Tibati Madvolomafisha Nkambule (died c. February 1895) was the Queen Mother of Swaziland from 1881 to 1889.[4] She was the aunt of King Mbandzeni and following Mbandzeni's death in 1889, she served as the Queen Regent of Swaziland during the minority of King Bhunu, Mbandzeni's son.[4][5]
She was a wife of King Mswati II and the sister of Nandzi Nkambule, King Mbandzeni's mother.[6] Both King Mswati II and Tibati had a son named Logcogco.[6]
Background
Both Tibati and King Mbandzeni's mother, Nandzi Nkambule, were sisters. They were the daughters of Mbandzeni Nkambule, a Swazi chief of the Nkambule clan.[7]
Nandzi was put to death by King Mswati II while Mbandzeni was still young.[6] Mbandzeni was therefore raised by Sisile 'LaMgangeni' Khumalo, another of King Mswati II's wives and mother of the Crown Prince Ludvonga II.[2]
Following the death of King Mswati II in 1868, the Liqoqo, a royal advisory committee, selected LaMgangeni to be Queen regent of Swaziland while her son Ludvonga II was a minor[8] but in 1872 Ludvonga II unexpectedly died from poisoning.[9] Following this period of mourning, LaMgangeni was entrusted once again by the council with identifying a successor amongst Mswati II's sons and she selected Mbandzeni.[9]
In 1881, Mbandzeni put LaMgangeni to death following a fallout with the King[9] and Tibati was named the Queen Mother of Swaziland from 1881 until her death in 1895.[4]
123Bonner, Philip (1983). Kings, Commoners and Concessionaires: The Evolution and Dissolution of the Nineteenth-Century Swazi State. Cambridge: Cambridge U. Press. Page 163
↑Matsebula, JSM (1988): History of Swaziland, 3rd Ed. Longman Penguin Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd. Pages 70 and 73. ISBN9780582031678
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