 But it was his son, Nogula, who became the army general of the Xesibe warriors who fought so many battles including the one against Shaka Zulu where Xesibe joined forces with the Baca of Madzikane on the Nunge Mountain near Mt Ayliff.Shaka forces suffered a humiliating defeat and many of his warriors died in this battle and the mountain was renamed Intsizwa Mountain to mark this historic event.A sample of Xesibe groups and clans’ Indigenous Praises (Iziduko nezibongo)

Nondzaba
Xesibe
Nondzaba
Matshaya
Okhandanyawana
Oomatshi’ebheka njengomntwana
Osabel’uyabizwa emazibukweni

Sinama
Xesibe
Mganu
Somadoda
Rhadu
Mayaba
Sinama
Malandelwa yintombi isithi ndizeke nokuba 
awunankomo
Tshaba Lendlovu
Sabela uyabizwa Emazibukweni

OoSidindi (AmaQwathi)
Sdindi, Fubu, Mjobi
Phafu
Mcaba
Noni
Sithonga
Nomakhungela
Nkonjan’emnyama edlalemafini
Qwathi elimnyama ebabhodloza ihlathi 
Lifuna uZanzolo
Gaga elibaleka nomtya walo
Inkomo kaSokhuthu noGangatha
Khala Mqadi wafa yintsika

OoNoni (AmaQwathi)
Noni
Lutshaba
Sidindi, Ndunakazi
Dikela
Nojima
Ntswayibana
Qwathi elimnyama ebabhodloza ihlathi 
Lifuna uZanzolo
Elimehl’ambejembeje ngokwesilo
Nqadalala yegqirha
Maqaphula Ngamthana
Vazi, Nomatyala

OoBlwangwe (AmaQwathi)
Blangwe
Nqarhi
Nzalo
Nzila kaNzothwana
Vangevumba
AmaBlangwe amnyama neenkomo zawo
Ntswayibana
Noni

AmaKhuma
Xesibe
Khuma
Mbatane
Nondzaba
Dabuko
Khandanyawana
Matshaya
Sabel’uyabizwa emazibukweni

AmaNune
Nune
Ngqwangi
Doyi
Matshaya
Mbathane
OoNtsaka
Ntsaka
Ntozabantu
Nzuza
Miyana
Bhimbi
Nondzaba
Matshin’ebheka njengomntwana

Nxontsa
Nxontsa kaXesibe
Matshaya
Mganu
Sabel’uyabizwa emazibukweni
Mbala weXhama
Gubudu
Bhuku
Bhuku
SInqasha
Nkamangana
Umfaz’obele linye
Elincelisa intsana zonke naphesheya komfula

Ndlovana
Ndlovana
Umzi owavela kuqala
Ndzala Mzi
Di woHlanga
Ndlebe zikhany’ ilanga
OoMkheleka

Common Xesibe Surnames