Queen Ntombazi
Khabonina Qubeka

Nizobezwa abaningi bethi uNtombazi wayengumthakathi.
Ngeke sikuvumenoma sikuphike lokho.
Esingakusho ukuthi yonke into eyenziwa yithi sifazane inobulumbi phakathi.

You will hear many who will tell you that Ntombazi was a witch.
We cannot affirm or deny that.
What we can say is that everything that we womenfolk do has a bit of sorcery in it.

Queen Ntombazi, mother of the great Ndwandwe King Zwide kaLanga, was a powerful and enigmatic force in her own right. Revered by some as a mystical and wise leader, and feared by others as a witch, she had dreams of building an empire and utilised her formidable intellect and cunning to fight for the prosperity of her people.