PLEA TO REINSTATE THE MPOFANA CHIEFDOM

I am a Mpofana & not exactly proud of that fact but believe in justice & see it fit that we as the Mpofana obtain our former lands, these being:

• the area where my ancestor Geya lived by Harding, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa,

• the area south of Durban (known as The Bluff) & surrounds,

• the area where Mpofana Local Municipality currently is.

These could be three chiefdoms where three Mpofana kings/chiefs (Swazi or Zulu-speaking) could rule over. N. B. Any Mpofana that lives in those areas to be chiefs. It would be strange having a chief that does not live in his chiefdom.

We see all these tribes & families getting their lands back because of South Africa's land restitution programme & I see fit that the Mpofana should obtain the lands they ruled just two centuries ago.

History of the Mpofana by Mthoko M. Mpofana

I'm not very traditional, I'm more straightforward & basic & often disregard cultural nuances so this history of the Mpofana tribe is going to be as direct & concise as possible. Growing up, I grew up knowing that the clan praises or izithakazelo of the Mpofana are "Zulu" & "Ntombela", I never questioned that. What I know now for sure is that there's a lot more that's hidden in history. What I keep seeing being repeated from various sources is that the Mpofana were part of the Amazizi (or AmaTiti) tribe. I now know that in the midlands & perhaps further north, up to the northwestern parts of KZN, they use the greeting "MaZizi okuhlala", perhaps alluding to the fact that the Mpofana as well as other Amazizi tribes were among the original tribes to settle in present-day KZN from 200 AD onwards & the "Dlamini" praise or greeting was used among all Dlamini tribes i. e. the Amahlubi, Amazizi (Mtiti), Hlangwini...

Why "KwaTu"?

We are all "Tu": In many, if not, most of the major indigenous languages in Africa, there's the "tu" suffix or "tu" in the body of the word meaning "a person" (NB: It can be spelt differently depending on accents, in some African languages it's "-du" & others "-tho".). " Tu " may be the best name for Africa collectively. Hausa: Person ~ Mu tu m Igbo: People ~ Ndị mma dụ Swahili: Person or people ~ M tu au wa tu Maybe Tu is too short a word to call a continent so we add the place name prefix "kwa" (meaning at/for) present in Swahili, Kinyarwanda, Zulu & other African languages to make Kwatu or KwaTu .

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