Another SA King set to visit Zimbabwe to celebrate cultural heritage

Another South African King is expected in Zimbabwe in June this year to celebrate the cultural heritage of the Amangwe people, a sub-section of the Ndebele nation.

King Ntshosho II of the Amangwe people in Durban is expected to grace the cultural celebrations of the Amangwe people in Zimbabwe at Chief Wasi Ndiweni of Izimnyama regiment in Plumtree area in June this year.

A spokesman of the Amangwe People's association, Nkosi Ndiweni, said they would hold a meeting today at Sizane high school at Phelandaba in Bulawayo to start planning for the celebrations.

"The commemorations will be done at Chief Wasi's homestead in Macingwane, Plumtree. He (Chief Wasi) is the eldest Ndiweni chief alive after the passing on of Paramount Chief Khayisa Ndiweni. All the Ndiweni Chiefs will attend the commemorations" he said.

King Ntshosho was inaugurated in October last year in Durban.

Ndiweni said the commemorations aimed at reviving the glory of the Amangwe people.

"When the king was inaugurated last year he said he knew there were Amangwe people in Zimbabwe and Swaziland and wanted to know if they were still there.We then met and discussed a way forward and the commemorations will take place on 16 June," he said.

Historian Phathisa Nyathi said the Amangwe people comprise of the Ndiweni, Mbambo and Zwane surnames.

"The Amangwe people are from Durban. It is believed that one of their own, Cikose Ndiweni is the mother of King Mzilikazi. You will realise that King Mzilikazi appointed a lot of Ndiweni chiefs in his nation," he said.

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