LUCWANINGO LOLUNZULU LOLUMAYELANA NEKUBALULEKA ...

afinyelela endzaweni lebitwa ngekutsi iTongland lekuyindzawo letfolakala
eMozambiki. Ngekusho kwaGogo Magongo banendvuna Jim Gama bobabili
bayavumelana ngekutsi emaswati avela sekachamuka esiveni sakaTembe
lesitfolakala eMphumalanga yelive iMozambiki. EmaSwati esuka kaTembe
ayawujika emaGudu ase aya eNgwavuma agudla tintsaba teLubombo ate
ayewutfola sive sebeSutfu lebesitinde e5watinL
EmaSwati ngalesikhatsi asachamuka eMphumalanga yelive Ie-Afrika bekute
iminyele kodvwa kunesidniseko sekutsi tintsaba teLubombo ngito lapho lesive
semaswati satinta kuto kakhulu. Phela kudzala belumbi bangakefiki nendzaba
yeminyele, live lase5watini naleNingizimu Afrika kanye neMozambiki
belihlangene liIinye, kodvwa iMozambiki beyehlukaniswa tintsaba teLubombo.
INingizimu Afrika ne5watini beyingakehlukaniseki kodvwa ngenca yepolitiki
kwagdna kunebantfu labebahlala emnyeleni kute bewelise bantfu. BoVan
Rensburg na Oosthuizen (1986:272) bavumelana ngekutsi:
Although the Transvaal had no offfcial control over
Swaziland in reality itpractised a form ofcontrol.
Nanobe bebakhona bona bantfu emnyeleni wele5watini neNingizimu Afrika
kodvwa bebangayifuni imvurne yekwewela umnyele ngobe vele bekute
iminyele ngaleto tikhatsi. Bantfu bebatihambela bawele nome ngabe kanjani
ngobe labanye bebatfolakala kutsi kumele bengce emalanga ngobe tinini tabo
tikuleli laseNingizimu Afrika.
Sive semaswati sehlukaniswe tigaba letimbili Le. emaSwati latfolakala
e5watini nemaswati latfolakala kulasesikhwahlande. EmaSwati latfolakala
kulasesikhwahlande wona atfolakala etindzaweni letintsatfu:
1. EMphumalanga lapho sitfola tintsaba teLubombo.
2. Enshonalanga lapho sitfola inkhangala.
3. Kunetindzawo letitfolakala emkhatsini kweLubombo neNkhangala.
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