User:DLAMINI VALASHIYA

According to insufficient infomation I got. A lot has not been written about the VALASHIYA family, I have done lot of research but there is lack of information from our elders. Little is known. VALASHIYAs are the descendants of MTITI (MZIZI) They are DLAMINIs by blood.You will find them concentrated mainly in Herschel and Matatiele but they are also scattered like all other Dlaminis in Eastern Cape and other parts of South Africa. They migrated from beyond the THUKELA (Tugela) river to Easten Cape during the iMfecane around the 1800s. However the concentration is mainly on VALASHIYA and his descendants they are lost in thier genealogy of how they came to be. They follow and praises the genealogy of other Zizi,but that is due to lack of information, AmaZizi or are all related, and they were once mixed in history that is why you will find for example lots of VALASHIYAs when doing praise they will use JAMA KA SIJADU that is very popular among the Zizi youth of any Zizi House, I have seen this in elders too. However need to know your actual geneology so that you teach others proper information.

VALASHIYA came from the third house of Zizi sons: Langa, Lamyeni, NDLOVU, Tenya, Jama.

Therefore:

DLAMINI II MZIZI II NDLOVU ZITHA MLAMBO MANGXAMA VEZI MABANDLA MAKHALUZA THUKELA BHESHUDE/MBHEYANA SANDLULUBE CADU GOBENI LUKHUZO NGCA VALASHIYA

Remember the focus is only on VALASHIYA. According to source HE had four Sons that are known in MATATIELE, THEY ARE:

DAMANE CADU MBOLA MHLONTLO

These sons they Migrated or came from Herschel to MATATIELE looking for greener pasture in the mid 1800s, they were wealthy with life stock. They left their main family In Herschel. They setled along LeSotho Drackensburg Mountains Maletsonyane. MBOLA and CADU were twins and MHLONTLO was Imfusi. It is said that Mbola went back to Herschel and took his brothers wives to himself.

DAMANE begot the VALASHIYAs that you find in Madumeleng in MATATIELE his Sons were:

Dawede Mthukuthelwa Libhudu Mfundisi Nyeke I Kotso Tijana Nomatyala ( Daughter )

CADU begot the VALASHIYAs that you find in Mrena Lebenya Teritory his Sons were:

Dolosi Bhoki

And MHLONTLO begot these sons:

Masisinothi Bheyiman Velem Mbhono and Mtshetshe

VALASHIYA clan praise they would say:

"Dlamini, Zizi ,Mlambo ongawelwa, owelwa zinkonjane zodwa zona zibhabha phezu, sbhabhalala esakhaba uVezi, Ntini enamaphango amabini , Thole leSilo , kwatsi ngemi emfazwe, batsi tsatsani itigomo tetsu nisisalisele umbone wecaba, Batsi itsaba ni leya Matiti yiSandlulube Dlamini, AmaZizi amnyama nenkomo zawo."

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