Abakwa Mkhwanazi
(taken from Indabuko Yakho)
Abantu bakwa Mkhwanazi babebizwa ngokuthi abakwa Mpukunyoni. Badabuka eSwazini bake bahlala nabakwa Thabethe nabakwa Mngomezulu. Bagcina behlukana abanye babizwa ngabakwa Mpukunyoni.
Ake Sibalamanise:
Abakwa Mpukunyoni
UMdolomba uzale uCungele no Mantewane,
U-Cungele wazala uVilana ozale uMalanda,
U-Malanda wazala uSomkhele ozale uMtubatuba,
U-Mtubatuba wazala uMgwazeni ozale uMiniyase.
Abakwa Dlangezwa
U-Mdinwa uzale uPhalane ozale uNgogwane,
U-Ngogwane wazala uMuntongenakudla.
Abakwa Mnqobokazi,
U-Mnyenyeza uzale uWokoza ozale abakwa Nkomo,
U-Mantewane uzale uMthethwa ozale uSikhumba,
U-Sikhumba wazala uNkwenkwezi ozale uLomafu,
U-Lomafu wazala uBebesi ozale uMzana,
U-Mzana wazala uMhabahaba okuvele kuye isizwe sakwa Mkhwanazi.
Izithakazelo zakwa Mkhwanazi,
Spheshu, Madubandlela, Somlomoti, Sodilikazi, Nkwaliyenkosi, Ndonga, Mtubatuba, Veyane, Shamase, Sontuli, Somkhele, Lele, Khowa, Malanda, Mashukumbeya, Mthendeleka,
Mpande yamadoda,
Mpande ayiphikiswa oyiphikisayo uyazithwala,
Gwagwa lika Gwagwa umbane wezulu,
Owaciba ngomkhonto esikhwebesini,
Kwaphepha inkosi yabe Ntungwa,
Owasingatha ihwahwa kodwa wangalidlulisela emlonyeni,
Mgidla, Lomafu, Nkwenkwezi,
Sikhumba ka Mthethwa ka Mantewane,
Gagisa!!
Clan Names | Izithakazelo | Umlando | Imvelaphi yezibongo 
Ngiwuzwa umlando wondonga, kodwa okungixakayo ukuthi abaveli oMaklina, phela mina ngazi ukuthi saphuma kwaMkhwanazi ngenxa yesenzo sobunja esenzeka emndenini. Okwaholela ekutheni kugezwe ubuhlobo maqedane kuhlukwane phakathi ngenxa yakho phela ukudla egekeni lokhu okuzosiholela ekutheni siganane siyizingane zandawonye. Uma ekhona onolwazi mayelana nalokhu, bengicela ukwaziswa uma kungenzeka.
Mina bengizitshela ukuthi isibongo sakamnkhwanazi esamazulu uma kukhona ifisa ukungiphendula please reply cos ngididekile okwangempela
From what I gather there were more than four Mkhwanazi lineages of which the most prominent were those of Mhabahaba Mkhwanazi (Intunta), Somhlolo Mathema Mkhwanazi (Inqama), Maqundela Mkhwanazi (Sobukhazi) and Lodada Mkhwanazi. Lodada was the father of Mbhida and Mfaziwamajaha, King Lobhengula’s first and second wives respectively. Today only the Mhabahaba chieftancy (Ngungumbane) and the Somhlolo(Mathema) still exist. It appears that the praise names you listed generally belong to the Mhabahaba lineage as he became the most prominent/famous of the the Mkhwanazis. What were Mhabahaba’s praise names or those of his immediate ancestors became adopted as general Mkhwanazi izitemo/izangelo/izithakazelo. Broadly speaking, there are two groups of amaKhwanazi in Matebeleland, that is, abezansi (Gagisa/Mpandeyamadoda/Mgidla/Mathema/Sigidi,etc) and abenhla (Gawu/Makhwentaba). Both groups are Nguni although most people associate abenhla with Sothos. Whilst a great majority of abenhla were of Sotho origin, there were many Ngunis who fell under the abenhla group by virtue of the geographical location where they joined Mzilikazi. For instance whilst the Gagisas/Mpande… were abezansi(which means) because they came from Zululand, the Gawus/Makhwentabas were enhla either because they were Nzunza(Transvaal Ndebeles) or Nyamazana’s Swazis. The association of abezansi with Nguni and abenhla with Sotho was opportunistically exploited by Sinqobile Mabhena of eNswazi. In 1997/8 when she claimed that as a Sotho, not a Nguni, ‘she was entitled to be a chief because Mabhenas were Sothos not Ngunis’. We know this incorrect as Mabhenas, Mahlangus, Sikhosanas, Mthombenis, etc, from kwaNdebele are pure Ngunis from the Transvaal. The Mkhwanazi(Gawu/Makhwentaba) fall under this category. As for Mhabahaba being the oldest known Mkhwanazi ancestor, well, I’m not quite sure. Mhabahaba was son of Zama, who was son of Bebesi, who was son of Lomafu, who was son of Nkwenkwezi, who was son of Sikhumba, who was son of Mthethwa, who was son of Mantewane. The oldest known Mkhwanazi ancestor is probably Mantewane. Bryant, a well-known Zulu anthropologist thinks that Mkhwanazis are originally Mthethwas just like Zulus are originally Gumedes. Curiously, the Mkhwanazi lineage does mention Mthethwa as one of the forebears. Besides, in KZN, the Mthethwas in eMpangeni and Mkhwanazis in Mtubatuba are neighbours who enjoy unusually close relations. The Mkhwanazis are found among all the 5 Nguni groups ie the Zulu, the Xhosa,the Ndebele(Mthwakazi), the Swazi and the Ndebele(Nzunza) and the common praise name that links all of them is Nkwali (Nyoni) yenkosi. As for the spelling, the Mthwakazians are the only group who spell the surname with an ‘n’ next to the ‘..zi’. It can be assumed that this is a bastardised version which was acquired in Zimbabwe as a result of the linguistic influence of local languages. The ‘h’ is not much of a problem as it reflects the changes in the Zulu/Ndebele orthogaphy which did not represent aspirated sounds such as ‘khwa’ vs ‘kwa’, ‘khu’ vs ‘ku’, ‘pha’ vs ‘pa’. Those who are spelling it as ‘Mkhwanazi’ are therefore using the modern Zulu/Ndebele orthography while those who spell it as ‘Mkwanazi’ are using old Zulu/Ndebele orthography. In South Africa and Swaziland only ‘Nkwali/nyoni yenkosi’ is known. .They instead use Shamase and Ndonga which are not used in Mthwakazi. I hope someone more knowledgeable than me could assist. George Mhabahaba
I am mthetho mkwanazi ,my father wasMgonqo his father wasJan Mkwanazi ,his father was Mafa and his father was Mabhizela.I want to izithakazelo bathi Nkwali ye Nkosi b
Teboho Mkhwanazi
Eish nena abakhwanazi abhle mina i am so comfuse why we can”t use one izithakazelo like as we are one son of Mbhabana Mkhwanazi the first born Man of abakhwanazi and abakwanazi and what is the difference between Mkhwanazi and Mkwanazi or the difference is h only can some one older of abakhwanazi answer that please why i am saying these here i am sa i speak we are not unite together we live like cats and dogs sorry to say that is killing me sloly as i read those words its seems we are the sons of one person whicth is Mbhabana Mkhwanazi who is a Mother of Father Mbhabana and where they come from or where did they born
Teboho Mkhwanazi
bakhwanazi abahle i want to know after ubaba Mhabahaba born and bring the big nation of bakhwanazi i want to know who is his first son and again when we do familygathering we have to do it there bakhwanazi as a whole can some one find out there where”s that place the bakhwanazi”s they can be there i think we can be unite and together i really worried guy”s about as so big family like these separated come on guy”s lets try to unite our self [pleeeeease]
Nkosinathi Mkwanazi
Driefontein, Mpumalanga Province
Ziyangidida lezithakazelo kodwa ngiyajabula ukuthola lokhu esengikutholile kuyangisiza
Sifuna ukufoma igroup yamakhwanazi kulendawo okuthiwa kuseghwane sicela wonke umkwanazi owakhele lezindawo ezilandelayo abambisane nathi
Driefontein, ermelo, Bethal,Standarton,Amersfort nazo zonke ezinye engingakazibalo
Hi Mina nginguyena ngqo uMkhwanazi uShiba ngicela ukwamukelwa Nami ngingowase Daggakraal phakathi kwe Volskrust ne Amersfoort
Hi boet i hear umkhulu wam ozala umama owase Daggakraal naye uthakazela ngo Shiba bt sewashona n nje ngike ngifise ukwazi izithakazelo zakwa Mkhwanazi (Shiba)
Mhh ngangingenkwali yenkc ngangingayib,,im so happy to know about my background
Ngibingelele nami KoShamase! Mina ngifisa ukwazi umlando wami. Ubaba kuthiwa kwakuwuBoy Shodi Mkhwanazi owayezalwa wuMgcala owayenesithembu edume ngokwelapha Eswazini. Onolwazi ngicela angisize bakwethu.🙏
Phambil ngoNKWALI PHAMBILI
THANKS NOW I KNOW MY SURNAME SHAMASE!!!!!!!
Londeka Mkhwanazi
I am very proud of hu i am nd knwng my history!!!! Proudly a MKHWANAZI
Ngyabathanda abant bakwamkhwanaz ondonga abahle, oshamase ngoba banemendo lolB-)
Ngyabathanda olanga osothole abahle sengyazi nendabuk abasuka kuyo from empangen,dondotha jikeni kwasakamthethwa
Ngibingelele
Muhle Umlambo noma ubuye uphambane njengo Mpukunyoni akusiye uMkhwanazi abaKhwanazi bafikela esizweni sakwaMcambi okuyibona oMpukunyoni
Mdolomba ngowakwaMyeni wayakhe mpumalanga naMacambi akengime lapha
Ngiyafisa ukwazi ukuthi Ababa Nkeli abakwabani inkosi ibusise.
Ngyababonga bakithi ondonga ,mveyane ,Mpukunyoni,MaMadubandlela ,Sodilikazi ,Mpande KayiphiKiswa oyiphikosayo uyazithwala, sengyayazi imvelaphi yami! Thank you The Rocks
Mhmmm Nice…I’d like to send a shout out to all the mkwanazi’s out there I love y’all (•_-)
Mmmmm ngithi angbonge nam ukuzwa ngomlando woVeyane aw ngithi nje nginthanda nonke bosoMkhele abahle
What about the Shiba. i am a Shiba Mkhwanazi
Wamuhle umlando wo Ndonga bakith
Angibingelele ngenkulu inhlonipho.Ngiqale ngixolise ukubhala lokhu kule platform. Mina ngicela ukufuniswa uzalo lukaMatsheketshe Mkhwanazi
ozala uJuma Mkhwanazi please sengihluphekile angizazi kahle.asbonge