Peace Corps Siswati - Special Skills

Siswati
Special Skills Handbook
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CONTENTS
Introduction vii
PART I: Swaziland and Africa by G. Mamba 1

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History of the Swazi People and Their Country 2
Map of Swaziland 6
Geography of Swaziland. Climate 8

Industries in Swaziland 12
Map of Southern Africa 16
Swaziland's Neighbors 18
PART II: Culture Through Language 23

Traditional Stories retold by G. Mamba
Chakijane Mjololo is Born 24

Chakijane of Mjololo is Troublesome 30
The Old Woman Ate Her Son -In -Law's Emasi 34
Bilhlaluse Has Been Buried 38
My Bird, Do Like This, "Ntja!" 42
Two Stories by E. Kunene
A Day in the Life of Lomaphupho 48
A Day in the Life of Mandla 52
Proverbs collected by E. Kunene 56
Traditional Medicine--A Review of L. Makhubu

by E. Kunene 68
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PART III: siSwati and Zulu by E. Kunene 71
PART IV: Specialized Vocabulary by E. Sunene 79

Food and Drink 80
Insects and Animals 83
Birds 84
Trees 85
Grasses and Reed:: 86
Traditional Dress and Ornaments 87
Crafts 90
Agriculture 91
PART V: Selections from Umbiki 97
BIBLIOGRAPHY 105
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INTRODUCTION
One purpose of this Handbook is to provide you with cultural

information which will help make your life in Swaziland more interesting.
The second purpose is to provide you with large "chunks" of siSwati to
read, look at, think about and ponder on. This material can be a good
source book for the days after your formal training- program when you
continue to study siSwati on your own. Although we have provided
you with very few explicit instructions on what to do with the material,
by the time you finish your training program you should have come up
with plenty of your own language learning tactics. One of the best
things you can do, however, is sit down with a Swazi and go through
the texts. -- Read them together and comment on them together - -in
siSwati, of course. Do this on a regular basis. Your siSwati will
improve, your knowledge and understanding of Swaziland and Swazis
will grow, and you'll have fun.
In Part I you will find a series of bilingual readings that present
mostly factual information about Swaziland. You may already know all
this information, and if so, fine. This material in its bilingual, facing-
page format can be very useful for expanding your siSwati vocabulary
in areas that are not normal topics of conversation in everyday life.
These readings can prepare you for further reading in books, maga-
zines and newspapers.
Part II presents a series of traditional stories. Use them for
improving your language, but also try to understand their significance
to the Swazi people and their place in Swazi culture. The two stories
by E.C.L. Kunene have contemporary settings, but they too reflect
something about Swazi life and culture. Ask some of your Swazi
friends to read these stories with you and discuss them. The proverbs
and the article on Traditional Medicine are primarily in English, but
still of great potential value to the learner of siSwati. The judicious
use of a proverb or two in your speech and an ability to vse the right
terms in discussing traditional medicine will be very user-11 in your
Swazi acculturation.
Kunene's article comparing siSwati and Zulu is in English, but the
information will increase your awareness of the many similarities and the
significant differences between those closely related languages. If you
want to expand your linguistic skills to Zulu, this article provides a
good starting point.
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The special vocabulary lists in Part IV speak for themselves. You
won't want to learn or even study every word in this list, but becoming
an "expert" on some aspect of life in Swaziland will not only increase
your vocabulary, but will amaze and impress your friends. So what's
your thing: food and drink? birdwatching9 crafts? Pick one out of
our lists or establish your own field of expertise. You will notice that
we have included a few pages so that you can construct your own lists.
Part V is a brief sampling of news stories from the newspaper
Umbiki. Compare the English and siSwati versions and try to construct
your own glossary on the empty "news" glossary page. You will notice
that the final, brief news article does not have an English version.
Try writing your own.
The selected Bibliography suggests a few more books that are
available in Swaziland. We hope this Handbook along with these other
sources stimulate you to keep working on your siSwati during your stay
in Swaziland. It goes without saying that the more siSwati you learn,
the richer your experience will be.
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History of the Swazi People and Their Country*
The yv -- -le of the country now called Swaziland, kiow themselves
as bakaNgw_.,e, the people of Ngwane, or emaSwati, the Swazis. Their
country is known to them as KaNgwane, Ngwane's place, or LaMswati,
Mswati's country.
Swaziland is a kingdom. It is headed by the Ngwenyama ("Lion"),
Sobhuza II. Sobhuza became king in 1921, which means he has ruled
for almost 60 years. No other king has ruled for such a long time in
the whole wide world!
Swaziland got her independence (which translates in siSwati as
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"Govern-Yourself") in 1968. Independence Day is on the 6th of Sept-
ember. Swaziland had been governed by the British.
The languages spoken in Swaziland are siSwati and English.
The first Swazis were a very small group. Most of them were of
the Dlamini clan. They moved from northern Africa, a long time ago,
around 1500. Before they reached the present Swazi soil, they rested
for 200 years at a place called Embo. That is why another name of the
Swazi people is Bembo-Nguni. That place was in the direction where
the sun rises, eastwards of the present Swaziland, on the other side of
the Lubombo mountains. That is why another name of the Swazi people
is emaLangeni, People from the Sun.
King Ngwane III is well known because he awakened the first
Swazis from that long rest of 200 years. Ngwane led them through
many dangers, across the Lubombo Mountains. They came into present
Swazi soil - fa 1750. Ngwane built the first Swazi. royal village at
Zombodze, near the town of Nhlangano, in the Shiseiweni district.
King Mswati II is well known because he was a good warrior.
Mswati was the last Ngwenyama to build the Swazi nation by fightirg
smaller tribes, conquering them, and then bringing them under Swazi
rule.
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History of the Swazi People
Umlandvo wemaSwati nelive Iawo*

Bartfu bakulelive leselibitwa ngeSwaziland, bona batati ngekutsi
bakaNgwane, noma-ke ngekutsi emaSwati. Live labo balati ngekutsi
kukaNgwane, noma-ke kulaMswati.
Live IakaNgwane iingumbuso. Liholwa yi Ngwenyama, Sobhuza
wesibili. Sobhuza waba yinkhosi ngemnyaka wa-1921, lokusho kutsi
sewubuse cishe iminyaka lengemashumi lasitfupha. Ayikho lenye inkhosi
lebuse sikhatsi Iesidze kangaka umhlaba wonkhe ungakanje!
LakaNgwane latfola ndiphethe, noma-ke zibuse, ngemnyaka wa-1968.
Lusuku lwandiphethe ngelwesitfupha, enyangeni yeNyoni. LakaNgwane
.1alikadze libuswa ngeMaNgisi.
Ti limi Ietikhulunywa kaNgwane siSwati nesiNgisi.
Ema Swati ekuqala kwakuliqembu lelincane kabi. Linyenti labo
kwakubakaDiamini. Basuka ngase Nyakatfo neAfrika, kadzeni, ngemin-
yaka yabo 1500. Ngaphambi kokuba bafike kulomhlaba wakaNgwane,
baphumula iminyaka lengemakhulu lamabili endzaweni lekutsiwa kuse-
ebb. Ngiko nje lelinye ligama lemaSwati kutsiwa Bembo-Nguni. Leyo
ndzawo yayingalapho kuphuma lilanga ngakhona, ngasemphumalanga
yalelive IakaNgwane, ngale kwetintsaba teLubombo. Ngiko nje lellnye
ligama lemaSwati kutsiwa ngemaLangeni.
Inkhosi Ngwane wesitsatfu uyatiswa ngoba wawavusa emaSwati
akuqala kuloko kuphumula Iokudze kweminyaka Iengemakhulu lamabili.
Ngwane wawahola emaSwati etingotini Ietinyenti, badzabula etintsabeni
teLubombo. Bafika kulomhlaba wakaNgwane ngemnyaka wa-1750.
Ngwane wakha umphakatsi wekuqala kaZombodze, ngasedoIobheni
laseNhlangano, esifundzeni saseShiselweni. Ngwane. wafa ngemnyaka
wa-1780.
Inkhosi Mswati wesibili uyatiswa ngoba abeliqhawe. Mswati waba
yinkhosi yekugcina kwakha sive semaSwati ngekulwa naletinye tivana,
atehiule, abese utiletsa phansi kwembuso wemaSwati.
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History of the Swazi People
QUESTIONS
1. Give three names of the people of Swaziland.

2. What is the name of the present king of Swaziland?
3. For how many years has this king ruled Swaziland?
4. When is Swazi Independence Day?
5. How many languages are spoken in Swaziland?
6. Where is the place called Embo?
7. Wh.at were the Swazis doing at Embo?
8. In what year did the Swazis come to the present Swazi soil?
9. .In what place was the first Swazi royal village built?
10. How did Bing Mswati build the Swazi nation?
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Umlandvo wemaSwati nave lawo
IMI BUTO
1. Shano emagama Iamatsatfu ebantfu bakulelive lelibitwa ngekutsi

yiSwaziland.
2. Ngubani ligama lalenkhosi lebusako kaNgwane?
3. Mingaki iminyaka ibusa kaNgwane Ienkhosi?
4. Lusuku IwaNdiphethe wemaSwati iunini?
5. Tingaki tilimi letikhulunywa kaNgwane?
6. I kuphi lendzawo lebitwa ngekutsi kuse Embo?
7. Abe entani emaSwati eEmbo?
8. Afika ngamuphi umnyaka emaSwati kulomhlaba wakaNgwane?
9. Umphakatsi wekuciala kaNgwane wakhiwa kuyiphi indzawo?
10. Inkhosi Mswati yasakha kanjani sive semaSwati?

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Swaziland and Africa
Geography of Swaziland: Climate*

Swaziland is the smallest country in Southern Africa. When its
people are counted they number half a million. The area of this
country is 17,363 square. kilometers. Its length, from south to north,
is 192 kilometers, which means 120 miles. The width of this country,
from east to west, is 144 kilometers, which means it is 90 miles.
Even though this country is so small, the regions theIein are
varied, with regard to temperatures, rainfall, trees and grass and
crops that .grow there. These regions are divided into three types.
There is the Highveld, where there are mountains. There is also the
Lowveld, where thorny trees grow thickly. This place as it is (with
thorny trees), is called the bushveld. The third region is midway
between these two, the Middleveld. In this place, the Middleveld, most
Swazis live; they have built their homes. This means that a lot of
agriculture goes on here. People live on the crops they cultivate.
High up in the mountains pine trees are grown. These trees are sent
to Bhunya where they are ground into pulp for making the paper we
write on.
The climate of Swaziland consists of winter and summer. In
summer rains come; it rains and rivers fill up. Summer begins around
September and ends around March. Winter begins around May and ends
around August. At the Highveld it is cold in. winter, especially in the
towns of Sipiki, Mbabane, and Hlatsi. In summer it is very hot at the
Lowveld. It is very hot at Big Bend and LaVumisa. At the towns of
Manzini and Nhlangano it is pleasant and comfortable to work. It is not
too hot and it is not too cold.
Geography of Swaziland: Climate
Kuma Kwelive IakaNgwane: Kushisa nekubandza, netimvula

Live IakaNgwane lincane kunawo onkhe emave eNingizimu yeAfrika.
Bantfu bakhona nababalwa abefiki ngisho nasehhafini yesigidzi,
imiliyoni.
Bukhulu balelive bungema square kilometha langu 17,363. Budze bald,
kusuka eningizimu kuya eryakatho, ngemakilometha Iangu 192, lokusho
kutsi 120 emamayela. Bubanti balelive, kusuka emphumalanga kuya
enshonalanga, ngemakilometha langu 144, lokusho kutsi ngemamayela
langu 90.
Noma lilincane kangaka nje lelive, tigodzi takhona tehlukehlukene
kakhulu, rtfayelana nekushisa, netimvula, netihlahla r.etjani
nekudla
lokumila khona. Letigodzi tehlukene katsatfu. Kukhona lapho kupha-
keme khona, lapho kunetintsaba. Kukhona futsi lapho kubeke khona,
lapho kuhlangene tihlahla letinemanyeva. Kulendzawo lenje kutsiwa
kusehlanzeni. Indzawo yesitsatfu isemkhatsini waieti letimbili. Ku len-
dzawo lesemkhatsini kulapho linyenti lebantfu bakaNgwane bakhe imiti
khona. Loku kushc kutsi kulendzawo kuyalinywa kakhulu.
Bantfu
baphila ngekudla labakulimako. Etulu etintsabeni kuhlanyelwa tihlahla
Cabo phayini. Letihlahla titfunyelwa eBhunya, lapho tigaywa khona tibe
yimphuphu yekwenta emaphepha lawa Iesibhala kuwo.
Kuma kwelive IakaNgwane kuyabuvumela busika nelihlobo. Eh lobo
timvula tiyehla; Iiyana kugcwale imifula. Lihlobo licala kuboSeptember,
Iiye liphele kuboMarch. Busika bucala kuboMeyi, buye buphele kubo-
Agasti. Etigodzini letiphakeme Ic..;ba makhata ebusika, kakhulu emadolo-
bheni aseSipiki, naseMbabane, nakal-ilatsi. Eh lobo kuyashisa kakhulu
etindzaweni letiphansi, letibekile. Kushisa kakhulu eBig Bend naka-
Lavumisa. Emadolobheni akaManzini naseNhlangano kumnandzi, kuyase-
benteka. Akushisi kakhulu futsi akubandzi kakhulu.

Geography of Swaziland: Climate-
QUESTIONS
1. What is the length of the country of Swaziland?

2. How many people are in Swaziland?
3. Into how many regions is Swaziland divided?
4. Where there are mountains it is (low, high).
5. At the bushveld there are trees which have (thorns,
milk)
6. At the bushveld there are (three, many) trees.
7. Where is most agriculture done?
8. Write the name of the place where trees are ground into pulp.
9. Write the name of a town where you would like to work.
10. The town of Nhlangano is in the (Highveld,
Middleveld, Lowveld) region.
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Kuma kwelive IakaNgwane
IMIBUTO
1. Budze belive IakaNgwane bunganani?

2. Bangaki bantfu eveni IakaNgwane?
3. Tehlukene tigaba letingaki tigodzi takaNgwane?
4. Lapho kunetintsaba khona ku
(bekile, phakeme).
5. Ehlanzeni kunetihiahia letine
(manyeva, lubisi).
6. Ehlanzeni tihiahia ti (ntsatfu, nyenti).
7. Kulinywa kakhulu kuphi?
8. Bhala ligama lendzawo lapho kugaywa khona
tihiahia.
9. Bhala lidolobha lapho ungatsandza kusebenta khona.
10. Lidolobha laseNhiangano lisesigodzini se
Middleveld, Lowveld). (Highveld,

Industries in Swaziland*
The Making of Sugar
Iron Or and Asbestos Mining
Growing of Pineapples and Citrus Fruits
Sugar is made from sugar cane. SUgar cane grows best in places
in the Lowveld where it is hot. Sugar cane is cultivated mostly at Big
Bend, at Mh lume and at Simunye. At these three places are sugar mills
to grind sugar cane into sugar. Many Swazis get employed at these
places. Some Swazis work at the mills, pushing the sugar cane inside
so that it can be ground. Other Swazis work at the fields, growing
the sugar -cane which they sell to the owners of the machines. At
Vuvulane is where people grow a lot of sugar cane. Vuvulane is a very
nice place because Swazis work diligently and get good money. As a
result, people from Vuvulane own cars in spite of their not being well
educated people. Work such as this one pre\-3nts Swazis from going to
Johannesburg, instead they work in their country.
Another place where many Swazis work is Ngwenya. At this
place, there is mining, where treasures of the earth are dug out and
bring money to the Swaziland Government. At Ngwenya iron ore is
mined. This iron ore is sent very far away, to Japan where it is pre-
pared and made into useful things such as hoes, ploughs and cooking
pots. Iron ore leaves Ngwenya by train and gets into the ship when it
reaches Maputo, Mozambique, and the ship takes it to Japan.
Pineapple is grown mainly at Malkerns. Citrus fruits are grown
mainly at Ngonini. Both these crops are harvested and brought to the
Libby's cannery at Malkerns. Here the peel is removed from the fruits,
and the fruits cooked a little bit and then sealed in cans, and then
bought by traders who sell it to the people. Most Swazis buy these
foods from the big market at Mahlanya, fresh from the fields before
they go to Libby's. _
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Industries in Swaziland
Imisebenti yenqhubekela phambili kaNgwane

Kwakhiwa kwaShukela
Kumbiwa kweNsimbi
Kulinywa kwaPhayinaphu nemaOlintji
Shukela wakhiwa ngemfe yemoba. Umoba umila kahle
etindzaweni
tasehlanzeni lapho kushisa khona. Umoba ulinywa kakhulu eBig Bend
naseMhlume naseSimunye. Kuletindzawo totintsatfu kukhona imishini
yekugaya umoba ube ngushukela. EmaSwati Iamanyenti atfola
umsebenti
kuletindzawo. Lamanye emaSwati asebenta emishinini
ahlohlele umoba
phakatsi kuze ugaywe. Lamanye emaSwati asebenta
.kulima umoba bese
ayawutsengisa atsengisele banikati bemishini. Lapho
bantfu balima
kakhulu khona umoba kuseVuvulane. EVuvulane kuhle kakhulu
ngoba
emaSwati asebenta ngekukhutsala atfole imali lenhie.
Ngakoke bantfu
baseVuvulane banetimoto ngisho bangafundzanga kakhulu esikoiwent.
Umsebenti lonje wenta emaSwati angayi eJozi,
kepha asebente eveni
lawo.
Lapho emaSwati asebenta abe
manyenti futsi kuseNgwenya.
Kulendzawo kumbiwa tibiyo temhlaba letiletsa imali kuHulumende
wema-
Swati. ENgwenya kumbiwa insimbi. Lensimbi itfunyelwa khashane
eJapan lapho ilungiswa khona ibe tintfo
lesinekutisebentisa, .tintfo
letinjenge makhuba nemabhodo. Insimbi isuka eNgwenya
ngesitimela,
ifike eMaputo eMozambique ingene
emkhunjini, umkhumbi uyitsatse
uyimikise eJapan.
Phayinaphu ulinywa kakhulu eMalkerns. Emaolintji alinywa kakhulu
eNgonini. Kokubili loku kuyavunwa kuletfwe emshinini
wakaLibby
eMalkerns. Laphake kuhlutshwa emakhasi bese
kuphekwaphekwa
kancane bese kuvalelwa etikoteleni, bese kutsengwa banikati
betitolo
bakutsengisele bantfu. Linyenti lemaSwati letidlo
lititsenga emakethe
Ienkhuiu yakuMahlanya, tisaphuma ensimini tingakayi
kaLibby.

Industries in Swaziland
QUESTIONS
1. What is sugar made from?

2. Where in Swaziland is sugar made?
,,
,,.In how many places in Swaziland is sugar made?
4. Why don't Swazis go to Johannesburg much?
5. Where do Swazis grow sugar cane and sell it?
6. Where is iron ore mined in Swaziland?
7. To whom does the money from Ngwenya gat
8. How does iron ore go to Japan? (by car, on foot, on
bicycle, by train, by ship)
9. Where is pineapple growa?
10. What is grown at Ngonini?
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Imisebenti yenqhubekela phambili kaNgwane
IMIBUTO
1. Shukela wakhiwa ngani?

2. Shukela wakhiwa kuphi kaNgwane?
3. Tingaki tindzawo lapho kwakhiwa shukela khona kaNgwane?
4. Yini emaSwati angayi eJozi kakhulu?
5. Kukuphi lapho emaSwati alima khona umoba awutsengise?
6. Insimbi imbiwa kuphi kaNgwane?
7. !mall yemsebenti waseNgwenya iya kubani?
8. lnsimbi ihamba njani kuya eJapan? (ngemoto, ngetinyawo,
ngelibhayisikili, ngesitimela, ngemkhumbi).
9. Phayinaphu ulinywa kuphi?
10. ENgonini kulinywani?
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Southern Africa
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Swaziland's Neighbors*
Geographically Swaziland neighbors with Mozambique and South
Africa. Mozambique is on the east of Swaziland The town of Maputo is
not very far fi-om that of Manzini. When you go to Maputo you pass
through Lomahasha where they ask you for a passport.
Swaziland is almost surrounded by South Africa. On the north.
on the south and on the west Swaziland touches South Africa. What is
good in this is that the South Africans, who are close to the Swaziland
border, are people of the same stock as the Swazis. On the south
there are --Zulus. The Zulus are Ngunis like the Swazis as they are
called Bembo-Ngunis. The oneness of the Swazis and the Zulus can be
seen in their language. The Zulu language and the siSwati language
are almost alike
North of Swaziland, a little to the west, there are South Africans
who are Swazis. These Swazis live in South Africa because that place
was part of Swaziland some time ago. Swaziland was big some time ago.
That big size ended during the reign of King Mswati. Then, when
bou...-tries were marked, it was just incredible, Swadland became small!
Historically, the countries of Lesotho and Botswana are very good
neighbors of Swaziland. In the past, these countries were under
British administration. These countries became neighbors because the
British Government treated them as children of the same mother. There
used to be only one Englishman who would be the highest official living
in Pretoria (South Africa), and administering these three countries
jointly, as a father would. These countries finally learned to do things
together, especially in matters of development. These countries came
together and started a joint university which was called U.B.L.S.
(University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland). Today the British
Government is gone; the three countries eventually got to govern them-
selves.. Each country is now trying to develop its own university.
*Written by G. Mamba ('

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Swaziland's Neighbors
Bomakhelwane belive lakaNgwane

Ngekuma kwalo live IakaNgwane lakhelene
nelaseMozambique kanye
nelaseNingiziniu Afrika. Lase Mozambique
lingasemphumalanga kwelaka-
Ngwane. Lidolobha laseMaputo
alikho khashane kakhulu nelakaManzini.
Uma uya eMaputo wendlula kaLomahasha lapho
bafike bakubute khona
iphas'phothi.
Live lakaNgwane cishe litungeletwe
ngelaseNingizimu Afrika.
Ngasenyaka..no, ngaseningizimu nangasenshonalanga, live lakaNgwane
ligudlana nelaseNincizimu Afrika. Lokuhie kuloku kutsi bantfu
base-
Ningizimu Afrika labangase-mnyeleni logudlana
nelakaNgwane, babantfu
banye nema$wati. Ngaseningizimu kukhona bakaZulu.
Bantfu bakaZulu
beNguni njengawo emaSwati wona kutsiva BemboNguni.
Bunye bema-
Swati nebantfu bakaZulu bubonakala elulwimini lwabo.
Si Zulu nesiSwati
kucishe kufane.
Ngasenyakatho kwelakaNgwane, nekubheka ngasenshonalanga
kancane, kukhona bantfu baseNingizimu Afrika IabangemaSwati.
Lama-
Swati ahiala eNingizimu Afrika ngoba
Ieyo ndzawo kadzeni yayilive
IakaNgwane. Kadzeni live lakaNgwane lalilikhulu.
Lobo bukhulu bagcina
kubusa inkhosi Mswati. Kepha kwatsi nasekwakhiwa
iminyele kwaba
simanga nje, lancipha lakaNgwanel
Ngemlandvo, emave aselusuthu naseButjwana
abakhelwane labakhulu
belive IakaNgwane. Kadzeni lamave omatsatfu abe aphansi kwembuso
wemaNgisi. Lamave aba bomakhelwane
ngoba umbuso wemaNgisi wawa-
phatsa njengebantfwana bamfati munye. LiNgisi
lelikhulu laliba linye
kuphela, lihiale ePitoli, lishaye imitsetfo kuwo omatsatfu
lamave, njen-
gababe wawo. Lamave aze afundza
kuhianganyela uma enta letinye
tintfo tenqhubekela phambili. Lamave ahlangana &pia
iYunivesithi yaba
yinye ibitwa ngekutsi yi U.B.L.S. (University
of Botswana, Lesotho and
Swaziland). Lamuhia umbuso wemaNgisi
sewahamba, !amave omatsatfu
ase ayatibusa. Ngulelo nalelo live
seliyatama kwakha iYurivesithi yalo.

Swaziland's Neighbors
QUESTIONS
1. How many countries touch Swaziland?

2. On which side of Swaziland is the country of Mozambique?
3. What is done at the town of Loinahasha?
4. What is the name of the language spoken by Zulus?
5. Because the - Zulu language is almost like that of the Swazis,
these two nations
6. Write two countries where there are Swazis.
7. Whe-n- was King Mswati in power?
8. What is the word "umnyele" in English?
9. What did the countries of Lesotho, Botswana and Swaziland
do jointly?
10. Why (how) did the countries of Lesotho, Botswana and Swazi-
land become neighbors?
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Bomakhelwane belive IakaNgwane
IMIBUTO
1. Mangaki emave lagudlana nelive IakaNgwane?

2. Live leMozambique 'lime ngakuphi
kwelakaNgwane?
3. Kwentiwani edoiobheni lakaLomahasha?
4. Lulimi lolukhulunywa bakaZulu yini ligama lalo?
5. Ngoba luiimi lwebantfu bakaZulu lucishe lufane
nelulwimi
lwebantfu bakaNgwane, letive totimbili ti
6. Bhala emave lamabili lapho kukhona emaSwati.
7. Lima.' kubusa iNkhosi Mswati, live lakaNgwane lalinganani?
8. Yini leligama lelitsi "umnyele" ngesiNgisi?
9. Emave aseLusuthu
entani?
nelaseButjwana nelakaNgwane ahlangana
10. Emave aseLusuthu nelaseButjwana nelakaNgwane yini aba

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PART II
Culture Through Language
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Culture Through Language: Traditional Stories
Chakijane Mjololo is Born*
It started from ----. The father of a certain house slaughtered a

cow, and the males gathered at the cattle enclosure to eat the meat
from the head of the beast. The mother of the home was pregnant.
Just as the men were sitting hap-Oly at the cattle place, the child in
the mother's stomach was heard speaking. He said "Mother, mother,
give birth to me, you see, my father's cow is getting finished!" The
woman was surprised, she wondered what. kind of a baby talks before it
is born. She kept quiet, and pretended as if she heard
nothing. But,
again, with a loud, impatient yoke now, the child in the stomach said,
"Mother, mother, give birth to me, you see, my father's cow is getting
finished!" Wo!, the Woman had no alternative but to do as the voice
said. She gave birth to the child' and named him
Chakijane Mjololo.
Chakijane grew and became a grown-up just at that time, and knew how
to walk. He said to his mother, "I'm going to the cattle place
where
the men are." Speaking like that, you would think he was a fully
grown man. No, he was not quite one, yet he was also not a child.
He had a small body and you would think he was a child because he
was also short, but his bones were as strong as a man's, and nobody
could run as fast as he.
*Retold by G. Mamba.
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Chakijane kaMjololo Uyatalwa
Kwesukeia ----. Babe wakuietinye

likhaya wahlaba inkhomo,
emadvodza abutsana esibayeni atokudla inhioko kanye nebafana.
Make
walapha ekhaya abe anesisu. Kwatsi emadvodza asahieti ajabula
esibayeni kwevakala umntfwana esiswini samake akhuluma atsi, "Marn.i,
mama ngizate nansi inkomo kababa iphelai" Wamangala umfati
kutsi
mntfwana muni lona lokhuluma angakataiwa.
Wabatse uyatfula umfati
wenta sengatsi akeva, waphindza umntfwana esiswini
washo kakhulu
manje, "Mama, mama ngizale nansi inkomo kababa iphela I"
A, wabona
manje umfati kutsi kufanele ente njengoba livi lisho.
Wamtala umntfwana,
watsi ligama lakhe nguChakijane kaMjololo.
Chakijane wavele wakhula
ngaso leso sikhatsi wakwati kuhamba. Watsi kunina,
"Ngisaya esibayeni
kulamanye emadvodza." Ukhuluma kanjena nje akasiyo
kahie indvodza,
kani futsi akasiye umntfwana. Simo sakhe sincane, ungatsi
ngumntfwana
ngoba mfisha, kodvwa ematsambo
akhe aqine njengewendvodza,
ekugijimeni kute umuntfu Iongamkhandza.
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Chakijane Mjololo is Born
He went out of the house and found the men eating meat zrc.-a the
head of the slaughtered beast. If a man threw a piece of meat. giving
it to one of the boys, Chakijane would just catch it in mid-air, taking
it without being given. As he was doing that, he would praise himself
and dance to the rhythm of his praises saying, "Oh, I did it! T.
Chakijane Mjololo." The men would clap their hands, admiring This
boy's skill. As Chakijane danced, praising himself, the men felt happy.
They would also respond in unison in a far-reaching voice saying, "Oh,
you did it! You, Chakijane Mjololo!" His father looked at this new
boy and liked him. Then he looked at him more intently now, beginning
to notice some likeness between the boy's
features and his own.
Finally, he was convinced that this was one of his children. He was
very happy, and gave Liza a big piece of meat together with the special
clots of blood from a freshly killed cow, which make a special stew
called bubendze. Chakijane took this and sent it to his mother and
said, "Mother, could you please cook for me this bubendze stew. I was
given it by Father." Then he went out again.
While he was out, his mother cooked the stew. She added some
salt and then said, "Let me taste if there is enough salt." She took a
small piece of meat and threw it into the mouth, and ate. Ey, the stew
was so nice! She again took another piece of meat, a bigger one this
time. She tasted it, fondly rolling her tongue
over it, and quickly
swallowed. She again took another one, another one, and another one,
until the whole potful of food was gone.

Chakijane KaMjololo Uyatalwa
Waphuma endlini waya esibayeni wakhandza emadvodza adla inhloko.

Itsi indvodza uma ijika licatsa lenyama iqomisa lomunye umfana, asukume
Chakijane alitsi hiwi! atitsatsele. Atsi angenta njalo agiye atibongelele
atsi, "Ngadla mine Chakijane kaMjololo!" Ashaye tandla emadvodza
abona kuhlakanipha nebuqhawe balomfana. Atsi uma agiya Chakijane
atibongelele, ajabule emadvodza aphendvule onkhe kuvakale khashane,
asho nawo atsi, "Wad la wena Chakijane kaMjololo!"
Uyise ambuke
lomfana lomusha, amtsandze. Ambukisise kakhulu manje asabona kutsi
sengatsi lomfana unjengaye nje! Nangempela abese uyambona kutsi
ngewakhona lapha ekhaya,
ngewakhe. Wajabula uyise, wamupha
lelikhulu licatsa lenyama kanye nebubendze. Chakijane watsatsa
bubendze wabumikisa kunina watsi, "Make, ngicela ungiphekele nabu
bubendze bami, ngiphiwe ngubabe." Waphuma futsi.
Watsi nasaphumile Chakijane, unina wabupheka bubendze. Wafaka

luswayi. Watsi, "ake ngive kutsi luswayi luyevakaia yini," watsatsa
licatsa lelincane walitsi ji!
emlonyeni, wadla. Awu, bumnandzi kangaka
lobubendze! Waphidnza watsatsa lelinye licatsa lelikhudlwana manje.
Watsi ncam' ncam' ncam',
ngesikhashana nje waligwinya. Waphindze
watsatsa lelinye, watsatsa lelinye futsi, nalelinye, nalelinye, kwaze
kwaphela konkhe kudla ebhodweni.
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Chakijane Mjoiolo is Born
Chakijane came back and said, "Mother, Mother, Pm hung-ry,

where is ray stew?" His mother was ashamed because she had eaten all
her child's food. She said, "Ah, my child, I'm sorry, a mistake
happened." Chakijane cried and said, "I want my stew, the stew which
I was given by my father." His mother then gave him an axe as an
apology.
Chakijane got out with his axe and went his way. He went and
went and found boys chopping down trees in the forest, using sharp
stones. Chakijane came and said, "Good grief! How come you use
stones for chopping, what happened to axes?" The boys said, 'We do
not have an axe, could you, then, give us yours?" Chakijane said it
was okay and gave it to them. Just as one boy started to strike with
Chakijane's axe, it broke, the handle splintering away in one. leap, and
the pieces landing some distance away! The poor boy cried. Chakijane
said, "Oh no, I want my axe, the axe which I was given by my mother,
my mother who ate my stew, the stew which I was given by my father."
The boys apologized much and then gave him a stick.
Chakijane took the stick and continued on his way. He found men
killing a snake with stones, and he said, "My goodness! Why not hit
such a big snake on the head with a stick?" The men said, 'Why don't
you lend us your stick?" Chakijane gave them. Just as one man was
striking the first blow, Oh! Chakijane's stick broke. The man cried in
a big voice, asking for pardon. Chakijane now became annoyed and
returned home.
It has ended.
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Chakijane kaMjololo Uyatalwa
Wabuya Chakijane watsi, "Mama, Mama ngilambile, buphi bubende

bami?" Unina wadliwa ngemahioni ngoba kudla kwemntfwanakhe
abekudle konkhe. Watsi,
"Awu, mntfwanami ngiyacolisa, kwenteke
siphosiso." Wakhala Chakijane watsi, "Ngiyabufuna bubende bami,
'bende bami' phiwe ngubabe." Unina vase uniupha lizembe, wacela
lucolo ngalo.
Waphuma Chakijane nelizembe lakhe, wahamba. Wahamba, wahamba

wakhandza bafana bagawula ehlatsini, bagawula ngematje. Welke
Chakijane watsi, "Hawu nigawula ngematje nje emazembe ayaphi?" Batsi
bafana, "Asinalo lizembe, ake useboleke phela lelakho." Watsi,
Chakijane kulungile, wabanika. Watsi nje utsi uyagawuia Iomunye
umfana ngelizembe laChakijane lephuka, umphini wazuba wahlaia lapha
khashanel Wakhala umfana webantfu
Nkosiyani. Watsi Chakijane,
"Ngiyalifuna lizembe lami, 'zembe lami 'phiwe ngumama, mam'udle 'bende
bami, 'bende bami 'phe ngubaba." Bafana bacollsa kakhulu base
bamupha indvuku.
Wayitsatsa indvuku Chakijane waqhubeka wahamba. Wakhandza

emadvodza abulala inyoka ngematje, watsi, "Hawu, inyoka lenkhulu
kangaka yini ningayishayi enhloko ngendvuku?" Atsi emadvodza,
"Awuseboleke phela leyakho indvuku." Wawanika Chakijane. Yatsi nje
indvodza lenye iyagalela kanye, awu, yephuka indvuku yaChakijane!
Yakhala indvodza ngelivi Ielikhulu, icela lucolo.
Awu naChakijane
wacasuka kakhulu wabuyela ekhaya.
Seyiphelile.
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Traditional Stories
Chakijane of Mjololo is Troublesome*
It started from Chakijane of Mjololo went and wept, and

found an old woman. It was very cold that day. Chakijane said, "Ah,
Grandmother, let's play the game of 'cooking each other' because, you
see, it is cold, so that we may be warm." The poor old woman said,
"Oh, my grandchild, are you a Godsend that you should come and give
me warmth, as I am dying with cold! So, how is this game of 'cocking
each other' played?" And Chakijane said, "Okay Grandmother, let us
pour water into a pot, and make fire under the pot. I will enter first.
I will stay a little while in the water. When I say, 'Tjwi, tjwi, I'm
cooked!, you'll- take me out. Then you'll go in next, and you do as I
did."
*Retold by G. Mamba
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Chakijane of Mjo lolo is Troublesome
Chakijane kaMiololo Uyahlupha
Kwesukela Chakijane kaMjololo wahamba, wahamba wakhandza

salukati. Kwakumakhata' kakhulu ngalelo langa. Watsi Chakijane,
"Hawu, Gogo, asidlale kuphekana ngoba naku kumakhata, khona
sitewufudvumala." Satsi salukati sebantfu, "A, mntfwanemntfwanami,
ngingamtsatsaphi nje umuntfu longangipha kufudvumala loku sengifile
nje ngemakhata! Pho, lomdlalo wekuphekaphekana udIalwa njani?" Atsi
Chakijane, "Kulungile ke Gogo, asitsele emanti ebhodweni, sibase umlilo
ngaphansi kwelibhodo. Mine ke ngitawungera kugala. Ngitawuhlalahiala
kancane phakatsi emantini. Uma ke sengitsi 'Tjwi, tjwi, sengivutsiwe!'
ungikhiphe. Bese ke kungena wena, nawe wente njengami."
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Chakijane of Mjololo is Troublesome
So they made the fire, and poured water into the pot, and Chaki-
jane got in and stayed a little while in the water, and he said, "Tjwi,
tjwi, I'm cooked!" The old woman took him out and he got out. The
old woman entered. Chakijane increased the fire! and the old woman
quickly said, "Tjwi, tjwi, I'm cooked." And Chakijane took her out
and went in himself again You see, the water is really hot now. So,
Chakijane just went 'Plop!' for a very little bit, and before a minute
was over he had already said, "Tjwi, tjwi, I'm cooked!" and the old
woman quickly took him out. He was sweating to the bone! You see,
the water was almost boiling now, and the old woman was afraid to get
in. Chakijane said, "Hey, come on Grandmother, go in, it's your turn.
Let me help you in." And he lifted her and put her into the pot. Oh,
my God! Didn't the old woman cry, saying "Tjwi, tjwi, Pm cooked!"
Chakijane said, "Not yet, Grandmother, you are not cooked. How can
you say you are cooked when you just got in?" Grandmother again
said, "Oh, no! Tjwi, tjwi, I'm cooked!" Chakijane again said, "How
can you say you are cooked when you just got in?" Saying that he
made more fire. The old woman cricl, feeling the heat. She was
burnt, burnt, burnt, until she died.
It ends there.
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Chakijane kaMjololo Uyahlupha
Bawubasa-ke umlilo, bawatsela emanti ebhodweni, wangena

Chakijane, wahlalahlala sikhashana emantini wase
utsi, "Tjwi, tjwi,
sengivutsiwe!" Samkhipha satukati waphuma. Sangena salukati,
wawubasa Chakijane umlilo, sashesha
salukati satsi, "Tjwi, tjwi,
sengivutsiwe." Wasikhipha Chakijane, wangena futsi. Angitsi
asayashisa ke manje emanti. Watsi nje gcumbu!
kancane kungakapheli
ngisho neliminithi wabe asashilo, "Tjwi, tjwi,
sengivutsiwe!" Samkhipha
salukati ngekushesha, waphuma asajuluke asamanti
atse nte! Angitsi
emanti asafuna kubila manje, nesalukati
sesiyesaba kungera. Watsi
Chakijane, "Ha, ngena phela Gogo, seligema
Iakho, angikusite
nyikwelekelele ungene." Wasitsatsa Chakijane salukati wasifaka
ebhodweni. Sakhala salukati
,.kosiyami satsi, "Tjwi, tjwi,
sengivutsiwe!" Watsi Chakijana, "Kahle Gogo, awukavutfwa.
Uvutfwe
kamanini ungena khona nyalo nje?" Waphindza Gogo watsi, -"Hayi
bo,
Tjwi, tjwi, sengivutsiwe!" Waphindza Chakijane watsi, " Uvutfwe
kamanini ungena khana nyalo n;s?" Washo njalo waphindze wabasa
umlilo kakhulu. Sakhala -sakhulu salukati siva kushisa.
Sasha, sasha,
sasha saze safa.
lyaphela lapho..
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Traditional Stories
The Old Woman Ate Her Son-In-Law's Emasi*
It started from ----.. An old woman was living at her married

daughter's home. She was very old indeed and, therefore, unable to
go to work. As a result, when people went out to work in the fields,
this old woman remained at home, sitting. alone the whole day long. At
this home there was plenty emasi, but the law did not allow this old
woman to eat emasi. According to custom, she had to respect her
son-in-law.
Whenever this old woman was alone at home, she would stare
longingly at the calabashes containing emasi, and feel juicy saliva
forming in her mouth at the thought of such nice food. One day she
took the calabash with emasi belonging to her son-in-law, and she sat
on his chair. And she pretended as if she was the son -in -law. She
was talking to herself and made her words into a sing-song saying,
"When my son-in-law gives food to his child, he goes like this 'Scoop!'
and then 'M-m-m' into the mouth!" Saying these words, she ate her
son-in-law's food to their rhythm. She ate and ate until she finished
all the son-in-law's emasi. She took the empty calabash and returned it
to its usual place. In the afternoon the people came back home hungry
and were looking, for something to eat. Each person went straight to
his food. When the son-in-law lifted his calabash, wow! it hit him on
the face because it was light and empty. He was just at a loss as to
who had eaten his food. He asked from all the people of the house-
hold, but all said they did not know what could have happened to
master's food. Nevertheless, in the end it was clear that only one
person was at home during the day. The old woman. And the son-in-
law very angrily told the old woman, "I am punishing you now, Mother.
Go and fetch me water from a river where no frogs can be seen!"
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The Old Woman Ate Her Son-In-Law's Emasi
Salukati sadla emasi emkhwenyana
Kwesukela Salukati sasihlala kantfombi yakaso.

. OD Mao WO
Sase
sigugile kakhulu, singasakwati nekusebenta.
Ngakoke uma bantfu baya
emsebentini emasimini, lesalukati sasisala ekhaya
sihlale iilanga lonkhe
sodvwa. Lapha ekhaya kwakukhona
emasi lamanengi kakhulu, kepha ke
umtsetfo wawungasivumeli lesalukati kutsi sidle
emasi ngoba sihlonipha
umkhwenyana.
Kwakutsi njalo uma sisele sodvwa lapha ekhaya

lesalukati sibuke
tinguia temasi, kuvute ematse sihawukela
lokudla lokumnandzi kangaka.
Kwatsi ngalelinye lilanga satsatsa ingula
lenemasi emkhwenyana, sahlala
esitulweni semkhwenyana. Santa sengatsi singuye umkhwenyana.
Sakhuluma sodvwa satsi, "Uth' umkhwenyana
um' akhangez' umntanakhe
athi khehiel athi moshel" Sisho njalo sesiyadla.
Sad la, sadla saze
sawacedza emasi emkhwenyana.
Satsatsa ingula seyingenaiutfo
sayibuyisela lapho ihlala khona.
Entsambama babuya bantfu ekhaya
sebalambile bafuna kudla. Nguloyo naloyo muntfu
wacondza ekudleni
kwakhe. Umkhwenyana watsi utsatsa ingula yakhe,
awu! yamshaya
emehlweni ngoba yayilula ite lutfo. Wamangala nje kutsi kudla
kwakhe
kudliwe ngubani. Umkhwenyana wabuta
kubo bonkhe bantfu belikhaya,
bonkhe batsi abati kutsi kudla
kwemnumzane ngabe kudliwe yimi.
Kodvwa ekugcineni kwabonakala kutsi
munye kuphela umuntfu abekhona
lapha ekhaya emini. Salukati. Wase utsi
umkhwenyana ngekutfukutsela
lokukhulu esalukatini, "Ngiyakujezisa ke make.
Hamba uyongikhelela
emanti emfuleni lapho kungakhali licoco khona, kungekho
coca ngisho
riani!"

The Old Woman Ate Her Son-In-Law's &Iasi
So the poor old. woman went, not knowing where she

was going,
because all rivers abound with frogs, not a single river will
not have at
least one frog. She went and came to one river where- she-
shouted
loudly, "Is there no frog here?" The frogs answered; "Klo!
Klo! We
are present." The old woman was pained by this reply especially
because- she- was tired. She came- to another
river after- a long time,
where, she bent and supported her- frame by holding
on to her knees.
She- said very wearily, "Is there no frog here?"
Quiet! Lord, have
mercy! Could it be true that
there were no frogs there? Her heart
beat last, hope starting to build. up. Where the old
woman stood, the
water had formed a big, deep-looking pool,
its depth suggested by its
greenish color. Again, the old woman shouted, more lively
now, with
happiness, "Is there no frog. here?" There was silence,
dead silence.
Wow, the old woman fetched the water and
even drank some. From
there she rested with her water, sitting under a big
tree which was
just there next to the river with the greenish pool.
It was really nice to sit under that tree, until roots began
to
develop from the old woman's buttocks. An ugly looking
animal came
and asked, "Who is this sitting under the king's tree?"
The old woman
answered and said, "It's me, my grandchild, I was sent by
my son-in-
law. He said I should go and fetch him water
where no frogs can be
heard or seen." The animal said, "Oh, then remain
sitting, something
undescribable is coming, wil", horns facing this way and
that way." So
the old woman continued to sit, as she was unable to stand.
The
animal went away, knowing that the king
of animals. is very cruel, he
will kill the old woman. Then Chakijane
came and said, "Hey, Grand-
mother, what do you want under the tree
belonging to the king of
animals?" She said, "I was sent by my son-in-law.
He said I should
go and fetch him watdr where. no frogs can be heard or seen,
or no-
thing of the sort." Chakijane said, "Man,
stand up and let us go."
He helped her and used an axe to chop off the roots from
her buttocks.
It has ended.
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Saiukati sadla emasi ernkhwenyana
Sahamba ke salukati sebantfu singati lapho siya khona,

ngoba
emacoco akhona yonkhe imifula, kute umfula lapho
kungekho ngisho
linye licoco. Sahamba sefika kulomunye
umfula samemeta kakhulu satsi,
"Akukho coco yini lapha?" Aphendvula emacoco
kwangatsi yahlabela
ngebunengi bawo, atsi, "filo! Klol
Sikhona."' Seva buhiungu salukati
ngoba sase sidziniwe. Sakhandza Iomunye umfula
emuva kwesikhatsi
lesidze, sagoba sema sabambelela emadvolweni.
Sasho ngelivi lekudzinwa
satsi, "Akukho coca yini lapha?"
Kwatfula kwatsi dvul Hawu,
Nkosiyani ngabe liciniso kodvwa kutsi kute. emacoco
laphal Yasho
inhlitlyo yesalukati yashaya
kakhulu sekucala kuba khona litsemba.
Lesitiba sasiluhiata sitse jojololol sisikhulu, kuwo lomfula
lapho salukati
sasime ngakhona. Saphindza salukati samemeta ngelivi lekujabula manje,
"Akukho coco yini lapha?" Kwatsi nyi! kwatsi dvu!
Awu, sawakha
emanti salukati saze saphindze sanatsa futsi.
Sasuka lapho saphumula
nemantl aso sahlala phansi kwesihlahla
lesikhulu khona lapho eceleni
kwesitiba lesiluhiata.
Kwaba mnandzi kakhulu kuhlala phansi

kwaieso sihlahla, saze
samila timphandze etibunu
salukati. Kwefika silwane lesibi satsi,
"Ngubani Iona lohieti phansi kwesihlahla
senkhosi na?" Saphen.ivula
salukati satsi, "Ngimi mntfwanemntfwanami, ngatfunywa
ngumkhweny...da
watsi angiyomkhel` emanti la kungakhali
coco khona, kungenani." Satsi
silwane, "0, hiala njalo ke kuyez'okukhulu
okumpondo zimashwilishwili I"
Sahiala njalo salukati ngoba sasingasakwati
kusukuma. Sahamba silwane
kantsi siyati kutsi inkhosi yetilwane
inelulaka kakhulu, itawufike
isibulale salukati. Kwefika Chakijane
watsi, "Hawu, Gogo, ufunani
phansi kwesihlahla senkhosi yetitwane na?"
Satsi salukati, "Ngatfunywa
ngumkhwenyana watsi angiyomkhelela emanti la
kungakhali coco khona
kungenani." Wats!, Chakijane, "Sukuma sihambe." Waselekelela
salukati wagawula timphandze etibunu
ngelizembe.
Seyiphelile.
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Traditional Stories
Bilh Muse Has Been Buried*
It started from -----.Children. of a certain home were used to

playing together all the time. One child was a girl named Buhlaluse.
This- Buhlaluse was beautiful and she obeyed her parents. Therefore.,
everybody at this house loved Bithialuse. If Mother- came back from
her travels, bringing only a tiny bit of goodies, she would give. it to
Bilhialuse. That meant other children did not get goodies most of the
time.
This made other children jealous of Buhlaluse. If they played by

themselves where parents were not around, they would beat Buhlaluse
up. One- day all the children went to the river to fetch clay. You see-,.
clay is fetched from a wall that has been dug Lnto a huge hole. It is
almost like being inside a house, the clay coming from the walls of the
house. Except that the opening of the pit is never closed like the door
of a house. Furthermore, there are no windows in a pit. So, the
children of BiAlaluse's home fetched the clay. They all went inside the
pit, the fast working ones coming out sooner. There were bigger girls
than Buhlaluse, whose names were Yendzese and Mose. There girls
talked. among themselves, talking about Bithin luse saying it is better to
bury her right there in the pit. Oh well, they tried their best to make
Bithialuse work slowly. All the other children finished and went out of
the pit, and Bithlaluse remained alone inside. Then Yendzese and
Cilose pushed huge stones and blocked the entrance into the pit.
Buhlaluse remained alone inside, where it was dark and no air to
breathe. It was as if it's the- inside of a grave. Surely, they- wanted
her to die.
*Retold by G. Mamba
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Buhlaluse Has Been Buried
Buhialuse bamgcibeie
Kwesukela Bantfwana bakulelinye likhaya babeloku badlaia

njalo ndzawonye. Lomunye umntiwana wentfombatana
ligama lakhe-
kwakunguBuhlaluse. Buhialuse ke abernuhie- futsi aialeia
bazali.
Ngakoke wonkh umutfu lapha-
ekhaya abe---.!:sandza Buhialuse. Kutsi.
uma make- afika.
aphuma_ ekuhambeni, aphetse lokuhle,
kukuncane,
mhlawumbe- Iiswidi linye, aphe Buhlaluse. Labanye bantfwana
bangakutfoli njaio njalo lokumnandzi.
Loku kwenta kutsi labanye bantfwana babe

nemona naBuhialuse.
Kutsi uma badlala bodvwa, bangAho
bazali, bahie bamshaya Buhlaluse
labanye bantfwana. Ngaielinye lilanga
bantfwana bonkhe- baya emfuieni
bayowutsapha libumba. Angitsi phela libumba
Iitsashwa lapho kungum-
godzi khona.Kucishe kufane nje nekutsi ungene endlini, sengatsi
lubondza twendlu kulapho uhiephula
lehona libumba, kuphela nje kutsi
umnyanoo wasemtsashweni
awuvalwa ngoba awunasivato, futsi kute
emafasitela emtsashweni. Batsapha-ke bantfwana bakuboBuhlaluse.
Bangena bonkhe emtsashweni, kutsi
Iowa lokwati kusebenta kakhulu
asheshe aphume emtsashweni.
Kwakukhona emantfombatana iamakhulu
kunaBuhialuse, emagama awo
kuboYendzese naCilose. Bakhuluma
bodvwa bakhuluma ngaBuhlaluse batsi,
kuncono bamgcibele khona lapho
emtsashweni. Idawu ke, bazama kahle kumenta
Buhialuse- asebente.
kat-mane. Bacedza-bonkhe labanye bantfwana baphuma
emtsashweni,
kwasala Buhialuse yedvwa phakatsi.
Basuka lapho boYendzese naCilose
batsatsa. ematje lamakhulu bavala-
umnyango wemtsapho: Wasala yedvwa.
Buhialuse phakatsi kumnyama futsi
kute nemoyr., wekuphefumula,
kwangatsi kusengcwabeni. Vele, babefuna afe.

Buhlaluse Has Been Buried
So all the other- children went, returning home. Just as they were
on their way, they saw a white bird. It twittered, "T-r-r, t-r-r" and
sat in front of them. The bird sang and said, "Yo ho hoi, please do
me a favor and tell my fathers at home that dear- Buhialuse- is not here.
She has been buried by- Yendzese and 'Cilose- at the pit at Nguboziye-
suka's area." Indeed, they looked among themselves and found that
Blihlaluse was missing. So this bird was telling the truth! Meanwhile,
Yendzese- and Close were nervous wrecks, afraid as to how- they- would
enter home as their bad deed was now known. That white bird was
Blihlaluse's heart. Which means as soon as she died she assumed
another life-and became a bird.
So, the- children went towards home. Again, after- they had gone
a longish while, the bird came and sat in front of them and sang its
song, "Yo ho hoi, please do me a favor and tell my fathers at home
that dear Bliblaluse is not here. She has been buried by Yendzese and
Close at the pit at Nguboziyesuka's area." There, tears started
trickling down Yendzese and Cilose's cheeks as they were nearing
home. They still. went. Just as they put the first foot home, the
white bird was there again! Now it sat on the tip of Bliblaluse's
mother's house, so that everybody at home could hear. Indeed, the
bird sang with a clear beautiful voice which reached far. Hey, what's
this! All people came out of the houses, rushing to see- this bird which
speaks of unheard of things. Indeed, as they came out they saw the
children filling the open space in front of the houses. At that time
Yendzese- and Close. had no eyes for anybody, they just looked down.,
tears running down their cheeks. These two girls were thoroughly
beaten.. up by the old people. Then the old people went to the- pit, to
open it up. Upon removing the stones, they found Buhlaluse there and
she woke up.
It has ended.
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Buhlaluse bamgcibele
Bahamba-ke bonkhe labanye bantfwana babuyela

ekhaya. Kwatsi
nje basesendleleni babona inyoni
lemhlophe, yatsi zwi, zwi yahlala
phambi. kwabo. Yahlabela. inyoni yatsi,
"Ye hhe; ye hhe; nibongitjeleia
bobabe ekhaya kutsi_ Buhialuse benkhosi
abukho. Bugcitjelwe bo-
Yendzese- naCilose- emtsashweni
kaNguboziyesuka." Nembala_ batsi
bayabuka emkhatsini wabo bakhandze
kutsiBuhlaluse akekho. Batsi,
h,. kani icinisile lenyoni! Lapho ke
boYendzese naCilose sebafile Iuvalo,
besaba kutsi ekhaya batawungena
kanjani ngoba sekuyatiwa loku !okubi
labakwentile. Inyoni Iemhlophe leyo kwakuyinhlitiyo
yaBuhlaiuse-
Lokusho kutsi wanele kufa wase uguquka uba yinyoni.
Bahambake njalo bantfwana baqondze ekhaya.

Kwatsi njalo nase
bahambe sikhashana lesidze, yefika njalo
inyoni yahlala embi kwabo
yayihlabela ingoma yayo: "Ye hhe, ye hhe, nibongitjeleia bobabe
ekhaya kutsi Buhlaluse benkhosi
abukho. Bugcitjelwe boYendzese
naCilose emtsashweni kaNguboziyesuka."
Laphoke tinyembeti setiyacala
setiyehla kuboYendzese naCilose ngoba sebasondzele
ekhaya. Bahamba
futsi. Batsi nje nabangena
emabaleni asekhaya iphindze ibe khona futsi
inyoni lemhlophe. Ifike manje ihlale etulu itsi
chwa! engcongwaneni
yendlu yakaboBuhlaluse, yentele khona bonkhe
bantfu ekhaya batokuva.
Nembala ihiabele inyoni ngelivi Ielimnandzi
lelivakala kahie, livakala
ngisho khashane. Hawu, baphume
bonkhe bantfu etindlini batsi
batowubuka lenyoni lekhuluma imihlolo.
Nembala batsi bayaphuma bavele-
babone bantfwana bagcwele ebaleni,
boYendzese naCilose lapho abasabuki
muntfu, babheke phansi, kwehla
tinyembeti kuphela. Babashaya
babashaya, babashaya bantfu
lahPdzala. Basuka lapho bayovula:
emtsashweni emfuleni. Bakhandza Buhlaluse akhona, waphaphama.
Seyiphelile.

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Traditional Stories
ME Bird, Do Like This, "Ntja!"*
It started from ----. There was a great famine. A woman and

her husband went to plow a field. They plowed and plowed and when
it was afternoon, they came- back home. But they had not finished the
field. As the next day dawned, they returned to the field. Oh- Lord!
when they arrived. they found that all. the part of. the field that had
been plowed was just like the part that had not been touched. Grass.
had grown again as before. Oh, the old people almost cried at the
thought of having worked for- nothing, with empty stomachs. Anyway,
again they plowed and plowed and plowed until it was afternoon before
they could finish the field. They went home. On. the next day again
they returned to the field, and again they found grass having grown
where they had plowed, as the day before. But what does all this
mean? No, the man thought of a plan that, today he would not go
home with his wife, but would remain in the field, hiding behind the
trees. Indeed, they plowed again for that day, and in the afternoon
the wife went home. The man remained intent to see what it could be
that is causing this prodigy.
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My Bird, Do Like This, "Ntja!"
Nvoni vami wo"Ntja!"
Kwesukela Kwakukhona indlala lenkhulu. Umfati nendvodza

yakhe bahamba bayolima ensimini. Ba lima,
balima, latsi lilanga nase
lisentsembama babuya ekhaya, kodvwa
bangakayicedzi insimu. Kwasa
ngai:usasa baphindze, babuyela khona.
Hawu! uma befika ensimini
bakhandza konkhe lapho bebalime- khona
kugcibekile, sekumile tjani
kwafana naiapho kungazange kulinywe khona. Akusabonakali kutsi
kukuphi lapho bekulinywe khona. Awu, bacishe bakhaie bantfu
labadzaia ngenxa yebuhlungu. bekusebentela lite,
basebentele emuva,
kani futsi ernandia kute ngenxa yendlala.
Baphindze-ke njalo balime,
balime, balime, kutsi entsambama
babuyele ekhaya bangakayicedzi
yonkhe insimu. Ngakusasa njalo babuyele ensimini,
baphindze njalo
bakhandze kufana nayitolo, umhlabatsi ugcibekile
kumite tjani kutse
siphu I Hawu, kani kwentenjani, ngabe yin!
vele lemihlolo lengaka.
Cha, itsi indvodza-ke Iamuhla
itawusala ensimini ibhace ngetihlahla,
umfati utawuhamba yedvwa
kuya ekhaya. Nembalake balime, balime
njalo, kutsi entsambama ahambe umfati.
Yasala indvodza ifuna kubona
kutsi ngabe yini lena leyenta lemihlolo.
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My Bird, Do Like This, "Ntja!"
Just when the sun had set, a bird came to the field. It sat on
the very tree where the man was hiding. The bird sang saying, "This-
soiL of my. father's which. is being- tilled by lazy people, not tilled by
industric is people. Soil of my father's, be what you were before they
touched. you!" Indeed, the soil did. as told, ez d grass grew where it
had been plowed. Man, wasn't the man angered upon hearing this! and
he- wanted to catch this bird. Indeed, he tip-toed behind. the bird and
grabbed it tightening his grip immediately. Oh the bird' cried, seeing
that the man. wanted to dill it. It prayed for its life saying,
"Please, I
ask that you. do not kill me, my father. If you. could just give me back
life, I will also give you a lot of food so you could
eat, as well as your
children and everybody else in your bhusehold." The man asked what
kind of food that could. be, as they. was no sign of food in all that
country. The bird just said okay, and then prepared himself to
urinate. The water came spurting forth, "Ntja!" And it said to the
man to taste that water. Reluctantly the man did. Wow! This is not
urine, it is the whey that forms from good curds of buttermilk, emasi!
Again, the bird prepared itself as if to defecate, and indeed the sound
was heard from its behind "khihli!" as a handful of good emasi came
out. The man was stunned. He tasted that emasi and
found it really
delicious, and he wanted some more. So he asked the bird, " My bird,
produce your water, 'Ntja!' again" and t.4 bird produced sweet whey.
Again the man said, "My bird, produce yo emasi, and emasi
came out. The man was very happy.

Nyoni yami wo"Ntja!"
Kwatsi. nje- nase lishonile- lilanga

kwefika inyoni ensimini yahiala
etikwesihiahla sona lesi lapha
kubhace khona indvodza. Yahlabela
inyoni yatsi, "Ngumhlabathi kababa
lo olinywa ngamavila, ungalinywa
yizikhuthali. Mhlab kababa
wothi gcibegcibel" Nembala wagcibeka
umhlabatsi kwamila tjani lapho
bekulinywe- khona. Yeyi indvodza yeva
kutfukutsela lokukhuiu yafuna. kuyiaamba
lenyoni. Nembala- yanyonyoba
indvodza- emuva.. kwenyoni,
yayibamba yayitsi ntfol Awu yakhala inyoni,
yatikhalela ibona kutsi indvodza
ifuna: kuyibulala. Yatsi, "Ngicela kutsi
ungangibulali tsine babe. Uma nje ungangipha kuahila nami
ngitawukupha kudla lokuner gi,
kudl wena nebantfwabakho kanye
nemndeni wonkhe wakha." Yabuta indvodza
kutsi ngabe kudla kuni
loko lokushiwo yinyoni, loku kute
kudla lonkhe live-. Yatsi nje- inyoni
yasuka lapho yenta sengatsi iphetfwe
emanti. Yatsi endvodzeni ngumchamo, yatsi ntja 1
ayiwadle lawo manti iweve kuth anjani. Ha!
kantsi akusiwo emanti, rigumlaza I
Yaphindza futsi inyoni yenta sengatsi
ifuna kuya ngaphandle, yatsi
khihli! esikhundleni nemasimba kwaphuma
emasi! Yamangala indvodza, yaweva lawo masi
amnandzi kakhulu,
yafuna lamanye. Yasuka lapho yatsi enyonini, "Nyoni yami wointja'!"
itsi inyoni ntja! umlaza. Itsi indvodza, "Nyoni yami wokhihli!" kutsi
khihli! emasi. Yajabula kakhulu. indvodza.

My Bird, Do Like This, "Ntja"
The man took the bird home. As soon. as he arrivea home he told
his wife to wash_ the clay pots used_ for emasi, and. also prepare the
spoons that go with the dish. The wife was simply at a loss because
she did not see the food for which preparations were being made. She
knew nothing had been cooked that day, because of the. famine Never-
theless, she did. as was told. When everything was ready and the
children called, the man produced the bird for- everybody to see; Then
he chanted_ his formula, "My bird, produce, your water; 'Ntja!"' and
whey came out. The man repeated, "My bird, produce your emasi,
'Ichihlif'" and emasi came out. It produced a great Quantity of emasi,.
enough for. everybody and everybody was satisfied. So, every meal
time the bird was brought. forward and commanded,. "My bird, produce
your water, 'ntja!' Produce your emasi,. sithihli!"' At the end of each
meal it. was securely kept in a safe place. But one day when the,
children were alone at home they took the bird out and chanted the
usual command repeatedly until all the emasi came out of the bird. At
the next meal time, the bird only produced blood. Those children were
given a thorough beating.
It has ended.
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Nyoni yami wo"Ntja!"
Yayitsatsa yaya nayo ekhaya

indvodza inyoni. Yefika ekhaya
yatjela umfati kutsi ageze
tindziwo atungise netinkhezo.
Wamangala nje
umfati kutsi kuphi lokudla:
lokutawuphskelwa loku akukaphekwa Iutfo
lapha ekhaya, yindlala.
Kepha-ke went njengoba- atjeliwe. Kwatsi
nasekulungisiwe konkhe
kwabitwa nebantfwana, indvodza yayikhipha
inyoni bayibona bonkhe. Yase_ ishilo. nembala
wo'ntja1!" itsi inyoni- ntjai indvodza, "Nyoni yami
umlaza. 1phindze futsi indvodza, "Nyoni
yami wokhihli l" itsi khihii emasi inyoni.
Yakhipha emasi lamanengi
badla bonkhe bantfu besutsa.
Njaio njeke ngetikhatsi tekudla inyoni
yayikhishwa kutsiwe, "Nyoni yami wontjal
Nyoni yami wo khihli."
Kutsi nasekuphelile kudla ivaleiwe
kahie.
Ngaielinye- lilanga bantfwana
basele bodvwa ekhaya baganga
bayikhipha inyoni batsi, "Nyoni yami
wontja. Nyoni yami
wokhihi." Basho kanengi, kanengi aze- aphuma
onkhe emasi enyonini. Batsi bayefika
bomake nababe bakhandza sekute
kudla. Watsi nje babe,
"Nyoni yami wontjai" kwaphuma ingati I
Awu,
babashaya, babashaya Iabantfwana.
Seyiphelile.
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Culture Through Lang-gage: Two Stories
A DAY IN "HE LIFE OF LOMAPHUPHO*

(MY DREAM)
My name is Lomaphupho. My friends call me this name because
always I dream. all the time-.
I was born at- Mliba. I am- fourteen- years old. Although I already.
said I always dream; (but) there was- a aay- which is never forgotten
(among my dreams).
I am sleeping like everyday. Then I start dreaming. I dream I
walk with my friends, we go swimming. We undressed. In Swaziland
we usually swim. naked. We entered into the river and swam ....
(ideophone). The water took me and my friend and put us under a big
rock. We saw another big dam.
The water of this dam is not similar to the water which we know.
I heard my friend saying: "It is not this water, it is a snake with
many heads!"
I am frightened, I shouted in a loud voice: "Help! I am dying!
Come to my rescue!" As I shout I swim, I rur.
As I frighten I open the eyes, I found myself, I stand naked in
the yard at my home. I heard my sister saying: "Enter into the
house, you clress! You are bringing a bad omen!" I entered, I
dressed, and I told my dream. They said, the old ones, they don't
know what it means.
Note: The above- translation is purposefully awkward. in order. to re-

flect the sense of the siSwati prose. In places where a siSwati
expression cannot be- translated into English-, we have inserted the word
"ideophone." A glossary follows the story.
*By E.C.L. Bunene-

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A Day in the Life of Lomaphupho
LI LANGA EMPH I LWENI

YALOMAPHUPHO
(LIPHUPHO LAW)
Ligama lami nginguLomaphupho.
Bangani bami bangetsa leligama-
ngoba ngangihiala ngiphupha sonkhe
sikhatsi..
Mine:ngitalwa- eMliba. lminyaka- yami
ingernashumi lasihlanu namine.
Njengoba- sengishilo, ngangihlaia, ngiphupha,
kepha kukhona lilanga
lelingeke-ngilikhohlwe ekuphupheni kwami.
Ngiyalala-ke njengamalanga onKhe.
Bese ngiyacala-ke ngiyaphupha.
Ngiphupha ngihamba nebangani
bami, siyobhukusha.
KaNgwane sivamise kubhukusha
Sikhumule.
ngcunu. Singene emfuleni sintjweze
ntjwe, ntjwe ntjwe.
Angitsatse mine nemngani wami emanti asifake
ngaphansi kwelitje lelikhulu.
Sibone lesinye: sitiba les:khulu.
Emanti alesitiba akafanani nemanti
lesiwatiko. Ngive umngani wami
atsi: "Akusiwo emanti lawa, yinkoy'
emakhandakhandal"
Ngetfuka ngamemeta ngalelikhulu
livi: "Maye babe----! Ngafabo!
Ngelekeleleni!" Ngimemeta-nje
ngiyahlamba, ngiyabaleka.
Ngatsi ngetfuka ngivula emehlo
ngatikhandza ngime ngcunu ebaleni
lasekhaya kitsi. Ngeva dzadzewetfu atsi:
"Ngena endlini wena ugcoke!
Uyasihlolela!" Ngangena, ngagcoka,
ngase ngibatekela liphupho lami.
Batsi labadzala abalati kutsi lisho kutsini.

A Day in the Life of Lomaphupho - Glossary
kuphupha to dream
kuguga to get old
kutekela to tell/relate a story
kungena to. enter-
kugcoka to dress up
kumemeta to shout
kutsi to say
kuma. to stand
kukhandza- to- find that.
kuvuia to open:
kwetfuka to be frightened
kuhlamba to swim
kubaieka to run away
kulekelela to rescue/help
kufa to die
kuba ngcunu to be naked
kuva to- hear-
kwati to know
kufanana to be similar /alike
kubona to see/understand
kufika to arrive/reach
kutstasa to take away
kuntjweza to swim (like a fish)
kubhukusha to swim
kuvamisa to be usual
kukhumula to undress
kucala to start
kulala to sleep
kukhohlwa to forget
kuhlaia to. stay /live /sit
kutala to give birth
kutaiwa to be born
kwetsa to name
kuhlola to, bring, bad omen
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Lilanga Emphiiweni yaLomaphupho - Glossary
lamuhla today
phansi down
kepha. but.
njengoba
ngoba as/since/whereas
because
-khulu big-
-nee
four-
-ngcunu naked
akusiwo it is not
lesinye another
on khe
sonkhe all/every
ntjwe (ideophone)
all
of swimming like a fish
-phupho (11-/ema-) dream

-bale -(11-/ema-) open space/where every-
one can see
-vi (Ii-/ema-) voice

-yoka (iN-/tIN-) snake
-tiba (si - /ti -) dam/pool
-tie (11-/ema-)
-fula (um- /imi -) stone/grinding stone
river
-shumi (11-/ema-) ten
-yaka (um-/imi-) year
-khatsi (si:/t1-) time.
-gama (11-/ema-) name/word
-Lomaphupho (0-/bo-) Lomaphupho
-langa (II-/ema-) day/sun
-philo (IN-/tiN-) life

Culture Through Language: Two Stories
A. DAY IN rHE LIFE OF MANDLA*

(THIEVES)
My name is Mandia. I was born at Mhlume. I finished learning
there. at Mhlume. After my learning I worked the machine of sugar.
The- Workers- who work at the sugar- industry they are given
houses. for- residence: Me I got a. house even though I was still young,
not married. Like a person- who is young, I put in things of- the house
that are very beautiful. I bought (and) a television and a stereo wilich
is. big. and. called by saying it is a Sansui.
During one day I hurried I returned from work because I was not
feeling well. I arrived I slept. While I was sleeping I heard the sound
of- moving about behind the door. I listened. I heard the sound of
walking softly (ideophone), of falling with a thud (ideophone). I could
not wait now, I woke up, I opened slowly the door of the house of
sleeping. Me too walking softly, heading straight to where I heard
there the sound of falling.
During when I look I saw my speaker and stereo disappearing. I
sounded an alarm and shouted saying: "Inyandza leyol" I heard a
fist thundering in my eyes, I fell .... (ideophone)!
In my -raking up I found a bag of sugar. I dragged myself along,
I went to the house of sitting, I found it empty (literally: a stone dry
of dough). They had stolen all my things those strangers of no
account. I cried, I carrried mg arms to the head.
The strangers of no account were dropping with a thud this bag
of sugar so that I should not hear when they take my things.
r went to the- policemen, but they never- caught those thieves.
Note: The above translation is purposefully awkward in order to re-
flect the- sense- of the siSwati prose. In places where a siSwati
expression cannot be translated into English we have inserted the word
"ideophone." A glossary follows the story.
*By E.C.L. Kunene
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A Day in the Life of Mandia
LILANGA EMPHI LWENI YAMANDLA
(EMASELA)
Ligama lami nginguMandla..
Ngataiwa eMhiume. Ngafundza ngacedza-
khona eMhlume-. Emva kokufundza kwami. ngasebenta
washuketa. emshinini
Tisebenti letisebenta.
kushukeia. tinikwa tindlu tokuhlala.
ngayitfola indlu noma ngangisemncane-nje, Nami-ke-
ngingakashadi. Njengemuntfu.
lomncane, ngafaka timphahla
tendiu letinhie kakhulu.
nethelevision, nesiteriyo lesikhulu Ngatsenga
Iesibitwa ngokutsi yi-Sansui.
Kutse agalefinye lilanga- ngashesha
ngabuya emsebentini ngoba
ngingaphili kahie. Ngaf:frsa ngaiala. Kutse ngfralele-nje
sivalo sangemuva. ngeva gudiu
Ngathulisa. Ngeva nyatfu,
dzinsi, nyatfu, dzinsi, dzinsi,
dzinsi. Kwangala manje, ngavuka, ngavuka
sasendlini yokulala. kancane sivalo
Nami nyatfu, nyatfu sengicondze lapho ng"va
khona budzinsi-dzinsi.
Ngatsi uma ngibuka
ngabona sipikha nesiteriyo sami sishobela.
Ngahlaba um khosi 4. ngamemeta
ngatsi : " I nyandza ley I "
ngencindi idvuma emehiweni, Ngeva
ngawa bhakla 1
Ekuvukeni kwami ngafica lisaka lashukela.
Ngatikudvula ngaya
endtini yekuhlata, ngafica litje lome
inhlama. Babentjontje tonkhe tintfo
tami labafokati. Ngakhala ngatfwala
imikhono enhioko.
Labafokati babedzinsila lelisaka lashukela
khona. ngingetukuva-
nabatsatsa timphahla tami.
Ngaya emaphoylseni, kodvwa
awazange abanjwe lawn masela.

A Day in the Life of ManciLa - Glossary
kunika to give
kutfola to find/get
kushada to marry
kufaka to put in/around/furnish
kushesha to make haste/be- quick
kubuya to return
kuphiia- to be alive
kuva. to hear
kuthuia to be- quiet/silent
kwala. to refuse-
kucondzae to be- straight/
to go straight towards
kubuka to look at/watch/admire
kubona to see aderstand/give regards
kuhiaba umkhosi to gig alarm
kumemeta. to shout/call out
kushobela to disappear- (as mouse into
a hole)
kutsi to say
kudvuma to thunder
kufica to find that
kuhundvula to drag along
koma to be dry, thirsty
kuntjontja to steal
kuwa to fall
kudzinsila to fall with. a thud
kutsatsa to take away
kukhala to cry
kubanjwa to be caught
emva after
khona there
njenge like
noma even if/when
lelinye another
ngoba because-
kwangala. I couldn't wait/contain
myself
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Lilanga Emphilweni yaMandla -Glossary
manje-
kancane now/at the present time
uma-
slowly/a. little
if /when
-ncane young/small
-khulu big
-hie,
nice/beautiful/good/pretty
inyandza_ leyo I way of expressing alarm
litje come inhiama- there is. nothing/empty
a-warzange- they (police) never
-shini (um-/imi-) machine
-shukela ((O-/Po-) sugar
-sebenti (si-/ti-) worker
-sebentr (um-/imi-) work
-dlu (iN-/tiN-) house
-ntfu- (umu,./ba-) person
-phahla.(iN-/tiN-) thing
-thelevision (i-/ti-/ema-) television
-sela (li- /ema -) thief
-teriyo (si-/ti-) stereo
-Tanga (Ii-/ema-) sun/day
-valo (si-/ti-) door
-dzinsi (bu-) of failing with a thud
-pikha (si - /ti -) speaker (of stereo)
- nyandza (iN-/tiN-) bundle of grass/wood
-cindi (iN-/tiN-) fist
-saka (li- /ema -) sack/bag
-tje (Ii-/ema-) stone/grinding stone
-nhlama.(iN-/tiN-) dough/ground fresh mealies
-fokati (urn-/ba-) stranger/person of no account
- phoyisa (Ii-/ema-) policeman
-andla (si-/ti-) hand
- khono (urn-/Imi-) arm.
Ideophones
gudlu of shifting; moving about or aside-
nyatfu of walking softly
dzinsi of falling with a thud
bhakla of falling flat

Culture Through Language - Proverbs
S1SWATI PROVERBS
Collected and described by E.C.L. Bunene
1. Menlo madzaia 'Old. eyes.'
This saying may be used by people- meeting after many years

of separation or- after a long. time. Probably this- saying is
equivalent to: "Long time-, no see."
2. Matse nelutwimi. 'It is. saliva and the tongue.'

This proverb is used to describe very intimate relationships.
Example: Jona naSuzeni matse neluiwimi.
John and Susan are saliva and tongue.
3. Litsemba alibulali. 'Hope does not kill.'

Nyembezi (1963) explains it this way: "A person may be
very hopeful that something is going to happen, but his
hopes may not materialize. One does not die because of that.
If people died because their hopes did not come true, then
the number of deaths would be tremendous." This proverb is
used when someone is disapp'Anted.
Example: Bengitsi Suzeni utaw'fika kepha akefiki.
Litsemba alibulali.
I thought Sue would come but she did not come.
Hope does not kill.
4. Kusa kusa. 'It rises, it rises.'

'It never dawns in the same- way.'
.
Nyembezi explains this proverb as. follows: "This means that
one should not expect things to remain the same day in and
day out. Things are always changing from day to day.
Thus people who are rich today may be poor the following
day. People who are despised may rise to respectable
positions."
Example: Suzeni uyiphrezidenti yaseMeiika; Kusa Kusa.
Susan is the President of America. It never
dawns in the same way.
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siSwati Proverbs
5.. Lingawa litfoiwe tinkhukhu. '(The sun) may fall and be picked
up by fowl."
This saying is used to show that a ,thing or action will
take- place. never
Example: Bill ngeke,- aye- eMelika, lingawa litfolwe
tinkhukhu.
Bill. (will) never go to America, it: can fall
and be picked up by chickens.
Another proverb that is related to this is: imbuti ingatala
inkhomo- Ca goat can beget a cow).
6. Tandta tiyagezana. 'Hands wash each other.'

Nyembezi (1963) explains this proverb as follows:
"When
washing the hands, we will observe that a hand is unable
wash itself, although it is able to wash the other. to
hand must wash the left, and the The right
right. There is interdependence. left This
hand must wash the
proverb means that
there should be mutual help."
Example: Suzeni ungiphe inyama watsi tandla tiyagezana
ngoba nami ngamupha imali.
Susan gave me meat saying hands wash each
other because I gave her money.
7. Sihiahla asinyelwa. 'The tree is not defiled.'
'You do not shit under the tree.'
Nyembezi (1963) explains the proverb as follows:
out travelling on a sunny day may want "A traveller
to rest.
often selected for resting is the shade of a tree, whichThe place
will
afford him. coolness. It is improper for one, to defecate under
the- tree just because he knows that he- will be passing.
By- so doing:, the- place- which is. afforded on.
is- spoiled. He will not be able him temporary rest
he- come around that way again,toand use that same place- should
others will be similarly
inconvenienced,''
The proverb is used but not confined to warning people not to
abuse the hospitality of others. It embraces all acts of
kind-
ness which, in every case, should be properly appreciated.
Example: Suzeni, bonga, ngoba- sihlahla asinyelwa.
Susan, say thank you, because the tree is not
defiled.
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siSwati Proverbs
8. Unesandla. 'She/he is with hand.'

This saying is used to refer to somebody who- is generous;
i.e., who gives easily.
Example: taDlamini unesandla.
Miss Mamini is generous!
S. Bamba litsambo. 'Hold the. bone.'

This proverb is usually said to friends, when they want to
shake hands. This proverb is similar to the expression used
by...Afro-Americans: "Give me five!"
Example: Bamba litsambo Sipho!
Hold- the bone, Sipho.
10. Yinkhosi 'He is king.'

This saying is used referring to a person who is very kind.
Example: Susan yinkhosi (yemuntfir).
Susan is king (a very kind person).
11. Lunwele Ioludze. 'Long hair.'

This proverb is used on occasions where one wishes another
long life. Usually, this proverb is used on birthdays, ftt
weddings, farewell functions, etc.
Example: Lunwele Ioludze Joji!
Long hair, George!
12: Ubogawula ubi-eka. 'Chop and watch.'

This. proverb is used in order- to warn somebody to be careful
or cautious in his behavior, speech, and actions when he is
dealing with other- people.
Example: Ubogawula ubheka uma ukhuluma naSuzeni.
(Be careful) chop and watch when you speak
to Susan.

siSwati Proverbs
13. Kugeza tandla. 'To wash hands.'

This proverb is used by a person who is defeated by a
problem.
Example: Ngigeza tandla kulendzaba.

L wash. my hands of this case:
14. Kucamela eludziweni. 'Rest your head on a clay pot.'

This proverb is used when drinking beer.
beer (tjwala) is served in one clay pot which isTraditionally,
passed from
one person to the other. Each person is expected
and then pass the clay pot to the next person. to drink
But, if
somebody drinks for a long time without stopping and handing
it over to the next person, then this proverb is used. It
also, refers to a person who drinks too much
(habitually).
Example:. Bill uhiala adzakiwe
Bill is usually drunkngoba ucamela eludziweni.
because he rests his
head on a clay pot (drinks too much).
15. Utsatsa ngelugalo. 'She/he takes with a finger nail."

This is used when somebody is a thief. Perhaps somewhat
like the Pnglish expression "light-fingered."
Example: Akebi utsatsa ngelugalo. .
He/she takes with a ringer nail (is noted

for stealing).
16. Kubuiaiela emabhodieia `To break bottles'

This. proverb is used to send enthusiastic
friend. through. greetings to a
someone else.
Example:. Claudia ubobulalela emabhodlela kuRyan.
Claudia break bottles to Ryan. (greet Ryan
enthusiastically for me).

siSwati Proverbs
Insika seyiwiie. 'The support pole is already fallen.'

The- insika is the pole_ that supports the hut. Once that
falls, the but collapses. This expression is used by someone
who is hungry, or referring to people who are hungry.
Example: Suzeni asihambe insika seyiwite.
Susan let's go, the pole- has fallen (I am
hungry).
18. Ayilahle boNkhosi! 'Throw it away, people.'

This proverb is used when something bad (death, loss, etc.)
has. happened in the family or to friends. These words are
used to console them.
Example: Ayilahle boNkhosi ngokufelwa nguSipho.
Forget about the death of Sipho.
19. Akalubeki lunyawo phansi,. 'He doesn't put the foot down.'
This proverb is used for a person who travels quite
often or for a person who is not found in his office.
Example: principal yalesikolo ayilubeki lunyawo
phansi ngoba itolo beyiye eJozi, lamutila
isiThekwini, kusasa iya eNgilandi.
The Principal of. this school does not put
foot down because yesterday he went to
Jo'burg, today to Durban, tomorrow he
goes to London.
20. Insakavukela umchilo wesidvwaba. 'It's an everyday happening, in

tht thong of the leather skirt.'
This proverb is used to express. that a thing is an everyday
happening. The proverb refers. to- the thong- which is used
to tie- the leather skirt together. Whenever the skirt it worn,
it has to be used.
Example: Lengubo yakhe sekwaba insakavukela umchilo
wesidvwaba.
She wears this dress everyday.
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siSwati Proverbs
21.. Kukhaaa-libhungane. 'To cry beetle.'

This proverb. is used to indicate that there- is no one in the
homestead. There- is- another- proverb
thing:- Akusakhali mpungane (literally, which means the same
crying) . there is- no fly
Example: Kungatsi- kukhala libhungane ispha ekhaya.

It seems,tt, cry the beetle here at home.
(It seems: there- is one at home.)
22. Ungihlabe enonini. 'He stabbed me on the fat.'

When somebody says something that makes
heartily . others laugh
Example: Lendzaba ingihlabe enonini.

This story stabbed me- on the fat.
23. Unelulimi Ioludze. 'She/he has a long tongue.'

This proverb is used to refer to somebody who talks too much
and usually too negatively.
Example: Suzeni unelulini loludze.
Susan has a long tongue.
Susan talks too much.
24. Uneilso lelibi. 'He/she has a bad eye.'

This. expression is used to describe a person who is jealous.
Example: Jona uneliso lelibi ngoba....
John has a bad eye (is jealous) because....
25. Wadia linhaohu lemvu. 'She/he. ate the sheep's lung.'

This proverb is used to show tnat a person is afraid to make
decision or to do a
something.
Example: Sipho akafuni kuphendvula thishanhloko ngoba
wadla liphaphu thishanhloko lemvu.
Sipho doesn't want to answer the principal because
he ate the lung of a sheep. ,

si Swati Proverbs
26. Ludziwo lufute imbita. 'A smell clay pot is similar to a large
clay pot.'
This expression is used to show that certain people are
related or 'similar, especially in behavior. Similar to the
English saying "Like father, like son," or "a chip off the old
block."
Example: Sill akalaleli; ludziwo lufute imbita.
Bill is disobedient; a small clay pot is similar-
to a large clay pot.
27.. Likati lilala etiko. 'The- cat sleeps in the fireplace.'

Nyembezi (1963) says: "Ordinarily a cat will not sleep on the
hearth. When it does so, that means that the people have
nothing to cook, and, therefore, make no fire. The saying
thus describes people who are starving."
Example: Akudliwa lutfo lapha ekhaya likati lilala etiku.
There is nothing to eat at this home, the cat
sleeps in the fireplace.
Other proverbs that express the same idea are:
(a) Ayisabekwa etiko imbita.
The cooking pot is no longer placed in the fireplace.
(b) Akusekwa etiko.
The hearthstones are no longer put in the fireplace.
28. lmfa nayo. 'Dying. with. something

This expression is used to refer to a person who is useless
where help is needed.
Example: Zodwa yimfa- nayo.
Zodwa:: is, dying with it.
(Zodwa is useless.)
29. Libululu 'This is a puff-adder.'

This is used to refer to a lazy person. The puff-adder is
said to be a very lazy snake because it takes time to move
away even if the enemy is. around.
Example: Bill uvilapha Iibululu.
Bill is a lazy puff-adder.

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siSwati Proverbs
30. Tifa ngamvunve. 'They die because of one sheep.'

Nyembezi (1963) explains this proverb as follows:
sheep in a flock is diseased, the others will also "If one
get the
infection, so that many die because of one. This saying
used when many people suffer because of the negligence is
folly of one-individual." or
Example: Bantfwana abasanikwa imali yetinwadzi. Ngoba

labanye-bayayidia. Tifa ngamvunye.
Children, are no longer given money for the
books. Because some eat it (waste it). 'They
die because of one sheep.'
31. Sisu semhambi asingakanami. 'The stomach of a traveller is not

that big.'
Nyembezi (1963) says:
that his appetite will be"This is said by a stranger meaning
satisfied by whatever is given to
him. Also, the saying urges the kind
as this is not likely to break anyone. treatment of strangers
Example: Sisu semhambi asingakanami.
This proverb stands alone as a single sentence.
32. Sisu sibekelwa ngaphandle. 'The stomach is kept for outside.'

after eating, do not waste food. You should keep it and
never waste the leftover food. This proverb is used to warn
people who throw away or waste leftovers.
Example: Bill, musa kulahia lenyama ngoba sisu
sibekelwa ngaphandle.
Bill do not thrcw away this meat because the
stomach is kept for outside.
33. Kubona kanye- kubona kabili. 'To see. once- is to

see twice."
It is used by somebody who had a bad/sad experience in a
certain place or event. When asked to go back to to same or
similar place, the person can reply by using this proverb.
Example: Ngeke ngihambe ngedvwa ebus,:ku ngoba
kubona kanye kubona kabili.
1.91: never go alone at night because to see
once-is to see- twice.
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siSwati Proverbs
34. Ngife Iwembita. 'I have died like a clay pot."

Nyembezi says: "When a clay pot breaks, there is no mend-
ing- it.. It must be regarded as a loss. Therefore, the
saying is used by one. who is completely undone. This pro-
verb- is describing a misfortune."
Example: Ngife.lwembita ngekuhamba- kwaSipho.
I died like a clay pot with the going, of Sipho.
35. Infobo itfungelwa ebandla. 'A loin skin is sewn in front of men.'
Nyembezi says: "In the cutting- of a loin skin, there are
those people who are regarded as experts. Such people are
able to offer advice if the skin is cut up in their presence.
The saying means that it does not pay to act single-handedly
instead of soliciting advice from other people. By asking for-
advice, one may be able to achieve success where, perhaps,
single-handed action might have failed. Getting advice from
those who know is not to belittle oneself."
36. Imbilapho ivela silondza. 'The groin is feeling for the sore.'
This proverb is used when people are feeling sympathy for
others. Nyembezi says: "When a person has a sore on the
Ieg, there is generally a corresponding pain in the groin.
The groin seems to hurt in sympathy. The saying is used
when something results from another."
37. Ayingangamlomo. 'It is not as big, as the mouth.'

Nyembezi says: "Some people who were given the task of
reporting on the progress of battle, were sometimes prone to
exaggerate and to paint a picture which was not altogether in
keeping- with the- truth. When the truth was known, the
people would say that the- fray was not as big- as the mouth
The expression is used for a braggart who is full. of empty
talk, but cannot substantiate his bragging in. action."
38. L.ijingi lidliwa yinhiitiyo. 'Sour porridge is eaten by the heart.'

You do a particular thing because you love to do it. You
love a particular person (even if he/she is ugly) because you
love him or her. Some people may not like him,. but you do
love' him out of choice.
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siSwati Proverbs
39. ligwavi nemhlaba. 'It is toba..:co and aloe.'

This proverb describes very intimate friends.
that describe- this relationship are: (a) Other proverbs
tongue) (see proverb 1); (b) neluiwimi (saliva and
finch). bojojo nantsaki (finch and
40. Sibhasha-nhlanyelo. 'He- is the roaster of seeds.'

It refers to a bachelor--somebody (man) who does not have
girlfriend. That's why he roasts dry mealiec a
because there is no one to cook for him for his food,
Example: Sill sibhasha nhtanyeto..
41. igaya tiboti 'The- heart grinds rotten-. things.'

The heart (inhtitiyo) is thought of as a grinding machine,
grinding rotten things.
This expression is used when somebody is angry and wanting
revenge.
42. Ungishalatete. 'He was avoiding me.'

This is said to somebody who is avoiding the company of
someone, rr a person who doesn't want to talk to someone
he/she knows.
43. Ubangwa- netibi. 'She/he disputes a claim with a piece

of straw.'
This expression refers to somebody who is very sick,
critical. condition.. It is not clear whether in
he will. live or die.
Wakhahlelwa yimpunzi.. 'He- was kicked by the but-lc-.'

It is used to refer to a person who is a liar.
Another pro-
verb that is related to this is: Wakhahtetwa yimbongolo
was kicked by a donkey). (he
Example: Bill wakhahlelwa yimpunzi (esifubeni).

Bill was kicked by the buck (on the chest).

siSwati Proverbs
45. Luraas alunamphumulo. 'The foot has no rest.'

Nyembezi says: "As one is bound to walk up and down. the
country, one must treat strangers with kindness, because one
never- knows where his feet will carry him one day."
46. Akahlalwa yimphungane. 'No-flies on him/her.'

This. expression is used to describe somebody who is always
clean--spic span.
4T. Utishaya ngendlebe etjeni. 'He/she is hitting himself/herself

on the ear with a stone.'
It refers to a person who bothers himself or herself with a
thing- that he knows that he/she will never get. He is just
hurting himself.
48. Udiala ngelikhuba kutiliwe. 'He is playing with the hoe

during moaning time.'
It is used to refer to somebody who is playing or tampering
with something dangerous.
49. Kwandza kwaliwa ngumtsakatsi. 'Increase (of people) is hated

by-a wizard.'
Nyembezi says: "Witches and wizards practice their witch-
craft to the detriment of the people, because they destroy
life. They are, therefore, opposed to the increase of people
or else they would not kill them. This saying is used as an
expression of gratitude for a gift, or in appreciation for
services render. .. It means that i; is a good thing to have
many. people- who will offer- such help, although the wizards.
db- not seem to think so. Another shade of meaning attached
to- this expression. is that the person who has been don': a
kindness, wishes his helper all prosperity unless the- wizard
cripples him."
50. Indtu sifu. 'A house is a. bird-trap.'

Do not speak about someone when you are in a house or room
because he/she might be outside listening Another shade of
meaning- attached to this expression is that in war time your
house- can be a trap--an unsafe place.
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siSwati Proverbs
Collect several expressions or proverbs of your own and share

with. your fellow students. them
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TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
The following is a review of Professor L. P. Makhubuts book, The

Traditional Healer, published in 1978, by the- Sebenta National Institute
in. Mbabane. The reviewer-, E. C. L. Kunene, is- a lecturer- at the
University College of Swaziland.
Makhubu's book consists of four- chapters. In the. first chapter-

she: describes the various types of traditional healers that exist in
Swaziland. In the second chapter she deals with the diagnoses that are
used by the healers in finding out the ailments of their patients. She
then discusses the methods used in treating the diseases of the patients
in Chapter Three. In Chapter Four she looks at the concept of disease
among the Swazis. Let us look at these chapters in turn.
Makhubu points. out that there are- three- basic traditional healers
in Swaziland: the inyanga ('herbalist'), sangoma ('diviner'), and
umfembi. The difference among these healers lies in their acquisition of
their skills, as well as in the method of diagnosis.
The inyanga uses bones to diagnose the sickness of his or her
patients. The bones are 'thrown' on the floor and on the basis of the
pattern they take, the inyanga is capable of establishing who the patient
is; what is his or her problem, and what medicines should be used in
order to heal the sickness. One should add that the inyanga in his or
her own process of bone throwing b aided by the audience (or attend-
ant) in diagnosing correctly. If the ancestors are responsible for
making the patient sick, then the inyanga will stipulate the rites to be
carried out in order to appease the ancestors.
The diagnosis of the sangoma involves a trance. The audience
again helps him or her to diagnose correctly by interpolating- with the
expression siyavuma ('we agree') when the sangoma says the expected
things. The sangoma also gives a prescription.
The- umfembi also- goes into a trance in his. or her diagnosis. The
difference- between the- sangrma and umfembi is that the latter- might be-
aided by- evil supernatural powers. in his or her diagnosis, while this is-
not true of the- former-. When umfembi goes into a trance- she- or- he is-
said to be possessed by the spirits who caused the problems or the
sickness of the- patient. At this point, whatever umfembi says is taken
to be from the spirits. The spirits who have possessed umfembi usually
introduce themselves, stating their origin and the reason(s) why they
victimize the patient. If the spirits that caused the problems are the
ancestral ones, then they will state their requirements, through
umfembi, in order to a appeased.
Makhubu. does. mention other methods that are- employed by the
above-mentioned healers when diagnosing their patient s; but we cannot
discuss all -of them in this paper..
Traditional Medicine
After- dealing with the- processes that

patients, Makhubu then discusses ten methods are used in diagnosing the-
the various diagnosed diseases. Let us briefly that are used in treating
method of treatment in turn: take a look at each
1.. Kugata (vaccination; make incisions in skin)
This. process might. be carried out by the use of
piece. of glass. After the incision has a razor blade or a
been made, the insiti 'ash powder
of bum:: herbs' is rubbed in. This. type of treatment
prevent diseases as well as cure- existing ones. is supposed to
snakebite- antidote is administered in. a form of kugatainstance,
For
in order-
the
counteract the snake poison. In cases of pain such as sprains, broken to
bones, etc., the incision is directly made at the location
You will see many Swazis with small scars on their of the pain.
times these scars are called "elevens." upper arms. Some-
2. Kucatseka (enema)
This type of treatment is commonly used to cure various diseases
such. as indigestion, excess bile, etc. It is also used to administer
timbita 'baby tonic' "among babies and small children."
3. Kuhlanta (to vomit)
Again, this treatment is used to handle a number of ailments such
as: coughs, excess bile, purging of ill-luck, et-.
is used for vomiting consists of water and "extract ofThe medicine that
medical herbs."
4. Kufutsa (sauna) and Kugeza (cleansing).
According to Makhubu these two processes go together.
the kufutsa 'to fumigate with Usually,
burnt medicines' precedes
bathing/washing/cleansing in the same fumigating solution, the kugeza,
These- prescriptions are supposed to heal colds, process.
bruises, as: well skin diseases, painful
as the frequency of misfortunes.
5. Kubtatin isela (to fumigate)
This- treatment is similar to the
that lit kubhunyiseia animal. materials process of kufutsa (sauna) except
are used, such as skin., fats and.
hair; instead of herbal ones. This treatment
"new -bora babies, in order to increase is usually administered to
evil spirits in their new environment." their resistance to disease and
6. Kucapha (to lap up)
The concoctions that are used is the process of kucapha are "dis-
solved in water- on the hot surface. By means of fingertips the liquid
is placed on the tongue, and may be, swallowed depending
of the medicine." This treatment might on the nature
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Traditional Medicine
7. Kuhlabela
This is a treatment of sprains and fractures. It can be adminis-
tere internally and externally. The liquid 'medicine' called
mahlanganisa, literally 'to bring together, join together,' consists of a
variety of herbs, and it is administered orally in order to improve the
blood circulation. The broken limb or whatever might be supported by
luhlaka 'reed framework.' In. addition to that, the affected part of the
body is "gatwad" from kugata 'to vaccinate.'
8.. Kumunya (to suck)
This treatment consists of placing a horn in the affected area and
sucking. "foreign particles believed to be causing the illness...." This
type of treatment is usually prescribed for people who suffer from
migraine headache. It is supposed to remove the "blood from the
temple veins."
Luhhemane
This treatment is given to a patient who has failed to improve
after various types of treatment have been administered. The
luhhemane treatment consists of "the administration of mind-changing
drugs." In this state "the patient talks freely about his sickness
usually naming the umtsakatsi 'witch' and also relating how the disease
came about."
10. Kutsebula
This treatment is administered to a .patient who is diagnosed as
being possessed by tilwane 'evil spirits' (or literally, animals). Accord-
ing to Makhubu there are two methods of administering this treatment.
One is that of getting rid of the spirits by chopping the shadow
(sitfunti) of a patient with an axe, and then pouring- the medicine on
the hole in the ground, and then the healer "blows a whistle and calls
the patient's name, urgirg him to return.
In. Chapter Four various. types of diseases are discussed, such as
sterility, infections, etc-.
I hope that this short summary will stimulate your interest in
order to read Professor L. P. Malchubu's book, as well as inviting her
over to your orientation sessions, so that she could tell you more about
traditional medicines and healers. Niyavuma (Do you agree?) I hope
your response is Siyavuma! (We agree!) .
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SISWATI AND ZULU

by
E. C. L. Kunene-
INA
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siSwati and Zulu
SiSwati and Zulu*

1. Introduction
Geographically, Swaziland is surrounded by Transvaal in. the
North, West and South; by Natal in the southeast, and Mozambique in
the East. Language boundaries do not coincide with political ones. This
is. true- of Swaziland and the surrounding countries.
In Transvaal, next- to the- Swaziland borders, siSwati is. spoken.
In Natal Zulu is spoken, and in Mozambique, Tsonga.
where languages are in contact geographically, they mightIninflunce
most cases,
each
other. It is not surprising, therefore, that one finds a "peculiar"
siSwati spoken. along the borders of Mozambique and Natal. In this
paper we will deal with the influence of Zulu and si.Swati on each other.
Before looking into the influence of Zulu on spoken siSwati, let us
remind ourselves about certain facts concerning siSwati and Zulu. To
start off, siSwati is not a dialect of Zulu, but it is a "sister" language
to Zulu, so to speak. This means that both Zulu and siSwati originated
from a mother language (common ancestor language) called
They are therefcre daughter languages of Ur-Bantu. TheseUr-Bantu. daughter
languages fall into the same group caP.ed the Nguni group.
The languages that fall intothe Ngumi group are mutually intelli-
gible, i.e., one can speak in one of these languages and be understood
by the speaker of another language that is a member of the same group.
One should point c that the degree of mutual intelligibility differs
amongst languages of the same group. SiSwati and Zulu's mutual in-
telligibili cy is high; speakers of these languages communicate to each
other with no problem.
Like all Bantu languages, the sentence structure
siSwati is similar to that of mast Bantu languages as well as-(syntax) of
Zulu. The
differences between the two languages are somewhat superficial, and
predictable to a certain extent. The differences between siSwati and
Zulu might include the following:
(a) the presence- versus the absence of certain sounds;
(b) certain. morphological. (spelling) differences, such as in. the.
noun prefixes, as we shall see later;
(c) the use of different words- to express the same cIncepts.
Now, let us look at some of these differences in greater detail.
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siSwati and Zulu
2. The Differences Between siSwati and Zulu

2.1 Speech Sounds. Some of the sounds that are found in siSwati or
Zulu are: (Note- -all the sounds are written in spelling form.)
siSwatit Zulutt
1. k k
2. p t k. p t k
3. ph- *it kh ph til. kh
4. bh *.t:0;; g bh 4.: g
5. b b
6.. m n ny ng n ny
m ng
7. f s sh h f a sh h
8. . .,
hh hh
9. (r) (r)
10. 1
11. hi hi
12. dl di
13.
14. j
15. ki I
Kt
16. y w w
Clicks
17. c x
18. ch ch xh
4c.1 gRc:
20.. nq nx nq
r. nx
tZiervogel, 19E? ttDoke, 1927

Notice that the siSwati sounds /th, d, and z/ are marked with an
asterisk. These sounds occur only rarely in siSwati.
occur in a word, that word is usually the same in bothWhen they do
siSwati and
Zulu.. For- instance, - thula means
'to be quiet'
umdada refers to a 'loin cloth' in. both languages. in both languages,
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siSwati and Zulu
It is more frequently the case that the Zulu sounds /th, d, ancl z/
are represented by other sounds in siSwat.. You will find that people
say "That's Zulu" if you use the version with_ /th, d, or z/.
A. Zulu wc.ds with the sound /th/ usually occur as one of two
speech sounds in siSwati, namely, /ts/ and /tf/. The /ts/
occurs when it is. followed by the vowels /a, e, or i/ while
/tf/ occurs when the vowel following is /o/ or /u/. For
example, compare the following- siSwati and Zulu words:
Zulu siSwati Gloss

-thatha -tsatsa take away
-thela -tsela pour
-tfilya -tsiya hinder/trap
-thutha -tfutsa move Louse /transport
-thathu -tsatfu three
-thola -tfola to find/get
-thokoza -tfokcta be happy
1-thole Ii -tfole heifer
B. Zulu words with the speech sound /d/ usually occur as one
of two speech sounds in siSwati, namely /dz/ and /dv/. The
/dz/ occurs before vowels /a, e, and 1/, while /dv/ occurs
before vowels /o/ and /u/. For instance, compare the
following siSwati and Zulu words:
Zulu siSwati Gloss

in-doda in-dvodza man
in-dodakazi in-dvodzakati daughter
-dabula -dzabula- tear-
-dedesa -dzedzesa be a cry baby
-deiela -dzeleia act contemptuously
-dilika
despise/be insolent
-dzil i ka. :all down
-diliza cause to fall down
-dikila -dzikila reject with disdain
-dinsi -dzinsi of falling- with a thud

siSwati and Zulu
C. Zulu words with the speech sound /z/ usr.ally occur with the
speech sound /t/ in siSwati. For instance, compa7 th-
following- siSwati and Zulu words:
Zulu siSwati Gloss
-zama -tama try
-zak -tala give- birth
-woza -wota. come
-zamuia -tamula yawn-
-zuma -tuma surprise/take unawares
-zumeka -tumeka fall asleep
isi-zungu si-tunge. loneliness
D. Looking to the "click" sounds, we notice that siS:qati has
fewer clicks than Zulu. Most of the Zulu words with the
click sounds /c/ /q/ and /x/ are represented by the click
sound /c/ in siSwati. For instance, compare the following
Zulu and siSwati words:
Zulu siSwati Gloss
- cina -cina be hard
-china -china braid
-gcina -gcina be last
-ncinca -ncinca ooze/3uppurate
- gala -cala start/begin
- qhuba -chuba/-qhuba drive along
-gqoka -gcoka/-gqcka dress up
-ngqola -ngcola/-nggola .be dirty
-xega -cegai-gega be loose
-xhafuza -chafuta squelch in mud, eat
-gxoba noisily (like a pig)
-gcoba crush/stamp/trample
i-nxele ii-ncele left-handed person
i-nxeba ii-nceba wound'
From: the- above data, we notice- that the- click sound /c/ is-
used extensively in siSwati. At times the click sound /c/
seems. to be- used interchangeably with the- click sound /q/ .
This is not always true, as- we can see from the following-
words.:
Zulu siSwati Gloss
i-qoqo Ii -qoqc collection/anthology
i-xoxo li-zoco frog

siSwati and Zulu
Before looking at the morphological differences that exist in siSwati

and Zulu, let me point out that, in the southeast of Swaziland, around
the Nhlangano area, siSwati speakers have a tendency to substitute
Zulu sounds into siSwati. words. This type of dialect has been nick-
named 'siNguni' -- simply because it is spoken by most Simelanes who are
found in. large numbers in the south. Thus, 'siNguni' may be defined
as a dialect that superimposes Zulu bounds- on siSwati words. For
instance, compare the following. words:
Zulu siSwati. siNguni Gloss
4kukho' kute- kuze there- is nothing
uku-theza ku-tfota ku -thoza collect firewood
uku-phuza ku-natsa ku-natha to drink
uku-fica ku-khandza kukhanda to find
uzothini "- utotsini utoth in i what will you do?
It is common in. siNguni to find the siSwati speech sounds Its!,
/tf/, /dz/ and /dv/ are eliminated and replaced by the sounds /th/ and
Id/ as in the case of Zulu. A nonspeaker of siSwati or Zulu might find
it hard to understand what is going on in siNguni. Let us look at the
second difference that might exist between siSwati and Zulu.
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2.2. The Morphological Difference in Noun Prefixes

You: will recall that a noun. consists of a prefix and a stem. The
prefix might indicate singularity or- plurality
noun prefixes begin with a vowel, and some ofinthem a noun. In Zulu- all
consist of a vowel
only. In siSwati, however-,
some noun prefixes have
and others are made- up of a consonant plus. a vowel.an initial vowel,
For example,
compare the following Zulu noun: prefixes with those of siSwati:
Zulu siSwati
Class 1 sg. UMU- UM- or umu -
p1. aba- ba-
Clis la sg. u- 0-
p1. o- bo-
Class 2 "sg. umu -- UM- or UMU-
pl. imi- - imi-
Class 3 sg. I- Ii-
pi. ama- ema-
Class 4 sg. si- si-
PI- izi- ti-
Class S sg. IN- iN-
pl. tiN- tiN-
Class 6 sg. ulu- lu-
pl. isiN- tiN-
Class 7 ubu- bu-
Class 8 uku- ku-
This is- straightforward.

do not begin with_ a vowel in One- should simply know which prefixes
siSwati. Let us- now look at the- last
difference- we pointed out between. siSwati and Zulu.

siSwati and Zul,.
2.3 Different Words

siSwati uses different words from Zulu at times.. One has to learn
these. Some of the words, that are different in siSwati and Zulu are:
Zulu siSwati Gloss

- phuza -natsa drink
- xuba -bhica mix
- bhixa- -gcobisa smear with mud
-xhopha -phandla dazzle/put a foreign
body into the eye
u-mame 0-make mother
u-baba 0-babe father
in-galo urn-khono arm
um-lenze- urn-bala/um-Iente leg
in-xibongo lu-fala smallpox
-fica - khandza find that
-thula - bindza/-thula be quiet
isi-khombisa It-sontfasi-khombisa seven
You have seen that the differences between Zulu and siSwati, are
regular and predictable in some cases but not others. It is important
to realize that siSwati and Zulu are two different languages, neither one
a dialect or version of the other. As Zulu has a longer history as a
written language, it has often crept into siSwati by way of books and
newspaper. But this is changing. There are many things being
publi-theci in siSwati these days including schoolbooks. Swazis are
proud of their language and will be anxious to teach you the true
siSwati words if you make mistakes. Hamba kahle!
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Specialized Vocabulary
1. Food and Drink

-nkhwa (si-/ti-) bread
- jamu (0-/bo-) jam
- khekhe (li- /ema-) cake
-sobho (li- /ema -) soup
-sobho (um-/imi-) gravy, broth
-candza (II-/emz -) ea..
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-hlanti (114-fAN-) fish

-catsatte (um-/imi-) biscuit
-bhisikidi (li- /ema-) biscuit
-raysi (i-) yeast
-biva (iN-/tiN-) beef (in cans)
-si (ema-) sour milk
- gushy (1i-/ema-) okra-type vegetable
-hewu (ema-) fermented porridge
-cwancwa (iN-/tiN-) sour porridge
-gunu (bu-) beer brewed from
emaga,tu
-shukela
,._
(0-/bo-) sugar
- nyama (IN-) meat
-tiye (li-) te_
-phalishi (Ii-) porridge
- swayi (1u-). salt
- wayini (i-/ema-)
I. wine
- pelepele (0-/bo-) pepper

-bhotela. (li- /ema -) butter
-phinathibhatha (7bo-) peanut butter
-bhanana (0-bo-) banana

- grebisi (1i-/ema-) grapes
- gwava (li-/erna-) guava
-pi opho (Ii-/ema-) pawpaw
-pentjisi (Ii-/ema-), peach.
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-khofi (Ii-lema-) coffee

-bisi (lu-) milk
-shisi (0-/bo-) cheese
-phayinaphu (0-/bo-) pineapple
-mangoza (0-/bo-) mango
-kotapeya (1i-/ema-) avocado
-kotapeni (11-/ema-) avocado (variant)
-tsanga (11-/ema-) pumpkin
-hhabhula (Ii-/ema-) apple
-batata (0-/bo-) yam
-makherorri- (0-/bo-) spaghetti, macaroni
- swidi (1i-/ema-) candy
-ayisikhrimu (li- /ema -) ice cream
- kherothi (1i-/ema-) carrot
-bhithiruthi (1-/ema-) beetroot
-anyanisi fa_,bo-
`P ' ema-) onion
- lethisi (1i-/ema-) lettuce
-bhiya (0-/bo-) beer
-nti (ema-) water
-punu (si-/ti-) .
spoon
-fologo (iN-/tiN-) fork
- khwa (umu-/imi-) knife
-mese (um-/imi-) knife
- pulete (11-lama-) plate
-soso (11-/ema-) saucer
-gilazi (iN- /tiN -) glass
-ntongomane (li- /ema -) peanut
-zambane (Ii- ema-) potato
- tamatisi (1i-/ema-) tomato
-pinatji (si-/ti-) spinach
-khabishi (li- /ema -) cabbage

-phisi (Ii-/ema-) peas

-kwashi (si-/ti) squash
-shaladi (Ii-/ema-) shallots
-khowe. (Ii-/ema-) mushroom
-bhontjisi (Ii-/ema-) beans
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2. insects and Animals
-phungane- (IN- /tiN -) fly

-lembu (bu-/ ) spider
-shongololo (11-/ema-) millipede
-bhungane (li- /ema -) beetle
-ntfutfwane (iN- /tiN- --) ant
- coco (i i-/ema-) frog-
-fecele (0-/bo-) scorpion
- yosi (iN-itiN-) bee
-zeze/-kul 6iu (li- /ema -) flea
-tfwala (i N-itiN-) louse
- phela (Ii-/ema-) cockroach.
- gwenya (IN- /tiN -) crocodile
-bungu (si-/ti-) worm
- nyamane (Ii-/ema-) edible green caterpillar
-bhuzulwane (iN-/tiN-) mosquito
-manyovu (0-/bo-) wasp
-tsetse (IN-/tiN-) grasshopper
-sundvu (um-/imi-) earthworm
-Nava (si-/ti-) stalk borer
-phetfu (iN-/tiN-) maggot in rotting meat
-yoka yebafati (IN-/tiN-) centipede
-khatane (li- /ema -) tick
-yekevu (iN-/tiN-) cricket
-cwili (iN.-/tiN-) tapeworm
- nenkhe- (urn-/imi-) snail
-yoka (iN-/tiN-) snake
-genge- (Ii-/ema-) termite
-gololo (um - /imi -) lizard
-bululu (Ii-/ema-) puff adder
-mamba (i-/ti-) mamba snake
- shekeshe- (Ii-/ema-) ant (slightly big)
-vubu. (iN-/tiN-) hippopotamus
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-yoni (IN-/tiN-) bird

-juba/-tuba (11-/ema-) dove
-phuphu (Ii-/ema-) baby of a bird
-hwabayi (11-/ema-) crow
-dvoye (0-/bo-) secretary bird
-hlokohloko (Ii-/ema-) sparrow
-konjane (iN-/tiN-) swallow
-sweti (lu- /tiN -) eagle
-gce (li- /ema -) eagle
-khova (si-/ti-) owl
-ianda (li- /ema -) egret
- luiwane (1i-/ema-) bat
-rnzthebathebane (0-/bo-) sparrow hawk
- mbalane (0-/bo-) species of canary
-tsekwane (0-/bo-) hammer head
-ncedze (0-/bo-) warbler
- she (IN-/tiN-) ostrich
- tsendzele (ii.. /ma- partridge
ItiN-)
- gwalagwala (1-/ema-) lourry
-gwaca (si-/ti-) quail
-ncwincwi (i-/ti-) honey-sucker
-zavolo (0-/bo-) night-jar
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- hlahia (si-/ti-) tree-

-hlaba (iN- /tiN -) aloe
-senge (um-/imi-) cabbage tree
-nsinsi (um- /imi -) kaffirboom
-tfolo (um-/imi-) acacia, black wattle
-yetane- (um-/imi-) willow tree
-diulanitsi (IN-/tiN-) gum tree
-khiwa (urn-/imi-) fig tree
-sekwane-- (lu- /tiN -) mimosa
-gwenya (um-/im!-) harpephyllum caffrum
-phopho (Ii-/ema-) pawpaw
- kotapeya (um-/imi-) avocado tree
- gwava (11-/ema-) guava tree/fruit
-mangoza (0-/bo-) mangoes
- sololo (lu-/tiN-) bauhima galpinii
-vangati (um-/imi-` pterocarpus angololensis
-pertlisi (Ii-/ema-) peach tree
- Iamula (um-/imi-) lemon tree
- sundvu (Ii-/ema-) Palm tree
-lahia nkhosi (um-/imi-) type of a tree which is
planted where kings are
buried
-sobo (um-/imi-) solamum nigrum
- hionhlo (um-/imi-) euphorbia
-nduze (um-/imi-) lily
-nga (si-/ti-) acacia species
-tfwetfwe (si-/ti-) acacia species
-godvo (si-/ti-) stump of tree
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- cembe (li- /ema -) leaf

-tsi (Iu. /tiN -) straw
-khasi (Ii-/ema-) dry leaf
-dvuli (iN-/tIN-) rushes
-la la. (Ii-/ema-) palm, hyphaena orenata
- hianga (um-/imi-) reed
-zi (umu-/imi-) fibrous plant used for
rope-making
-choboza (iN-/tiN-) grass used for making
mats
-singitane (um-/imi-) grass used to make
bracelets
-hlongu (Iu-/tiN-) grass used for thatching
-khwane (Ii-/ema-) sedge for making mats
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6. Traditional Dress and Ornaments
-shoba (Ii-/ema-) a tail that is carried

by healers
-hiya (11-/ema-) a cloth that forms part
of traditional wear
-dvwaba. (si-/ti-) skin- skirt worn by
married women
-dziya (si-/ti-) skin apron worn by
married women
- cholo (si-/ti-) beehive hairdo
- vadla (Iu-/tiN-) tassel skirt worn by
.. small children
-lobo (Ii-/ema-) man's attire made of
skin worn around the
waist
- hawu (Ii-/ema-) shield
- bheshu (li- /ema -) skin buttock-covering
attire
- fahlawane (Ii-/ema-) anklets that rattle
- cici (Ii-/ema-) earring
-gcebesha (Ii-/ema-) bead necklace
- phuku (si -/ti-) skin blanket which can
also be used as a cape

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- gcwembe (um-/imi-) wooden bowl for meat
-gwembe (IN-/tiN-) wcodep. spoon
-khezo (lu- /tiN -) small wooden spoon for
eating
-tfunga (Ii-/ema-) container used for
milking
-jujo (11-/ema-) wooden whipper used
in cooking
- camelo (si-/ti-) wooden pillow
- hiuto (Ii-/ema-) grass squeezer for
straining tjwala
-lulu (si-/ti-) big grass container
that is used for
storing mealies, etc.
-cansi (li- /ema -) grass mat for sleeping
- cephu (si-/ti-) small grass mat used
for sitting or decoration
-tsebe (si-/ti-) small grass mat used to
put mealie-meal etc.
when grinding with a
grinding stone
-dziwo (lu- /tiN -) clay pot for drinking
-bhita (iN- /tIN -) big clay pot used for
brewing beer
-mancishana (0-/bo-) small clay pot for
serving beer
- gula (iN-/tiN-) a dried gourd used for
fermenting milk
- kezo (iN-/t1N-) a dried, elongated
gourd. used as a ladle
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8. Agriculture
-gulumba (si-/ti-) tractor
-khuba (Ii-/ema-) hoe/plough
-joke (Ii-/etha-) yoke
-keyi (si-/ti-) put on oxen's necks
when inspanned
-dilimo (iN-/tiN-) skin ropes for inspan-
ning the oxen
--swebhu (si-/ti-) whip
- bhewu (iN-/tiN-) seed
-hlanyelo (iN-/tiN-) seed
-jini (IN-/tiN-) engine
-sondvo (Ii-/ema-) wheel
-jeke (0-/bo-) jack
-panela (si - /ti -) spanner
-khabhuretha (1-/ti-) carburetor
-radiyetha (i-/ti-) radiator
- gandaganda (0-/bo-) tractor
-kotini (0-/bo-) cotton
-oba (um - /ire-) sugar cane
- tuba (um-/imi-) cow manure
-manyolo (0-/bo-) manure
-mofu (i-/ti-) Friesland; imported breed
of cattle
-lele (li- /ema -) step ladder
-gungu (iN-/tiN-) hole in which maize is
stored
-siba- (Iu-/tiN-) feather-
-ntjwele (li- /ema -) young, chicken-
kuvuna
to harvest
kuhlanyela to plant
kunisela to water
kunyenyeta to sprinkle
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PART V
SELECTIONS
FROM.
INYONI SEPTEMBER
1979
Volume 10- No. 9
UPHEPHA LESIVE. LEUPHUMA
KANYE NGENYANGA
UBITA-. EMESENTI LAMANE: (4C),
NATIONAL. NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED EVERY MONTH
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Selections from Umbiki
THE.
KING
MEETS
4
ZAMBIAN
MINISTER
Hie Majesty Mug &Ahura 11 has preload lead= of com-
monwealth comities for the way in which they conducted
the recent Cenunonwealth Summit moduli held in Lusaka
Zambia. The King told the Tithing Minister of Commerce
from the Republic of Mr. Calliope during an au.
dience at Embo State House last week that the recent Sum-
mit brought a solution to the problem of Zinibabwe.
The King also praised the was particulatiy happy that
'leaders for having gone to Swaziland had celebrated
Zambia prepared to discuss the Trade Fair when the
the problems of Africa and country had established its
other international conflicts own kind of government
without having taken prior formed through ilnkhundla
decisions. system. He said that he per-
sonaky believed that the
His Majesty mid that best was to run the affairs
this stand proved that of a country was through
Africans were ready to dio.' the system Swaziland was
cuss their problems peace- using since all the members
fully and said this. was of parliament sat down
Africanism in the true sense. in- Parliament to decide-
His. Majesty also praised that which is g000d for the
did Zambia. Minister for Swazi nation and not for
having accepted an. invite- any particular party..
don to officiate: at the
opening of the- Swaziland In reply, Mr Chisupa
International Trade Fair told the King that he had
ar the' week-end. even- double- honoured. Zambia.
though the King asked him by inviting him to open the
to do so. at the eleventh fair and by allowing him to
hour. have- an audience- with the
King. He latex presented
His Majesty also told the the ICing with a copper side
visiting Minister that he lamp.
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INKHOSI
1130NANA
NA CHISUPA
IMbube yeMblaba 'Niches' Sobhuza II ubonge kakhulu ha-
holi bemave-IadIelana nemaNgisi ngendlela labaphatsa ngst-
ye unthiangano lobewubanjeiwe kulela leZambia.
INkhosi ikusho loku nayi- LESINCANE
khuluma neNdvuna yeTeku- INkhosi ibonge naieNdvu-
tsengiselana yeZambia ngeli- na yeZambia ngekutsi ivume
viki leliphehle ngesikhatsi ba- kukhuluma ngesikhatsi htvu-
bonana esigoctlweni eMbo lwa ngekwemtsetfo umbukiso
tsi kulomhlangano 'obey/use- kanilce leNdvuna Tautly/a se-
Zambia kwacishe kwa=tulu- kusele sikhashana lesincane
leka inkhinga yase Zimba- kwekutsi kube ngiyo Iekhu-
bwe. 'mak. INkhosi ichaze ne-
kutsi kumnandzi kakhulu
TINKIIINGA kwekutsi lonyaka lombukiso
dace ngesildtatsi lelive seliti-;
INkhosi beau idvumisa Ica- hambela ngahulumende lo-
khulu nekutsi Iabaholi up- musha Iokhetfwe ngekuIan-
slichatsi balilaagene kwaba dzela luhlelo IwetinIchundia.
khona loinmyent. labakukhu-
luma kulomhlangano kwa- YINRLE
khombisa Imtse injongo yabo
lenkhulu kucatulula tinkhi- Ichubeke Mhos' yachaza
np teAfrica npphandle kwe kutsi ngekubona kwar3 len"
kuchitsa ingati. Ngiyo Ieyo dlela lekuhanjwa npyo nya-
ndlela lendzal a I ebahamba 10 Yinhle ngebe emalunP
gayo bantfu baIapha eAfri- Phalumenue nakahleti
ka. lamende alchuluma tindzaba
suke abuka loko lokutosita
live lonkhana hhayi intfo le-
tosita lirembu lelitsite.
INBLONIPHO
UMnunizane Chisupa u-
phendvule- ngektusi kumjabu-
lisa kakhulu futsi kusento le-
simnike inhlonipho lenIchulu
kumenywa kulomcimbi lom-
khulu nekutsi abonane ne-
Nklaosi. Ubese uniketa N-
Ichosi sipho sesibane tesihle
kakhulu lesisathusi

In' conveying- his greeting

Laren to President Park and the ea-.
tire people- of . Korea, the
King. said that the gift was
most fitting in that it would
alleviate- the shortage of
Ambassador transport in some depart-.
menu of the givernment. His
Majeety told the envoy that
His Majesty King Sobhuza II the cars. had been distributed
has. soot his personal message among sevocal departments.
of, gratitude and thanks to so that everyone c3uld hive
President Park of South Ko- a share of the- Koreas gift.
rea for die- assistance given
to Swaziland by the Republic. The King also said. that
of Korea- in this country's Smaziland was looking foe,.
economic development. ward to a peaceful solution of
the Them problem. Ambits.
The message was conveyed sador Do -Soon Chung had
.to the Korean' Leader earlier briefed His Molest on.
'through the Ambasmdor of the conflict which exists be-
South Korea, Mr- Di-Soon twice South and North Ha-
Chung who had an audience res. The Deputy Prime MI-
with His Majesty at Embo ?lister Senator 3en Nsibandze
State Home last week. who also accompanied the
The Ambassador who Is Prime Minister to the Far
resident in Nairobi, Kenya East was also at En** for
was in Swam:headier working the audience with the King.
week-eod visit to the King-
dom.
The King made a pardcu
lar reference to the twenty
vehicles which were recently
given to Swaziland as a gift
by thee government of South
Korea to.commemmorate the
visit to. that country last year
by the Prime Minister Ma-
jor General Maphevu who
was leading a ten men Swazi
delegation as part of extensi
ve visit to the Far East..
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INKHOSI
IBONGA
BE
SOUTH
KOREA
INkhosi Sobhuza We5BsUi utfumele entagama ekubonga ne-
kudrumisa kuMengameli Park we South Korea mayelana
nehnita Ioluchamuka kulela le Korea lolucondzene nekuhlu-
miss 'alive lakaNgwane.
Lomlayeto uthmyelwe ku- tawusita ekuphunguleni
welive leKorea nge- tfwalo lokhona wekwesirele-
miamo weLincusa leKorea u- ka kwetimotolo kulamanye e-
Mnwnzane Don Soon Chung matiko akahulumende.
lokutsite eimpheleni kwelivi- EMATIKO ONKUE
ki Ielipkelile wabonana tut: INkhosi ichubeke yatsi
Nkhosi. Lelincusa laseKorea siphiwo setimotolo sabiwe lar
lelihlala eNairobi kulela wo 'onkhe emataw atotfola
Kenya belivakashele lculeli yinye yinye imotolo khona a-
lakitai ngekutobuka tintfo le- atotfola sabelo setimotolo' te-
thsite letlhambelana name- Korea.
bend walo. TENKBINGA
TIMOTOLO IMbube iphindze yatsi
INkhosi ikhulume yang*. tsemba kwekutsi netinkhinga
visa ngetimotolo letingema- letikhona kulela leKorea nga-,
lhund lamabili letisandza ku- Ieiinye lilanga tiYucitululeka
wicetwa hulumende wakitsi kalula agaPhaadle kwernsia-
nzuhulumende weKorea dvo nekuchitseka kwengati.
ngesento lebeslichombisa ku- KUNGEVANI
Tabula kwalaba beKorenng. - Ngaphambilini lincusa Ie-
kuvakashelwa kwabo ngu- Korea like lachazela ligkhosi
Ndvunankhulu wakitsi, Ma- ngetinkhinga letikhona. telm-
jor General Maphevu aged- ngevani ekhatsi kweNyakatfo
khatsi avakashele emave kanye neNingizimu Korea.
Mphumalanga ngemnyaka Kuletinkhulumo bekukhona
phelileo neLiphini laNdvunankhulu,
BAYABONGA .uMblonishwa Bea Neandze
INkhosi itsite bakaNgwane lobekahambe naNdvunankhu-
bayabonga kakhulu ugalesi- lu ngesikhatsi avakashele e-
phiwo ngobeni letimotolo ti- South. Korea.
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MNCINA
EMERIKA
1Nttnma yasellko !orange-
phandle. WHIR= Lawrence
Mndna lame ekhaya nge-
Letdhlann cbtank2 emu.*
kwekunkashela lens eMeII-
kha brings yonkhe. Kulohr
hawk. Makin uMnuz. Ninci-
na wavakaahela ttnhlanpno
letinyenti etindzaweni fete
hlukene tase Meas.
Waphindze wavakashela
na e Washington DC, India-
na, Cailfarat, New York,
Las Vegas naletinye tindra-
wo lapho bekesna Mona Intl-
*sehend Waite: Kniokuraka;
shakwakhe 11111m. Macho
lekwabhadalelwa ngtandenne-
nde wemaMelika belutkatk're
aphekeletehre ngnmicakhe.,
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siSwati English
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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
This bibliography suggests only the most popular and well-known works
devoted to the culture, history, and language of Swaziland. A very
detailed and complete bibliography can be found. in. John J. Grotpeter's
volume, Historical Dictionary of Swaziland.
HISTORY
Grotpeter, John J. aistorical Dictionary of Swaziland Scarecrow
Press, Inc.: Metuchen, N.J., 1975.
Halpern, Jack. South Africa's Hosta es: Basutoland, Bechuanaland,
and Swaziland. Penguin Books: Baltimore, 1965.
Matsebula, M. A History of Swaziland. Longmans, 1976.
Schutt, J. F. The History of Swaziland. Mbabane, 1966.
LITERATURE
Kuper, Hilda. Bite of Hunger. Harcourt, Brace and World: New
York, 1965.
Kuper, Hilda. A Witch in my Heart. Oxford University Press: London,
1970.
Miller, Alister Mitchell. Mamisa: The Swazi Warrior. Shuter and

Shooter: Pietermaritzburg, 1955. (In siSwati, 1960)
INDUSTRY
Industrial Opportunities in Swaziland, by the Swaziland Ministry of

Commerce, Industry, and Mines, Mbabane, 1968.
LANGUAGE
Doke, C. M. The Southern Bantu Languages. For the International

African Institute by Dawsons. of Pall Mall, London,. 1967.
Rycroft, D. K. Say It In siSwati. Websters: Mbabane, 1979.
Ziervogel, D. Swazi Tests With An English Translation, Notes, and a
Glossary of Swazi Terms. J. L. Van Schaik: Pretoria, 1967.
Ziervogel, D. and E. J. Mabuza. A Grammar of the Swab. Language.
J. L. Van Schaik: Pretoria, 1976.
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Geography of Swaziland. Climate 8

PART II: Culture Through Language 23

Chakijane Mjololo is Born 24

Traditional Medicine--A Review of L. Makhubu

PART IV: Specialized Vocabulary by E. Sunene 79

PART V: Selections from Umbiki 97

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