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The notion that Soshangane interacted with Tsonga communities for a first time when he fled from Shaka is incorrect. The truth is that the Ndwandwe shared the boundary with the Tembe long before they fled from Shaka. Xikonde (Ronga sub-dialect) was spoken around the Mkuzi river where Soshangane’s chiefdom was based. Xitsonga (Ronga sub-dialect was spoken in the Pongola valley around where Zwide’s capital, Magudu was based. Therefore it is correct to say that:  The Tembe arrived in the present day South Africa in the 1400s  The Tembe were neither defeated nor conquered by the Gaza  They never paid tribute to the Gaza  They are presently led by Hosi Maputsu II (Mabhudu II), who is a senior traditional leader  In truth, Mpfumu, Nondwana, Mazwaya and Tembe were neither defeated nor conquered by the Gaza  Tongaland/ Maputaland in northern KZN, which is occupied by the Tembe, was an independent state which was recognized as such by all the colonial powers of the time.  In the late 1800s, that is, during Nghunghunyani’s reign, the reigning Queen Zambili Tembe was recognized as the Paramount Chief of Tongaland/ Maputaland. Therefore  Tongaland / Maputaland was independent from Mpfumu, Gaza, Swazi and Zulu states and was recognized as such by all the colonial powers of the time. Most definitely this is not all of our history we are not Shangaan's but Matsonga, I agree those who ran from the rule of King Shaka can accept the word Shangane but before they were that they were something else.