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Sinanatelo · siSwati

Matsebula

Also spelled Mathebula.

  • PeopleemaSwati
  • Grouping Bemdzabuko
  • Surnames recorded Matsebula
  • Places recorded Located, Mahamba

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About This Record

What Was Written Down

Listed among the true Swazi who came with the Dlamini. The Matsebula supply the king's right-hand ritual queen, one of the two wives called sesulamsiti who perform specialist ritual roles (Kuper p.80 as reported in SWOHP_SIMELANE); Mswati II's son Nkhopholo was born of Lozinyanga Matsebula, a sesulamsiti, and was barred from succession by her status. The historian J.S.M. Matsebula and the Hlanze of Lubuli are recorded as related to this clan. Recorded from the sources named on this entry; the wording here is Sibaya's own.

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Where This Comes From

Written down by
  • Thabani Thwala, The Politics of Placing Princes in Historical and Contemporary Swaziland (MA research report, supervisor Philip Bonner), 2013 — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/FHYA%20Depot/Theses%20and%20Dissertations/Thwala_2013_The_Politics_of_Placing_Princes_in_Historical_and_Contemporary_Swaziland.pdf
  • Thabani Thwala, The Politics of Placing Princes in Historical and Contemporary Swaziland (MA research report, supervisor Philip Bonner), 2013 — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/FHYA%20Depot/Theses%20and%20Dissertations/Thwala_2013_The_Politics_of_Placing_Princes_in_Historical_and_Contemporary_Swaziland.pdf (pp.14-15)
  • Wikipedia contributors, Bemdzabuko (English Wikipedia), read 2026-09-05, Wikimedia Foundation — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bemdzabuko (citing MATSEBULA1988 p.21)
  • Wikipedia contributors, Swazi people (English Wikipedia), read 2026-09-05, Wikimedia Foundation — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swazi_people

Recorded Alongside

  • Bhembe Also recorded among the emaSwati.
  • Dladla Also recorded among the emaSwati.
  • Dlamini Also recorded among the emaSwati.
  • Dvuba Also recorded among the emaSwati.
  • Fakudze Also recorded among the emaSwati.
  • Gama Also recorded among the emaSwati.

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