As health methods get better & recovery gets easier for athletes, we find many athletes can push their limits further. I noticed that in some longer distance running events, especially middle distance, some athletes are virtually sprinting them at times i. e. long, brisk strides. You'd think 800 metres or 1500 metres is not possible to sprint without getting a heartattack or a getting a giant cramp but I think it is possible. You load your body with electrolytes, essential oils & water then sprinting 1500 metres is simple to sprint. Marathons & ultra-marathons will always be a jog, slogging around corners trying to keep pace but 800 metres is fairly simple to sprint flat out at short distance pace.
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...