Bloggers have no real relevance except supply content for curious people who have time to waste on the internet so I don't expect my opinion to be taken seriously. But if we could create the best possible South Africa, with all the knowledge & research available, how would such a country look like? Is the existence of South Africa itself really the best thing for it's people? Considering the history of South Africa, if we do the calculations, what is it's future? Will the future of South Africa remain leftist & liberal or will we slowly start wising over to the right (conservativism)? Who will be South African then? And who will be excluded from being South African if this name & "identity" still exists? Countries change, especially ones as unstable as South Africa. Whether change will be good for the average South African or leave him & his kind out in the cold depends on what happens today.
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...