Chief of Embhuleni

Chief of Embhuleni (also Inkosi of Embhuleni) is the title for the Swati head of the Embhuleni Royal Council in South Africa's Mpumalanga province.[1] The official residence of the Chief of Embhuleni is in Badplaas and the current Chief is Prince Cambridge Makhosonke Dlamini, one of Chief Mkolishi's 10 children.[2] The royal village was built by Mswati II in c.1842 as a military post to safeguard eSwatini land against possible invasion by the Bapedi. The first house of the Embhuleni royal family was built in Tjakastad on the foot of Mkhingoma Mountain. Mswati II's regiments were subjected to the rule of his wife, Nandzi 'LaMagadlela' Khumalo[3][4][5][6][7]

Chief of Embhuleni
Incumbent
Prince Cambridge Makhosonke Dlamini
since December 1988
ResidenceBadplaas
AppointerHouse of Dlamini

Chiefs of Embhuleni (list)

● Chief James Maquba Dlamini was born in c.1910 and was installed as the Chief of Embhuleni in 1931 until his death on 18 September 1954.

● Chief Johannes Mkolishi Dlamini was Chief of Embhuleni from 1954 until his death on 23 December 1988.

● Chief Cambridge Makhosonke Dlamini is the current Chief of Embhuleni since 1988.

See also

● House of Dlamini

● eSwatini

●KaNgwane

●Bantustan

●Transvaal (disambiguation)

References
  1. - Kings and paramount chiefs of South Africa, The African Royal Families. Retrieved 23 July 2023
  2. Prayer should be done for all, Mpumalanga News. Retrieved 11 February 2023
  3. Matsebula, J.S.M. 1980. A History of Swaziland. Cape Town: Creda Press
  4. Myburg, A.C.1949. The Tribes of Barberton District. Pretoria: Government Printer
  5. Myburg, A.C. 1949. Chiefs and Tribes of Nelspruit District. Pretoria: Department of Regional and Land Affairs
  6. Myburg. A.C. 1956.- Die Stamme van die Distrik Carolina. Pretoria:Staatsdrukker
  7. A preliminary survey of the Bantu tribes of South Africa by N.J. van Warmelo.Pretoria:Government Printer, 1935
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