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Sibaya

Sinanatelo · siSwati

Dladla

  • PeopleemaSwati
  • Grouping disputed: Emafikamuva (Thwala 2013 list; Wikipedia) | Emakhandzambili (Bonner's attacked-chiefdoms list as cited by Thwala 2013)
  • Surnames recorded Dladla

Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.

About This Record

What Was Written Down

Thwala 2013 lists Dladla among the late-comers who were refugees seeking protection, but also among the pre-existing chiefdoms Mswati II attacked. Both readings are kept. Recorded from the sources named on this entry; the wording here is Sibaya's own.

Families Tell This Differently

Families who carry this name tell parts of it differently. Each way it has been told is below.

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 and p.18)
  • Wikipedia contributors, Emafikamuva (English Wikipedia), read 2026-09-05, Wikimedia Foundation — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emafikamuva

Recorded Alongside

  • Bhembe 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.
  • Gamedze Also recorded among the emaSwati.

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