Mthethwa! Khubazi! Nyambose! Mbekane! Ndunakazi! Ndlovu! Madango! Xaba! Khayi! Jobe! Shangana. Dingiswayo. Mmbiya. Mlandela! Sitimela! Nina basezansi Nina basemaganwini Nina basemachibini.
Isizwe sakwaMthethwa esesibizwa ngoMthethwa sisukela kuKhubazi owazala uNyambose, uNyambose wazala uMthethwa/Mbekane okunguyena isizwe esagcina sibizwe ngaye. Wazala uNdlovu/Ndunakazi, uNdlovu wazala uMadango, uMadango wazala uXaba, uXaba wazala uKhayi, uKhayi wazala uJobe eNdlunkulu. UNomagaga kaKhayi! Umkhont’ omuke noNdiyane, Owahlatshwa yinkwantsha yakoKhuzwayo [isiqhwaga]. iSempu elidla ngomkhont’ oyingqamu, Amakhosikazi edla ngesiyanda. Umshoshobi ubongaxha lesilimela [isidlidli sezinkanyezi], Elibuyis’ abantwana ekuthezeni. Ugagane lwehlanze [umuthi onameva], Oluphal’ abantwan’ ezibunjini, Uthantatha ngemfunda yoswela, uNomagaga wabelungu [ngaseDelagoa Bay].
EKhohlo uJobe wazala uShangana. Waphinde wazala uMbikwana owazala uSiwangu owagcina eyinduna yaseBaqulusini. Leli gama waliqanjwa ngoba unina wayeliShangane. UJobe wazala uDingiswayo noMawewe. UNina kaShangana wakhulelwa kuqala. Lokhu kwadala inzondo, uKhayi wamkhipha inxiwa uShangana wayokwakha umuzi waseNhlambini, [owawususelwa egameni lenhlamba unina ayethukwa ngayo], empumalanga yeMfolozi eMhlophe wazala uMmbiya owakhula noShaka kwabo. Yena uMmbiya wazala uMlandela. Kwenye indlu uMadango wazala uCele yena owazala uLugogo ozala uNdosi owazala uMaganga yena ozala uNqumela owazala uLanga yena wazala uMkhokheli ozala uDibandlela. Ngakho-ke ubuhlobo phakathi kwabakwaMthethwa nabakwaCele buvela kanjalo ngoba bonke bedabuka esendeni likaMadango. NguDingiswayo owaduma kakhulu: uMaf’avuke njengedabane. USombangeya [wabanga nomfowabo uMawewe] kaNdaba! UMadlekezela, [ukungena ngenkani kwaMbangambi] inkomo yanganene,
Izothengana nayiphi enenekazi? Izothengana noMbangambi woVuma, eMashobeni uSombangeya kasoz’atshelwa izindaba, Uyatshelw’izindaba, ugijimel’ehawini, Impunz’evuke nomkhont’emawuna uNyawoth ‘omnyama! uNofukuthwayo! Khon’ungembon’ezula phezulu. UNgqwashi obomvu, wawoHhamuyana; Omabal’azizinge [iziyingelezi] sengath’abekiwe. Izulu likaPhiko, libaneka kanjani? LikaSombangeya kaJobe?
uQayambeya! [uQalambela] uSahlul’amakhos’ asohlangeni; Uye wavunula kwaMahlaba, Ezinkumbini [ogwini, osebeniJ zamanzi uZinto zakhe zamuka namanzi abaThembu bakhwaza [badamuka] Baya ngoJama kaMnisi; Kand’ukuba: “Jama zibayeni, ngezabathakathi” Bethabetha ngomoya waseMampondweni; Ngithe ngisadl’ezinye.
Izinkomo zabantu zinenkelenkele; [zinecala] Zikhungel’ ingobe, [umkhonto ogobile] isemashobeni. Ilanga limdondoza, likaMadladla; Elaphuma, amakhwez’ abikelana, NakwaNtombase, nakwaLanga.
Umuzi omkhulu weNkosi uJobe kwakuseBalungwini. Kukulo muzi lapho uJobe wazala khona uThana owelanywa nguDingiswayo. Kuthe lapho uDingiswayo esengumfana owelusa amathole, uJobe wakhipha omunye umuzi wakhe wakwabo Dingiswayo wawuqamba igama lokuthi kusoYengweni. Emzini wasoYengweni uJobe wayenabantwana abaningi beyizinsizwa. Unina kaDingiswayo igama lakhe kwakunguMabhamba uyise okwakunguNzimase kaDonda kaShiya wakwaMbokazi. UThana wayehlala ekhabonina ngaleso sikhathi kuphuma umuzi wasoYengweni eBalungwini. Waze wabuyela kubo uThana esethombile. Wafika sekwakhiwa oYengweni. Ukuhlala kwakhe ekhabonina nokuba akhulele khona kwakuyintando kayise uJobe kwazise wayemthanda kunabo bonke abantwana bakhe. Nokho zanda zabaningi izinsizwa oYengweni ngoba abafana abazalwa eBalungwini onina babo okungesiwo amakhosikazi babethelwa khona oYengweni.
Kwathi izinsizwa zikaJobe oYengweni sezikhulile zahlangana zakhuluma zodwa ngoyise zikhala ngokuthi wayeseguge kakhulu eseyixhegu elidla inyama egayiwe njengomcaba, seliphuza ubisi lingasakhulumi nazindaba. Izinsizwa zabuzana imibuzo yokuthi kazi uyokufa nini uJobe kubekwe enye inkosi engewona umdodovu wexhegu. Owayehamba phambili ekukhulumeni nguDingiswayo kodwa nezinye izinsizwa zivumelana naye.
Amazwi ayekhulunywa kulowo mhlangano uNodunga kaMakhanya kaNjonjonjo Mthethwa owayeyinduna oYengweni wawezwa wonke kwazise naye wayewuthamele, wayobika konke kuJobe.
Inhliziyo kaJobe yaba buhlungu kakhulu. Wapha wonke amadodana akhe asoYengweni inkabi ngayinye ngayinye. Wathumela uNodunga
ukuthi ayowazisa amadodana akhe ukuthi izinkabi azihlabe zonke kanyekanye. Wagcizelela ukuthi yena wayezofika esezobeka inkosi ezobusa isizwe esikhundleni sakhe. Kulowo mcimbi wayala ukuthi bangezi abafanyana. Nembala zahlatshwa-ke izinkabi kodwa uJobe wangafika ngelanga ezihlatshwe ngalo wathi uyofika sekudliwa izifuba zazo. Wagcina ethelekile uJobe ehamba namabutho akhe amaningi esewatshele ukuthi kufanele awagwaze wonke amadodana akhe kungasali noyedwa baqikelele ukuthi uDingiswayo owayengungqeqe phambili uyabulawa. Kwathike lapho sekungeniswa utshwala uJobe watsaka amathe okwakuyilona lisu amabutho akhe okwakuhlelwe ukuthi azobona ngalo ukuthi sekuyisikhathi sokuwagwaza amadodana akhe.
Sasuka-ke isidumo lapho ilanga seliyoshona amabutho abangenela ngemikhonto bonke abantwana bakaJobe bababulala ngaphandle kukaDingiswayo. Yena weqa uthango amabutho amciba ngemikhonto amhlaba ngenhlendla phansi kwezimbambo. Wabaleka nayo inhlendla leyo waze wayongenisa kuDlaba kaMavovo emaChubeni lapho bafike bamkhumula khona umkhonto. Wahlala emaChubeni kwaze kwaphola inxeba.
Lo mlando ucashunwe encwadini: Umlando waMakhosi Esifundazweni SakwaZulu, Umqulu 1.
Royalty from Mthethwa last name
King of the Mthethwa people and one of the most influential figures in the formation of the Zulu kingdom. Born as Godongwana kaJobe, he was forced to flee after a failed plot against his father, returning years later to overthrow his brother and claim the kingship. He renamed himself Dingiswayo, meaning “the Wanderer” or “one in distress.”
Dingiswayo revolutionized warfare in southern Africa by reorganizing the military structure, introducing age-grade regiments (amabutho), and expanding his influence through conquest and alliance rather than outright destruction. He incorporated defeated chiefs into his administration, creating a powerful confederacy that dominated the region between the Drakensberg mountains and the Indian Ocean.
Dingiswayo took the young Shaka into his service after Shaka and his mother Nandi sought refuge with the Mthethwa. He recognized Shaka’s military genius and gave him command of a regiment, where Shaka developed the iconic iklwa short stabbing spear and the buffalo horns formation. After Dingiswayo’s death around 1817 at the hands of Zwide of the Ndwandwe, Shaka assumed leadership of the Mthethwa confederacy and went on to build the Zulu kingdom from its foundation.
Dingiswayo’s vision of centralized political and military organization provided the blueprint that Shaka would use to unite the northern Nguni peoples into the Zulu nation. His death marked the end of Mthethwa dominance, but his political innovations survived through the kingdom he helped create.
Royalty from Mthethwa last name
The Mthethwa Paramountcy was a Southern African state that arose in the 18th century south of Delagoa Bay and inland in eastern southern Africa. “Mthethwa” means “the one who rules.” It consisted of roughly 30 Nguni chiefdoms, lineages, and clans, making it one of the most powerful confederations in the region before the rise of the Zulu Kingdom [citation:7].
Early king of the Mthethwa Paramountcy who consolidated power south of the lower Mfolozi River in present-day KwaZulu-Natal. Under his leadership, the Mthethwa began absorbing smaller local lineages and engaging in conflicts with neighbouring chieftaincies engaged in similar expansionist processes [citation:8].
The most renowned king of the Mthethwa, who consolidated and extended the paramountcy after succeeding his father Jobe. He entered into an alliance with the Tsonga to the north and began trading ivory and other goods with the Portuguese in Mozambique. Around 1811, the Buthelezi and a number of other Nguni groups, including the then marginal Zulu clan led by Senzangakhona, were integrated into the Mthethwa confederacy. Dingiswayo was killed in a battle with the Ndwandwe in 1817. Many military institutions, including the system of age regiments (amabutho) that later characterized the Zulu kingdom, were utilized by the Mthethwa [citation:7][citation:8].
Dingiswayo took the young Shaka into his service after Shaka and his mother Nandi sought refuge with the Mthethwa. He recognized Shaka’s military genius and gave him command of a regiment. After Dingiswayo’s death, Shaka assumed leadership of the Mthethwa confederacy and went on to build the Zulu kingdom from its foundation. The Mthethwa were fused with the Zulu and several other groups to form the Zulu kingdom under Shaka [citation:8].
