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Imvelaphi yabakwaQwabe 😍 Qwabe surname origin

Okokuqala okumele sikulungise wukuthi uQwabe akaze aphume kwaMnguni.Kukhona emlandweni oQwabe ababili, owokuqala kanye nowesibili. Ngokunjalo naboGumede babili. Ngicabanga-ke ukuthi we a ubuza ngoQwabe wesibili ozalwa nguMalandela kaLuzumane kaMnguni. Njengamanjena buhlukene ka-5 ukukhosi bakwaQwabe; abaseMthandeni, abase-Waterfall, abaseNkanini, uQwabe-P noQwabe-N(labs ababili batholakala ogwini lweKZN).

Amanye amaQwabe afudukela ogwini oluseningizima ngabakwaMakhanya. AbakwaMakhanya babehambisana namanye amaQwabe kuyiqembu elilodwa beta emcimbini omkhulu wesizwe. Uma sebrfike oThukela, lwangenisa abanye nasals ngaphesheya, bahlukana kanjaloke. Ekunqotshweni kukaPhakathwayo nguShaka, kwaba nombango esizweni phakathi kwendodana kaPhakathwayo kanyr naboyise abancane.

Ekugcineni uShaka wabeka uNqetho kaKhondlo, owabe engumnaka Phakathwayo kodwa ezalwa endlini encane. Lutheran ekukhathameni kukaShaka, uNqetho wanqaba ukukhonza kuDingane. Wafuduka njalo elibangise eMampondweni. UDingane wamlandela ngempi eyahlangana amahlandla amathathu, kuwona wonke uDingane ubeshaywa abhulelwe amahlahla.

Enye impi abatholane kuyo kwanzima, bekukwaNgcolosi ngakwaNyuswa. Nakalokhu kunendawo lapho okuthiwa kukwaNqetho eqanjwe ngalo igama laleqhawe. Umlando made mfethu, kodwa ngizoma lapho ngoba ngiyethemba ukuthi kukhona osukucoshile. Uhambo lukaNqetho nalo lwalunezigigaba eziningi esobuye sikhuluma ngazo.

UQwabe-N engiphuma kuye mina, bayinzalo kaMteli kaPhakathwayo. UMtheli uzale uNgcukuca hyena ozale uNdunge. UNdunge uzale Stephen noShiyane. UShiyane wazala uNhlanhleni(Fortunatus). UNhlenhleni uzale ubaba ongizalayo. Uma kuba esidingo siyokwenaba ngemvelaphi yazozonke lezindlu zamaQwabe engizibalile, kuhlanganisa nabakwaMakhanya.

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  Ntokozo Qwabe (Legal)
  Lawyer and Rhodes Scholar, co-founder of Rhodes Must Fall movement at Oxford.
• 
  Mzonjani Michael Qwabe (Historical)
  Name recorded in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) archives.

• Ntokozo Qwabe (Legal) – South African lawyer and Rhodes Scholar. Co-founder of the Rhodes Must Fall movement at Oxford University. Holds degrees from UKZN, UCT, and Oxford.
• Felokwakhe Qwabe (Community) – Father of Ntokozo Qwabe, a school caretaker from Oyaya, Eshowe in KwaZulu-Natal who raised 13 children, with Ntokozo being the first to attend university.

The kingdom thrived in the 18th century as “one of the most ancient and famous tribes in Natal and Zululand.” At its peak, the amaQwabe occupied central KwaZulu-Natal, from beneath the Amandawe and Ngoye Hills, south of the Mhlathuze River, up to the Nkandla forest, and between the Mhlathuze and Tugela Rivers .

Under his leadership, the Qwabe kingdom had already expanded control over parts of Natal south of the Thukela River. His kingdom was characterized by seven large villages, each headed by an important member from the ruling lineage. He had the authority to form women regiments (isigodlo), a privilege only given to senior powerful kings such as Dingiswayo of the Mthethwa and Zwide of the Ndwandwe .

The Qwabe royal lineage remains an important traditional institution in KwaZulu-Natal .

Following his father’s death, Qwabe became king and built a new homestead called eMthandeni beneath the Ngoye hills, which served as the center of his kingdom. He left his younger brother Zulu to rule over a few people who remained at their father’s estate.

The kingdom thrived in the 18th century as one of the most ancient and famous tribes in Natal and Zululand. At its peak, the amaQwabe occupied central KwaZulu-Natal, from beneath the Amandawe and Ngoye Hills, south of the Mhlathuze River, up to the Nkandla forest, and between the Mhlathuze and Tugela Rivers.

Under his leadership, the Qwabe kingdom had already expanded control over parts of Natal south of the Thukela River. His kingdom was characterized by seven large villages, each headed by an important member from the ruling lineage. He had the authority to form women regiments, a privilege only given to senior powerful kings such as Dingiswayo of the Mthethwa and Zwide of the Ndwandwe.

The Qwabe royal lineage remains an important traditional institution in KwaZulu-Natal.