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Vusumuzi Dube, Senior Reporter
THE Lozwi/Rozvi empire stands for unity and nation building and recent moves to revive the monarchy through the installation of King Mambo was not a ploy to seek relevance.
King Mambo — born Mike Moyo — was installed on 7 September last year, as part of efforts to revive the Lozwi/Rozvi empire.
In an interview with Sunday News, Chief in King Mambo’s council and chief aide to the King, Chief Bhekimpi Nyathi revealed that as a dynasty their mandate was to foster development in the nation and key among this was unity and nation building.
“Let me clarify that the Lozwi/Rozvi empire is best described as a country which has people who talk various languages therefore, we encompass the Shona and Ndebele speaking people within this kingdom. King Mambo has always been a preacher of unity, he is a born unifier.
“Just like the founding king of the empire, Changamire Dombo, his focus is to build a nation. His call right now, during these trying times is that the nation must be steadfast and unite considering that they are children of one king,” said Chief Nyathi.
He further dismissed moves by some sections who were pushing for the revival of the Ndebele monarchy noting that King Mambo was the rightful leader of any dynasty in Zimbabwe as they were the first people to settle in the country.
“The original king of this nation, King Mambo is now here. There can never be two kings ruling one territory. If they are true children of this nation, they must engage King Mambo, he will then decide on how best to handle their case.
What must be remembered is that even our founding fathers accepted the Nguni when they came to this nation but it was known who the rightful owners of this land were.
“I must also take this opportunity to castigate some unscrupulous activists who are calling for the division of this country into two and establish a country which they call Mthwakazi. This is a huge insult because these people are just not being honest and are spreading propaganda. This nation has always been a single country,” he said.
Chief Nyathi said those who were pushing for a Mthwakazi nation were Nicodemously using the Jameson line which was established by the colonialist in 1891, long after the Lozwi/Rozvi had settled in the country.
“Even King Lobengula did not recognise this so-called Jameson line as he bypassed it on a number of occasions arguing that this was one nation. Therefore, it can be described as tomfoolery that one can now stand and claim that there was ever a nation called Mthwakazi.
“In actual fact, this kingdom is huge, it is not within Zimbabwe as historians would want to claim, actually it stretches from South Africa within the Limpopo Province, to parts of Botswana, to the entirety of Mozambique right up to parts of Zambia,” said the chief.
On his being selected as the chief aide to King Mambo, Chief Nyathi, who was a pastor at a local apostolic church, revealed that it was a series of coincidences, which he later discovered was a calling from their ancestors.
“I was to discover my true calling, though by chance, later in life. It so happened that I purchased a truck from King Mambo, then I was just introduced to him as Mr Moyo. On the first day I came to view the truck, he dreamt about me giving dream explanations. When I came the following day he told me of his dream, it is then that the spirit started manifesting and I informed him that I had to pray for him at Manyanga (Intaba zikaMambo).
“When we came from the mountains, the spirit of the great Mwali was to manifest on the keeper of the mountains, MaMoyo. Mwali is the voice that used to speak in the ancestral mountains. He (Mwali) informed us that Moyo was the heir to the Mambo kingdom and that I meeting up with him was not by chance as I was meant to be the chief aide to the king, a position that was also held by my forefathers,” said Chief Nyathi.
He said his daily duties entail organising the King’s daily itinerary, organising meetings and being a go between with people wanting to organise a meeting with the King.
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