Makhuza-Tembe branch

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The Makhuza-Tembe branch was the inland royal lineage of the historic Tembe Kingdom, based in the northern KwaZulu-Natal region of Maputaland. It traces its origins to Prince Makhuza Tembe, the son of Prince Madingi Tembe (one of King Noziyingile Tembe's sons). [1] The branch was established in the late 19th century as a result of a succession dispute against the coastal Ngwanase-Tembe branch, founded by his uncle, Prince Ngwanase Tembe. [1] [2]

Makhuza-Tembe branch
Royal House of the Tembe Kingdom (Inland line)
Reignlate 1800s – immediately dissolved by Portuguese colonial rule [3]
Predecessor Tembe Kingdom
Successor Tembe Tribal Authority

The Makhuza lineage today is incorporated into the Tembe Tribal Authority. Makhuza, before Portuguese colonial authorities overturned his claim to Tembe power and recognised his uncle Prince Ngwanase, he used to rule inland Tembe communities (not coastal Tembe capital). [1]

Following the death of King Noziyingile Tembe, father of Makhuza's father Prince Madingi, in 1886, Makhuza refused to recognise Ngwanase or the regency of Ngwanase's mother Queen Zambili Dlamini, opting instead to establish the parallel Makhuza Tembe branch. [1] Earlier, Makhuza's father, Prince Madingi, had been appointed chief of the inland Tembe territories near the Lubombo Mountains and other inland territories, but when Madingi died, his son Prince Makhuza inherited leadership of the inland portion. [4]

Prince Makhuza contested the legitimacy of the coastal heir, Prince Ngwanase. Portuguese colonial authorities overturned his claim and anointed Prince Ngwanase as the legitimate Chief of Tembe. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Lummis, Trevor (1996). "The Colonial State and the Rise to Dominance of Ngwanase, 1896-1928" (PDF). Phambo Seminar Papers.
  2. ↑ Mthethwa, Dingani. 2002. The Mobilization of History and the Tembe Chieftaincy in Maputaland: 1896–1997 (PDF). MA thesis, University of Natal.
  3. 1 2 Mathebula, Mandla (2017). "Some notes on the early history of the Tembe, 1280 AD–1800 AD (PDF)". New Contree. 78: 102.
  4. ↑ Kloppers, Roelie J. (2003). The History and Representation of the History of the Mabudu‑Tembe (MA thesis). University of Stellenbosch.
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