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Sinanatelo · siSwati

Mathunjwa

Also spelled Mathunywa, Matfunjwa.

  • PeopleemaSwati
  • Grouping Emafikamuva
  • Surnames recorded Mathunjwa

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

About This Record

What Was Written Down

Kuper's table, as reported, classes the Mathunjwa as late-comers of Sotho origin. A Mathunjwa man, Gugendluyakhe, is named in one version as a royal envoy at the placing of Nzameya Nhlabatsi. Recorded from the sources named on this entry; the wording here is Sibaya's own.

Where This Comes From

Written down by
  • Swaziland Oral History Project, Bonner series (B8): interview with Nyandza Nhlabatsi and Tomoyi Dlamini, kaZameya, 21… — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/WITS/FLOPPYS/DISK3/(B8)NHLA.pdf
  • Swaziland Oral History Project, Bonner series (B8): interview with Nyandza Nhlabatsi and Tomoyi Dlamini, kaZameya, 21… — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/WITS/FLOPPYS/DISK3/(B8)NHLA.pdf (endnote liv and SWOHP_ENDNOTES (reporting KUPER1947 p.233)
  • 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, Emafikamuva (English Wikipedia), read 2026-09-05, Wikimedia Foundation — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emafikamuva

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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