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Sinanatelo · siSwati

Motsa

  • PeopleemaSwati
  • Grouping disputed: Emakhandzambili (Wikipedia citing Matsebula) | Bemdzabuko (Wikipedia uncited list)
  • Surnames recorded Motsa

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About This Record

What Was Written Down

The Motsa supply the king's left-hand ritual queen, the second sesulamsiti (Kuper p.80 as reported in SWOHP_SIMELANE endnote lxi). Mhlaba Motsa was one of the royal functionaries placed by Mswati II over previously autonomous chiefdoms (THWALA2013 p.18). The two Wikipedia lists disagree on grouping and neither reading is chosen here. 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
  • Wikipedia contributors, Emakhandzambili (English Wikipedia), read 2026-09-05, Wikimedia Foundation — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emakhandzambili
  • Wikipedia contributors, Emakhandzambili (English Wikipedia), read 2026-09-05, Wikimedia Foundation — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emakhandzambili (citing MATSEBULA1988 pp.21-22) versus WIKI_SWAZI_PEOPLE (uncited)

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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