where he completed the Ndebele initiation process.
His clan names then goes by:
“Motha! Mabetha! Ungu’Mabetha wakodabekazi, ngumrub’akondlovu, singebakwa’ndlovu eyehla i’snyovana entabeni yesabisa umbobo ukonakala.
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SingebakwaPulupulu yakoslwane, singebakwasilomlomo, singebakwa mriri awugudwa, ugudwa makariya, ugudwa nguNohloyekile,
Singebakwa silongo, esinzima esingahlatjelwako, sihlatjelwa ngabanamadlozi.
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Yekhethu kwamabetha ngezakhe, abanye nababetha ngezokubolekwa, sibomswamanzi wakondlovu, wakozembe elisemsamo, elingakhutjhwa, elikhutjhwa mhlazana kunenyama, Ngumabetha owabetha umuntu bewamkhesa, bathi umuntu akananyongo, akanamhlwehlwe,
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Sibo’Mlomo pulupuluπ, sayibonaphi nah? Sayibona esangweni kwa’Mswamanzi wakoNdlovu…
Sibo’ mbina Ndlovu,
Sibo’Thwala, yindoda ejabula ekseni ukuphuma kwelanga…
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MABETHA! MSWAMANZI!!ππΎ
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