Sinanatelo · siSwati
Tsabedze
Also spelled Tsabetse, Tshabedze.
- PeopleemaSwati
- Grouping disputed: Bemdzabuko (Kuper) | Emakhandzambili (Bonner; Wikipedia Emakhandzambili list)
- Surnames recorded Tsabedze
- Places recorded Mpaka, Eswatini
Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.
About This Record
What Was Written Down
The SWOHP editors record that Bonner treats the Tsabedze as a Sotho group settled on the Lubombo flats before the royal arrival, while Kuper lists them as true Swazi; Thwala 2013 names them among the Emakhandzambili chiefdoms Mswati II attacked. Both readings stand. Recorded from the sources named on this entry; the wording here is Sibaya's own.
Families Tell This Differently
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Where This Comes From
- Written down by
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- Swaziland Oral History Project, Bonner series (A6): interview with Mandlabovu Fakudze, 1970, with endnotes, 1970; printed 2021 — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/WITS/FLOPPYS/DISK1/(A6)FAKU.pdf
- Swaziland Oral History Project, Bonner series (A6): interview with Mandlabovu Fakudze, 1970, with endnotes, 1970; printed 2021 — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/WITS/FLOPPYS/DISK1/(A6)FAKU.pdf (endnote xxxiv (Kuper p.233 bemdzabuko)
- Wikipedia contributors, Emakhandzambili (English Wikipedia), read 2026-09-05, Wikimedia Foundation — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emakhandzambili
- Wikipedia contributors, Swazi people (English Wikipedia), read 2026-09-05, Wikimedia Foundation — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swazi_people (lists Tsabedze as founding)
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