Chief Ngwenyathi Dumalisile

Ngwenyathi Dumalisile was enthroned in 2010 as a Xhosa chief of the AmaJingqi, in the Nkonkobe Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape. The chief is fondly known as Tshawe to his followers. AmaJinngqi is a rural village situated in the former Transkei’s Willowvale area. The Amajingqi Traditional Council has cluster of 22 villages under its jurisdiction, an area covering 161.57 km2 with a population of 11441 (70.81 per km2). Family The Chief was born to Chief Mandlenkosi Dumalisile and Nkosikazi Nobantu Dumalisile. His father ruled the area for 45 years before stepping down, when he turned 80 years old. Chief Ngwenyathi Dumalisile married Princess Nomathamsanqa Dumalisile of AmaBhaca in January 1992. She was a trained teacher and managed the education-centred projects. This included supervising the building of a community library facility in which children could read, play and study. She resigned from her teaching job in 2013 to work with her husband to realise the 30-year development programme of AmaJingqi. The princess died unexpectedly in St George's Hospital in Port Elizabeth in the early hours of 19 May 2016 from an aneurysm. Chief Ngwenyathi Dumalisile and his princess had three children, Ngcwelekazi, Nkosendalo and Thina.