A.HISTORICAL
BACKGROUND OF THE MSANE TRIBE
1. Let me first clarify this so that there is no
confusion among the entire Msane tribe people, and the public at large.
Msane or Msani is the same word, depending on which
vowel you use at the end, “ë” or “i”, there is no difference (ayikho into
okuthiwa isbongo fanana), “izithakazelo” are the same, and it is also possible for members of the
same family to use different vowels at the end of the surname.
The Msane Clan has a deep and rich history in all
walks of life, which is why I would like to trace it from ancient times to the
depths of its richness, reviving it from before the arrival of whites in this
African land, as from 1652 (Arrival of European Settlers) and I bring this up
long before the reign of King Shaka of Senzangakhona of the present Zulu
nation, the potter and founder of the Zulu nation by swallowing other nations
(he is not the creator of the Nations).
HOW DID THE MSANE TRIBE GOT INCOPORATED INTO THE ZULU
TRIBE (ZULU NATION)
When King Shaka Zulu of the Zulu clan took over the
throne from his father Senzangakhona after his overthrow in 1815, Shaka used
ingenuity and cunning to devour other tribes, which when he succeeded in using
the tribal warriors to attack another, then conquered the tribe then they
called it the Zulu nation.
He started by kidnapping the women and children of the
tribe because the men were the ones who were waging war, hiding in the bushes. The
same thing happened to the Msane (Msane Clan) tribe which was under the rule of
its King Nxaba Ka Mbhekane ka Sontuli of Msane, and was attacked by Shaka's
army on several occasions not a war-torn country, it was a nation dedicated to
cultivating land, raising livestock, hunting, and even carving wood (Ref; Olden Times: Bryant, Page 278 -282).
The hero of the Msane clan, was Mgobhozi Msane - who
came down from the mountain (Mthekwini Mountain-Hluhluwe), was the one who had
the extraordinary courage to defend the Msane clan from the enemy. Shaka was
the one who managed to persuade him to take him into his army called Dlangezwa,
which he used to defeat the Ndwandwe tribe led by Zwide ka Langa, who also
killed Mgobhozi from the Hill eZindololwaneni, at Magudu Region, then came
under the control of the Zulu Clan.
WHERE ARE THE ORIGIN OF MSANE CLAN PEOPLE
The origins of the people of the Msane tribe as an
independent clan pre-Shakan Zulu nation, with its own monarchy or tradition
according to God the creator of nations, in the history of early historians,
and heritage custodians.
The Msane clan people hails from Hluhluwe, below or
behind Mt. Mthekwini, where their king's royal palace was situated, near
Sontuli loop, along Mzinene River, and information is still in the archives and
libraries currently available.
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That is where the ruins of the King's Palace of the
Msane people, King Sontuli Msane, father to Nxaba Msane and Mgobhozi Msane,
came into existence. It is said that the Msane people were united, respectful ,
courageous and active, and didi not even keeping weapons to slay each other, in
such a way that the enemies struggled to enter, which took Shaka's ingenuity so
skillfully that he could acquire Mgobhozi's skills in order to win the Msane
tribe into his monarchy.
The Msane tribal huts were made of fine grass and
special materials. No one was as busy as the rest of the Msane people, the way
they introduced andf present themselves as royal clan. The people of Msane
worked hard to cultivate famine-stricken lands, were able to grow their own
colorful corn called "uGidigidi"
or “uGadigadi”, and they used their own plows to cultivate, no one had time
to carve a weapon to kill other members of his tribe.
Nxaba ka Mbhekane had strict instructions, with a keen
eye for his nation to behave in the right way. They liked to make things like
pottery for traditional liquor, and drinks made from milled corn, as well as
beautiful decorative objects, because they had their own place where they dug
the clay called Nhlokohlela.
They loved to go into the forests and cut wood for
carving objects such as spoons, food and meat hats, and tables. They loved to
weave rugs, sun hats, and tan skins. Vegetable baskets were made of high
quality grass.
FOOD AND WEALTH OF THE MSANE CLAN PEOPLE
The economy, food and resources of the Msane people
depended on the natural resources of the creator, as they worked hard on the
land, planting, and tending livestock, raising herds of cattle, goats, sheep,
chickens, pigs, dogs, horses or donkeys that roamed the land, and the donkeys
that carried the loads when they returned from the fields.
The Msane people were a very active people, not only
in strength but also in mind. It was a nation that used its imagination to
create things that would be useful to it before the pressure to seek supremacy
over other nations, to be deprived of power and the right to self-determination
as a nation.
In some ways the thinking of the Msane people did not
depend on any other tribe, but on their creator. Things originated from the
ancestral origins of traditional economic independence.
SHAKA KA SENZANGAKONA TOOK NOTICE OF THIS MARVELOUS
NATION – MSANE TRIBE
Shaka ka Senzakhona of the Zulu Clan, recognized the
Msane tribe, who wanted independence and prosperity in their activities, and at
the same time, succeeded in getting Mgobhozi Msane to persuade him to join the
Zulu monarchy, and assigned him to a local settlement it is home to the Msane
people who follow him, part of which has been built in modern houses called
township called Kwa Msane Township, and traditional settlement along Umfolozi
River.
The people of the Msane tribe were dispersed and some
fled into the bush and lost their lives to the Msane chiefs, worshiping under
other chiefs who fled to them before the battle of the Shaka army.
King Nxaba of Mbhekane Msane resisted to submit Msane
tribe kingdom escaped with his tribe and associate clans down the district to
Nquthu and rebuilt another palace with his children and wives, as the one in
Hluhluwe which was burned down by Shaka's army. When Shaka heard that King
Nxaba had relocated to Nquthu he sent his troops to attack the Msane people and
burn down his palace and confiscate all his livestock and children and wives,
which was a very difficult situation for Nxaba.
The King of the Msane tribe did not wanted to be under
control of Shaka Zulu, so much so that he decided to flee to Swaziland.
Nxaba ka Mbheka had no plans to retaliate against
Shaka Zulu's attack, but aimed to protect his nation
so that it could stand on its own two feet and develop itself at its will. At
that time the Msane people were left along the way, some remained in Swaziland (that’s why you find Msane tribe people in
Swaziland), came under Swazi rule, and continued across the Zambesi River,
until they reached the banks of the Busi River in the Portuguese colony in
Mozambique where they settled with that small group of people they still clung
to him, built a ruin and ruled for 10 years, and then bowed to King Nxaba Ka
Mbhekane Msane.
IN BRIEF LET'S LOOK AT THE BIRTH AND GROWTH OF KING
SHAKA ZULU AND HIS ENTRY INTO THE ZULU KINGDOM AND HIS INVASION OF OTHER
NATIONS.
Someone may have wondered why Shaka attacked so many
other tribes, perhaps because he was not at peace, or because these other
tribes were a danger to the Zulu nation. According to tradition, Shaka was born
out of wedlock to his father Senzangakhona, a cousin of Malangeni's daughter
Nandi, with whom he had a secret affair. When she came to tell him, after Nandi
was pregnant, Senzakhona responded to her request that Nandi should examine
herself, perhaps she was sick suffering from decease called 'shark'.
Nandi's love affair withSenzangakhona was a secret,
because when it became clear that Nandi was indeed pregnant, Senzangakhona took
her and made her his third Queen. Nandi gave birth to a baby boy, and they
called him Shaka, and lived with Senzakhona at his home in esiKlebheni near
Babanango, where there is a place called Makhosini where the amakhosi were
buried.
The relationship between Nandi and Senzangakhona was
not good at the Palace, and when Shaka was six years old he killed a dog and
his mother Nandi was still in a loggerheads with her father Senzangakhona, then
they relocated to Nandi’s home , it was difficult for Shaka to grow up in
Malangeni at Nandi's mother's house, because he was constantly being bullied
and ridiculed by other boys his age who told him he was a fatherless child. He
grew up fighting with his uncle's other boys in Malangeni. Nandi even tried to
run him away to live under the Mthethwa tribe ruled by King Dingiswayo where
Nandi's sister was married.
At Mthethwa's house they received him with great joy
and friendship, and it is said that he came to be the same as the boys he grew
up with at Mthethwa's house and they always teased him and called him names,
which made Shaka grow up with a bad heart and a little cruelty.
When he was 23 years old, King Dingiswayo enlisted him
in his army called iziChwe, because of his height and the great courage he
showed in him. It was there that he was nicknamed ‘Nodumehlezi’ (the one who
when seated causes the earth to rumble).
Here I do not mean to denigrate Shaka or to disgrace
him in terms of his history, the history of the Msane tribe I am trying to
clarify and to analyse why the Msane clan became one of the victims of Shaka's
wars, it was because it was a wrong nation.
We need to re-examine ourselves by discovering the
history of King Shaka Zulu, in which we will come to understand that all the
riots were heretics, but the aim is not to incite hatred that can stir up war,
but to build peace and the affected generation to apologize to their ancestors,
because now we are living under situation, where Zulu tribe people do not want
to accept historical facts, and want Shaka to be regarded as if he was the
saint or angel, they become angry or irritated if you tell history as written
on records by those who close to the truth.
After the death of his father, King Senzangakhona in
1816, Dingiswayo helped Shaka with his army to assassinate his older brother
S’gujana, who was supposed to take over the throne after Sezangakhona's
overthrow and Shaka succeeded in killing his brother S'gujana. “At that time
the Msane (Msane Clan) tribe was cultivating themselves without any problems
because they were not involved in the riots involving the Zulu (Zulu Clan)
tribe because they were plowing fields, forming camps and pots, grazing cattle.
Shaka then usurped the throne of his father Senzangakhona after killing
S’gujana his older brother.
Shaka was born and raised under difficult
circumstances, his father did not get along with his mother, he was abused by
other boys his age spiritually and mentally where they lived with his mother
under the Malangeni tribe and under the Mthethwa tribe.
He started fighting at a young age in Dingiswayo's
army. He received the Zulu kingship with great cruelty and power, not because
it was his birthright to usurp the Zulu throne. During his reign he ruled with
a grudge against those who mocked him when he was young. So many people died
during Shaka's reign because he grew up with a bad heart and hatred.
The influence of the invasion of other tribes I think
was due to the circumstances in which Shaka was raised, not just from memory
because there were good intentions to form one nation. If we analyze the
current situation where the right to life of all people should be respected, I
think what was happening at the time violated the rights of other people, as
well as other nations.
The Msane people were dispersed, and those who chose
to submit to Shaka's wrath followed Mgobhozi father of Nongqewu, a former Msane
warrior, who joined Shaka's army, which eventually came under Zulu rule. Shaka
allotted to Mgobhozi a large piece of land from which Shaka had taken
possession of it, which came to be known as Zulu (Zululand), because Shaka had
pushed out other tribes. The tribal people who chose to live under Shaka's
rule, were then called Zulus because the chiefs of their tribes had been
overthrown.
King Nxaba
Msane of Mbhekane refused to submit to the tyranny, and Shaka's rage to be
subjugated by the Zulu people, but chose to move northward to the land of his
Ancestors and his people and to the sub-clans of the Msane tribe until it
brought In Swazi, it was also unstable because it did not want to be ruled by
the people of its own nation, but it wanted to govern itself, to educate itself
on the culture and way of life that would prosper its people. Some of the Msane
descendants chose to remain in Swaziland and served under the Swazi monarchy,
Nxaba and others crossed the Zambesi River to the Portuguese now known as
Mozambique, settled on the banks of the Busi River in Mozambique where they
ruled for ten years and then took over. Shabangu.
According to legend, it is understood that some Msane
chiefs fled to the South Coast, led by King Khothweni Nonjonjo of the Msane
tribe in 1829, and became confused whether it was Shaka's army or were pushed
by Dingane's forces called '' isiDindi soMtshiki, because it was then that
Dingane and his brother Mhlangano killed Shaka, where they searched for forests
and built houses to settle in, before the whites could even see the coastal
area.
The whites came to Shaka in the north of the province.
The Zulu clan wars between Shaka and Dingane greatly disturbed the other
tribes, as the Msane tribe was dispersed, its people worshiping under other
tribal chiefs who were far from being invaded. When they recount the history
they know, they say that King Nonjonjo came and settled in a place called
Mzinto, where it is now called Vita by the arrival of these whites before they
took over the land. The Msane clan people are still scattered in all four
corners of the globe, not only in the province now known as KwaZulu / Natal but
also in other provinces and in neighboring countries, and even overseas, with
some changing their surnames to titi, and then to foreign languages.
You can find some in the townships, who do not know
what it really is because our ancestors left some of the land undisclosed
because of the oppression they were under under the British Colonial Government
under the British Empire. Before I go into the brief descriptions of the
arrival of whites, the transformation of the white supremacy, the abolition of
the traditional monarchy, the white supremacist laws and the confiscation of
our ancestral lands, let me shed some light on how we, Msane, first know who we
are. well, they also have to tell us who they are.
HOUSEHOLD OF THE PEOPLE OF THE MSANE TRIBE - VISIT
THEIR DIFFERENCES. FROM THE FIRST GENERATION TO THE FOURTH
1. House of Nxaba ka Mbhekane ka Sontuli
2. Nonqewu's house in Mgobhozi ka Sontuli
3. Nonjadambedu House of Nonjonjo
4. Vangise Household 5. Zashula's Majoka House
6. Bangela's House
7. Ntelezi's House of Khukhulela
8. The House of Ka Mnyama ka Tomu
9. Somtala ka Mshavu House
10. Zabheda ka Mshavu's house
11. Ntshhipheni Household
12. Mayinga Household
13. The house of Mvune ka Ndindi …………… there are still
some houses that have not been exposed because the people of the Msane tribe
are still hiding in the bush, fearing the old wars and thinking that they may
rise up and harass them where they are. Come on Msane, let's meet. All these I
have listed above are the palaces, and then there is the great house which is
in charge of the throne.
Traditional
settlement households, on the northern region of the Province Of KwaZulu/Natal
are as follow:
1. Indlu yaKwaZoneyane
2. Indlu yase Bhuyandlebe
3. Indlu yase Kwendemeni
4. Indlu yase Mhawini
5. Indlu yaseNqiwaneni
6. Indlu yakwaBhekukuphiwa
7. Indlu yaseZihlazini
8. Indlu yaseNkodibe
9. Indlu yakwaZitike
10. Indlu yakwaMtengihlupha
11. Indlu yas’Ogobeni ( Nxaba’s household)
12. Indlu yase Mthungululu
13. Indlu yase Mzongololo, ezase Swazini nase
Mozambique zona azikaveli obala.
IZITHAKAZELO ARE AS FOLLOWS
I like to clarify the issue of izithakazelo because
many are still confused. Many called me on my phone to find out if a particular
surname belonged to Msane or not. I also try my best to try to analyze how it
is possible for one surname to fall under another surname. In ancient times, it
was common for one surname to belong to another, so-called (sub-clan), not
because it was a single surname or a group of people who could not marry and
build a house. Izithakazelo have diverged but the important thing is that we
are one clan, until the house first uses the name of its great-grandfather as
isithakazelo. That is why there was a great uproar from the clans when it came
to issues of national sovereignty, and the throne.
Izithakazelo zakwa Msane/Msani
Majoka, Vangise, Delela,
Mthantahtwa,
Mnguni was'Ondini
Nxaba ka Mbhekane owabhekana nezigigaba
Wena we Kunene,
Nonqewu kaMgobhozi owehl’ entabeni,
Vangise, Nonjonjo,
Madl’ isbindi sengonyama abanye bedl’’ esenkomo ,
Lombo ka Lokothwayo, onga lokothwa,
Mvune, owavuna kuqala, abanye bengakavuni,
Joka lensimbi
elingaphuki, elahlula abafokazane,
Mntimande
Mageza ngobisi abanye beza ngamanzi nzi !
N.B. This historical information was expressed live on
Vuma FM by Zwakele Msane on the 26th June 2013, on Felix Hlophe Morning Show.
10. PIONEERS WHO HAVE ENRICHED THE HISTORY OF THE MSANE TRIBE
(a)
NXABA KA MBHEKANE MSANE:
King of
the Msane Clan King in 1789, before the reign of the Zulu king, Shaka ka
Senzangakhona.
(b) MGOBHOZI FATHER OF NONGQEWU MSANE: The Msane warrior, who impressed the heavenly king Shaka ka
Senzakhona, urged him to lead his army and attack other tribes.
(c) KHUKHULELA MSANE FATHER OF NTELEZI MSANE:
The Prime Minister of King Mngeni Msane, the Locusts
on the South Coast, and a former Anti-Pox Tax Activist, was arrested for
opposing the British colonial government and its oppressive laws. in this
country, imprisoned in an island prison called St.. Helena, in 1906.
(d) SAUL MSANE: The
intellectual elite, intellectual, and activist of the 1913, Natives Land Act,
who also fought against the British and their governments to deprive black indigenous
people of their land rights. He was also one of the pioneers of the founding of
the ruling party in 1912, the African National Congress, and Dr. John
Langalibalele Dube, Josiah Gumede, Sol Ka Plaatjie and others.
HISTORY OF THE MSANE CLAN PEOPLE I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE
AN EXAMPLE OF THE ISRAEL CHILDREN OF THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL WHICH WE LEARN ABOUT
IN THE BIBLE
I would like to give an example of the Msane people,
comparing them to the children of Israel we read about in the Bible, about
their history and how they lived under the hand of Pharaoh in Egypt before God
sent Moses to deliver them from slavery in Egypt, and to deliver them into the
hand of Midian. because of their disobedience to the children of Israel even
though God had delivered them out of slavery in Egypt.
I was contacted by one of the brothers from across the
Thukela River near Mfolozi River by telephone to inform me that they're are
returning from the Zulu King, the reigning King Zwelithini Zulu, to discuss the
restoration of Msane's throne, Nxaba ka Mbhekane. The beast was offered and
slaughtered for them and his team in exchange of three cattle they brought for
the king, and the king was so happy when the Msane tribal council envoy
arrived, they even accuse the people of Msane of saying that they should not
blame Zulu monarchy for not returning the throne of Msane, because he was
sitting on the throne of his ancestors.
Due to ignorance and lack of enlightenment, it was a
mistake made by us Msane people not to fight for the return of the Msane
throne, our ancestors o Nxaba ka Mbhekane, o Mgobhosi father of Nongqewu, all
and Nonjonjo ka Noncadambedu, but we wish we could get positions in the Zulu
kingdom, if we the King of the Zulu tribe bows, one of the Zulus lives, the
Msane tribe will never be placed over the Zulu nation.
God delivered the children of Israel from Egypt and
took them to the land He had promised them, but they forgot that God was King
and disobeyed Him, and obeyed other kings who became Gentiles. Since God had
used Moses to deliver the children of Israel, there came a time when Moses was
too old to cross the Jordan with the children of Israel, as the Lord had said
to him. Deuteronomy 31: 1-8, And Moses
said unto the children of Israel, “I am an hundred and twenty years old this
day; Jehovah hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan. But the
LORD thy God shall go over before thee, and shall destroy these nations from
before thee, and thou shalt possess them: Joshua will cross over ahead of you,
as the Lord has said”.
And the LORD shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and
to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed. And
the LORD shall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto them
according unto all the commandments which I have commanded you.
“Be
strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy
God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
" I think that as the Msane Clan, our forefathers threw
it out of the way, because I can see in history that some of our
great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great
of Mbhekane, Saul Msane, Ntelezi ka Khukhulela Msane, Mgobhozi ka Nongqiwu and
others who were part of the Msane tribe but had no other surname people of
Israel, saying, "Be strong and courageous, and do not be afraid or
terrified because of them; and he called for Joshua, and said unto him in the
sight of all the people of Israel, Be strong and of a good courage; You shall
go with this people into the land which Yahweh swore to their fathers to give
them; you will cause them to inherit it.
Jehovah is the one marching before you, and he will be
with you; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee; do not be afraid; do not be
afraid, '' Such a task of restoring dignity and the throne of the nation,
requires real men who are obedient to what God says to them, without fear,
because when God chooses you to do hard work, He also gives you the courage and
strength to do that work.
He
says in Isaiah 41: 8-13, "But thou, Israel, my servant Jacob, whom I have
chosen, the seed of Abraham my beloved, whom I have taken from the ends of the
earth, have called thee in my chambers, and said unto thee, Thou art my
servant; be with thee:
MSANE TRIBE HISTORY vs MKHWANAZI TRIBE HISTORY
MSANE TRIBE HERITAGE TRUST is an
organization registered with the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial High Court. It was
established on 25 July 2014, following a series of meetings of the Msane tribe
North and South Coast of the Province of KwaZulu / Natal. Objectives of the
organisation's constitution,
1. To collect all the history of the origins and
traditional dynasty of the Msane Tribe.
2. To protect the trace of the true history, land and
heritage of the Msane Nation.
3. To fight for the revival of the Msane throne and
the land in which the people of the Msane tribe, ruled, farmed and owned land
before the Colonial Empire under the British Queen Victoria.
4. To pay tribute to the heroes and heroines of the
people of the Msane Tribe who hotly opposed the British laws of trampling on
the traditional culture of all the tribes that made up this region.
5. Working with other nations to develop the province
of KwaZulu / Natal.
As the people of the Msane Tribe who are at the
forefront of the struggle for national dignity, we know and understand that it
will not be easy for the Mkhwanazis of bakwa Mthethwa and the Chilizas of Henry
Francis Fynn at the South Coast generation to accept and embrace the true
history of the Msane Nation, as it is not easy to step down, where they're
currently governing on behalf of the Msane Tribal Auyhority.
1.HISTORY OF BAKWA-MKHWANAZI
If I read the history of the Mkhwanazis who are also
known as the Mpukunyoni family, I find that they came from Swaziland, then down
the Ingwavuma River, following the Mthethwa family because there was some
connection between them. It is alleged that they went down to the
Thabethe-dominated area, but could not find a place to stay. They passed by the
Mafu-dominated area of Mngomezulu, where they did not receive a warm welcome,
forcing them to go to the beach.
On their way they split up. The group led by Mnyenyeza
moved inland and settled near the Mncwangeni tribe, between the Hluhluwe and
Nyalazi rivers.
There they called themselves Mnqobokazi. They are said
to be living in the area in great peace. It was not until the Zulu army, Dlangezwa,
was deployed to attack the Msane family of Mnqobokazi that they were also
attacked. As I said, the people of Mnqobokazi are the people of Mnyenyeza of
Mpukunyoni, Mnyenyeza fathered Wokoza, and he fathered Nkomo, from whom the
Nkomo people descended. The second group of Mpukunyoni was led by Mdolomba, who
crossed the Nyalazi to Mthethwa. They called themselves the Mkhwanazis.
In Mthethwa's time, Khayi ruled, and he formed a
strong bond with the people of Mkhwanazi, part of Mpukunyoni. When Dingiswayo
was buried in Mthethwa's house, Mkhwanazi's house was ruled by Vilana son of
Cunge of Mdolomba. Vilana is said to have been one of the pillars of
Dingiswayo's house, which was called Shenni.
He later became a chief. Because he was once the
king's tail, the people of Mkhwanazi were called Nkwali yeNkosi, in honor of
the king's tail. The people of Mkhwanazi were now called Zembe. Malanda,
Vilana's son, married Mpande's sister Ntikili, who gave birth to Somkhele,
Mtubatuba's father. That is why there is the town of Mtubatuba in the land of
Mpukunyoni, following the name of Mtubatuba. The town is also known as
KwaNkomokayixoshwa - because it is said that if a cow ran away to be
slaughtered, King Mtubatuba told him to stop, not chase him away, and then kill
another.
History records makes it clear that the Mkhwanazis
came to the Msane clan, joined forces with Shaka Dlangezwa's army to attack the
Msane tribe led by Nxaba ka Mbhekane, because they were strong and independent
because of King Nxaba. It is clear that by the time they reached the Thabethe
and Mngomezulu families, they were not yet able to attack them. The Mkhwanazis
did not come with the Msanes from Swaziland, and that Msanes are from the
Mkhwanazis in the vicinity of the Mkhwanazis.
That means the Msane Traditional Kingdom, you like
history or you don't like it, but history is a history that doesn't change, but
it can be trampled on if the people of that tribe are scared or ignorant, but
those who know it face death because you can't lie that, and I think that on
the 13th of May 2015, as I arrived at the Municipal Council Offices I would be
asked to be allowed to hold a meeting at the City Hall, Mtubatuba Municipality,
and I met with verbal attacks, which I did not expect because I told myself to
come to Government Council offices, not Mkhwanazi Tribe in Mpukunyoni.
We should not have gotten into that debate, I should
have benefited in the right way because I came to the office to help everyone
regardless of party affiliation, or nationality, which I think was a violation
of the South African Local Government Act. Whites and Indians when they come
together in terms of their ethnicity do not get oppressed, but we humans
oppress each other because we know the truth that here we oppress them are people
who have a traditional right to come together according to their nationality,
to discuss issues affecting the nation.
The results of the research, which was not done by me,
but by the Human Research Council of South Africa, in March 2011, for COGTA,
revealed that thirteen Chiefs, appointed in 1879 by Sir Garnet Wolsely in terms
of Colonial politics in the Northern Province / KwaZulu / Natal . Those Kings
were; Hamu kaMpande, Somkhele ka Malanda, (Mthethwa), Mlandela ka Mbiya
(Mthethwa), Mgitshwa kaMvundlana (KwaBiyela), Gawosi (KwaMpungose), John Dunn
(KwaMagwaza), Mfanawendlela kaThanga (KwaZungu), Faku ka Ziningi (KwaNtombela),
Sekethwayo ka Nhlaka (KwaMdlalose), NtshingwayokaMahole (KwaKhoza), Zibhebbu
kaMaphitha (KwaMandlakazi), Hamu (Ngenetsheni), Mgojana ((Magazine), Manyonyoba
(Hlubi).
2.HISTORY OF THE MSANE TRIBE
The history of the Msane tribe is said to have
originated in the Hluhluwe area, behind Umthekwini Mountain, they were a
close-knit community of Mzimela, close to the Mnqobokazi, which is why the
Mnqobokazi were also attacked when Shaka Dlangezwa's army invaded Msane
Kingxxxxx palace. Nowhere does it appear in history that they are from
Swaziland, but only tells that they all left along the way when Nxaba wa
escaping Shaka’s battles. Although there were many in Swaziland, it was because
they dispersed during the brutal and brutal attacks by the Mkhwanazis and
joined Shaka's army.
The houses of the Msane people were set on fire, and
their livestock and land were confiscated, including children and women, while
men fought to protect the Msane tribe's livestock and land. It was then that
the dispersal of the Msane Nation was dispersed as you could find them
scattered throughout the four corners of the globe, not just in the Province of
KwaZulu / Natal. You can find them in Swaziland, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi,
Delagoa Bay, Inhambane, and other provinces in South Africa.
The history of the people of the Msane tribe is
extensive and profound, which makes people tremble and even shake their
stomachs when you recount it in depth. There are people from Msane who have
slept in the mangroves; they are called Chiefs in the traditional land of their
Ancestors, for the sake of avoiding noise and bloodshed, because when a bully
robs you of your own from a powerful war. Terrorism is a thing of the past that
has been passed on to generations, which is why even today you see the chaos
and wars of unnecessary conflicts.
The Msane people are a people who can humble
themselves because they are people who love peace and well-being in all
nations. They are not cowards, they are capable of resisting any war, either
oral or weapons. It is important when such matters are addressed with great care, because the blood of
the Ancestors is still unwashed people of the Msane tribe is roaring in many
places.
Many of the
pioneers of the Msane tribe had a clever brain in shaping the Zulu Nation.
The emerging political monarchy of the Msane Colonial
Empire was located in the Dlomo Tribe of the Makhabeleni Tribal Authority,
where Chief Meyiwa Msane was appointed, used by the whites to suppress the
Dlomo dynasty known as the Makhabeleni, and no one was taken over by the Msane
after Meyiwa's death.
HISTORY
CONTINUES, I was just saying goodbye Mtimande so that even if
we go forward but everything is made clear. The problem is that people are
hard-pressed for money and development
A.BACKGROUND OF UMOBA FARMS (PTY)LTD OPERATING SUGAR
CANE PLANTATION ON THE MSANE TRIBE LAND AT THE SOUTH COAST, UMZINTO
1.Umoba Farms (PTY)LTD, is under the management
agreement of the Kembali Group, currently run a agricultural operation in the
Ifafa District ( Lewisham Farm) covering a total area of approximately 1,750
ha's of which is said used to be Msane tribe historical settlement, and
ancestral gravesites were situated over there , along iFafa River , and around
Umgwembisi forests. Land use consists primarily sugarcane plantation with some
timber. The Group currently cuts in the region of 68, 000 tons of cane per
annum. The total combined annual turnover of these operations is in the region
of R19million.
2. Ownership of the above farms was restored to the
Msane tribe and the Shozi tribe people, referred as Msane Community (unfairly
changed to be Mgai Community) via restitution process in January 2009. Umoba
has entered into a post restitution management agreement with the Msane
community to manage the entire sugarcane plantation operation. This agreement
guarantees a seamless transaction and provides
long-term sustainability of enterprise. The agreement is underpinned by
substantial skills transfer programme and Academy Farm.
3. The area supposed to be currently under Msane tribe
is 760 hectares and the Shozi tribe is 461 hectares.
B. PROPOSED PROCEDURE TO HAND OVER OPERATION.
(a).Immediate beneficiation to the claimant in terms
of income (rental monies)
(b).Working capital requirements to be supplied by
Kembali Group.
(c).Skills transfer plan and Academy Farm to address
the management capacity of the claimant community. (d). Appropriate education
to ensure competent long term management ability.
C.MANAGEMENT OF RESTORED PROPERTIES
1. Although the entire 1750 hectares of land will be
managed as a consolidated operation, the sugarcane deliveries, moveable assets
restoration at the termination of the agreement and the comprehensive skills
transfer programme are to be implemented separately. The Kembali Group provides
finance for all operations with no security or collateral called for from the
claimant community. All machinery and equipment will be owned and labour
employed by the management company. This then means that the company will run
all operations without any upfront payment of funding from the claimant. The
management company as mentioned above comprises of the current land owners who
have been farming in the area and are familiar with the commodities involved in
this restored area.
D.MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
1. The company will appoint a minimum of 10 management
trainee candidates (at least one per annum), employed on a full basis, chosen
from the claimant community, to work on the farms in various capacities. Not
all 10 trainees could work simultaneously on the community farms and thus would
gain experience on other farms within the Group;
*such candidates would need to have passed grade 10
upwards and be willing and able to undergo further education and training;
*would be paid salaries commensurate with their grading
whilst in the employ of the Group,
3.The mentorship program will ensure that the
Claimants communities will have employees with practical skills together with
knowledge and management core at the termination of the management agreement.
4.The trainee candidates will be determined by the
trust's , to undergo studies with the Umoba Academy, as assistant manager. The
basic rate of remuneration will be R30, 420 per annum.
(E). BUSARY PROGRAM
(a). This program would be two fold, for high
school and tertiary level education.
(b).At tertiary level, selected candidates will
qualify for either agricultural College or university education. The budget for
this programme will be R100,00 per annum.
(b). The high school component will concentrate on
agriculture for all commodities. One pupil per annum will attend Weston
Agricultural College from grade 10 through to grade 12. The budget for this
programme is R100, 000 per annum.
(c).The envisage Academy Farm will be situated in
Hibberdene, currently producing some 12,000 tons cane. The transfer of this
land was expected to be concluded by 2009, and thereafter it the full operation
of the enterprise was to be handed over to the Msane tribe trust, which was
fraudulently created as Mgai Trust, with fake IT Registration Number, allocated
to a different trust
(
IT 1352/2008/PMB).
(e).The Kembali Group committed itself to assist with
short term bridging finance to ensure the viability of this venture.
(F).MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT
(a). The equipment as per speculated on the attachment
asset register was to become the property of the Msane Tribe Heritage, which
was register to replace the Mgayi Community Trust, which was discovered to be
fraudulently created to serve interest of known culprits , at the termination
of the management agreement.
(i).The
estimated gross turnover as per the preminary cash flows submitted by the Group
was expected to be in the regions of R11 million per annum. Currently, some
R100,517.00 of rental income belonging to the Msane tribe trust, is warehoused
in the trust account of Alexander's Incorporated. These funds are in the
process of being transferred to the newly opened Community Trust Account. Now
there is serious problem of opportunist and scrupulous syndicates, who are
looting people money and promise them to benefit from those trust funds as
created beneficiaries, which are meant to be granted to rightful beneficiaries
who're descendants of those forebears who were forcefully removed.
(ii).The current rental payable to the Community
equates to 7.0%of the gross turnover. The Skills Transfer Program (mentorship
& busaries), assistance on the Academy Farms and the equipment are in
addition to the rental income.
F.BACKGROUND OF QOLOQOLO, MGAYI AND MTHWALUME
According
to Human Sciences Research Council , research conducted in 2011 for KZN
Department Of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, it states that
the area of Mgaye, Qoloqolo, Mthwalume, Mzinto, Braemar, Malangeni, Kwambiyane,
were originally known as Nkumbini tribe, which was integration of different
tribes including Luthuli clan which was removed from the Isibubulungu, now
known as Bluff, including Chiliza clan, which came along with white chief Henry
Fynn.
They occupied an area stretching from the Msilikazi
Mountain down along the coast. The word Qoloqolo was the name of the place
which was mainly occupied by the Msane tribe , not a tribe or community, that
is why you still find Msane tribe people over there even today.
The Msane tribe people did not break away from the
Nkumbini tribe, because there were not the part of that intergration , they
were long time already there at the South Coast before the arrival of other
tribes.
During 1859, Qoloqolo became to be ruled by Mvundlase
who overpowered indigenous Msane traditional leadership as she was favoured by
British laws, because the colonial government was under process of getting rid
of native traditional leaders.
Mvundlase
invited the American Board missionaries to visit his tribe, who were those
clans that he captured to be under his control, and at the time the Natal
Colonial Government had a plan to establish what do called Mission
Reserves as
distinct from tribal areas. The African who were converted from their
traditional African way of life into Christian way of life wanted to leave
their traditional communities and mission reserves were established for them.
In 1885 the Christian converts requested the Natal Colonial Government that
they also wanted to be a community with an Inkosi (Chief).
That request was granted and the Mthwalume Mission
Reserve community elected their first Inkosi, Shunguza Khumalo, and that is how
installation of traditional leadership began to take its turn ( amaKhosi aqala
ukubekwa ngokukhethwa abantu).
His son did not
succeed him because he was not a Christian, and Mxinwa Zama was elected as
heir. He was chief from 1907 to 1908, and he was succeeded by Jubede Zama
(1908-1923), followed by Isaac Zama ( 1924-1949), and Elijah Zama (1949-1988).
Although the Qoloqolo area predominantly occupied by
Christian community whose amaKhosi were elected, they have since 1907 elected
the amaKhosi from the same family - the Zama family.
Each time the
son of the preceding Inkosi was chosen, giving it semblance of a traditional
succession. A request was again made that the community be regarded as a tribe
in the traditional sense.
Ubukhosi would therefore come from the Zama family. By
agreement, the Qoloqolo have changed from a community authority to a tribal
authority.
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