He was born at a farm called KaMagwamazi in Chief Albert Luthuli's Carolina area.
He has written many Siswati books including educational manuals, novels, short-stories, poems and drama-plays and has co-authored several others since 1985.
[3][4] Jabulane Johan Ncongwane was raised at KaMagwamazi farm in Eastern Transvaal province (now Mpumalanga) in then Carolina District (now called Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality).
His father, Enoch Ncongwane, was a bus-driver and his mother, Sarah Zwane, worked as a domestic worker for the owner of the farm where they stayed.
[12] His first award was a R10 he received from Mgwenya College in 1985 for writing the short story Lunjalo-ke Lutsandvo.