A FANTASY: If I had my own country...

Flag of the Ningumboan Kingdom.

If I had land to have my own country, it would ideally be 3000 km² & I would be the absolute monarch of this land. It would be an island. Things that would set my country apart from others would be it's education system & various anti-foreign systems. My companies would be the only of their kind allowed in the land to avoid foreign exploitation of the lands resources. It would be a country with three spoken languages Ndebele, Swazi & Zulu. Electricity would be from renewable energy. It would be called the Ningumbo state (KwaNingumbo in local dialects) & Ningumboans would be the citizens of this land. I'd be the first Ningumbo king & my descendants would adopt Ningumbo as a surname but refer to me as their founder; "Mpofana" to be their first king, founder, unifier & where the Ningumbo surname originates. Military service would be mandatory. Other than Ndebele, Swazi & Zulu - Ningumboans would be taught either English, Portuguese, Swahili or French at school. The national sport would be middle distance running with academies accomodating football, basketball, Olympic running events & indigenous games. The capital would be aptly called Mbongeni (KwaMbongeni in indigenous languages). The population would be controlled (i. e. humane reduction policies when too much & population increasing policies when population is too little). Physical Education would be mandatory for all students until the end of school. Symbols would be as below.

Flag of Ningumbo.

Ningumboan coat of arms.

National football team home kit.

National football team away kit.

A little more on the Ningumboan Kingdom:

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...

A little about eSayidi ( Port Shepstone )...

Port Shepstone is a small town on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal known by the locals as "eSayidi". In Port Shepstone, attractions include; Port Shepstone Museum, the annual Sardine Rush, a mall, two shopping centres & the beach. Port Shepstone was settled by British, Boers & Norwegian settlers during colonisation. By Port Shepstone is the suburb of Marburg where it's said Emperor Shaka met with Henry Francis Fynn in 1828 after the Zulu's Mpondoland campaign in present-day Eastern Cape. Descendants of Norwegian settlers in KwaZulu-Natal include cricket all-rounder Lance Klusener & South Africa's most successful football coach Gordon Igesund. Despite many groups living in Port Shepstone including those of east African, west African, southern African, Asian, Arab & American descent, it remains a Zulu-speaking town. Famous names to come from this small town called Port Shepstone include: • Naima Kay (Singer...

What would a white exodus in South Africa mean?

Alright, in my previous blog I mentioned a white & Indian exodus in South Africa. We already joke about white people leaving South Africa for Australia, England or Canada & finding the going tough then coming back to South Africa but what if they were to go to a country where everything would be comfortable for them & they would forget about South Africa. What would become of South Africa? Farmers: We're led to believe that the majority of farmers in South Africa are white so that vaccum would have to be filled & frankly, I don't think the current crop of black farmers can fill the void so we may have to buy food from elsewhere in the world so food prices may increase more than they already have. Skills exit: Some may claim a skills exit in South Africa would leave a vacuum that would be filled by indigenous black professionals & while that may be true, they'll need to obtain the experience that the former non-black people had. No racism: There would ...

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