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. Home The chief's homestead, known as the Shixini Great Place, contains a mobile charging bank and an information centre where community members can access the internet and print documents. Education Chief Ngwenyathi Dumalisile obtained a B.A. in Law from the University of the Transkei (now Walter Sisulu University), where he studied legal theory and politics. He also holds diplomas in Business Management and Retail Marketing from the University of Witwatersrand. While in India receiving his diplomatic training, he abandoned his political career and decided against being a foreign diplomat before returning home to the Transkei. Work Upon returning home from India, he could not find a job so he started his own business selling medical equipment bought in Germany. He was enthroned in 2010 when his father Chief Mandlenkosi Dumalisile stepped down. Dumalisile was involved in the struggle against South African Apartheid government then worked in the government's Public Service Commission and Department of Foreign Affairs. "Towards 30-Year Rural-Based Industrialisation: AmaJingqi Community Development Path", written by Chief Ngwenyathi Dumalisile documented the vision to transform AmaJingqi from a poor, remote area to a successful model for rural development. The chief has partnered with stakeholders such as government, parastatals, non-governmental organizations and the province's Nelson Mandela Metropolitan