uMkhathi is a space (also a place and time) that became knowable to our ancestors as a fundamental cosmological point of departure. Upon various engagement of uMkhathi, our ancestors also discovered that, in such a paradigm, their thoughts (as signals) could produce change in the world through an invocation of primordial selves. eMkhathini being where the space is, Makhathini is in the middle of that space while also invoking notions of time.

All this and more is coded in our surnames (and clan names), as a symbolical link. And through that we are opening an invitation to you to come and dance with us in space.

Words: Mbuso Khoza