 While some settled in the banks of Mtamvuna River where Xesibe was based and was also buried, others migrated as far west as the areas occupied by Xhosa and Thembu people.The same pattern of crossing the rivers at night and calling 
“Sabel’uyabizwa Emazibukweni” seem to have been a repeated routine until this became part of izibongo.Mtamvuna has a special significance as it is along the banks of this river that Xesibe 
Settled as an independent chiefdom.