 The early Swazis ("bemdzabuko") lived around the present-day Tembe River near Maputo, Mozambique.Dlamini I was able to increase his followers by conquering many clans along the Lubombo after departure from Tembe.As part of the Nguni expansion southwards, the Swazis crossed the Limpopo River and settled in southern Tongaland (today in southern Mozambique near Maputo) in the late fifteenth century.