This dataset consists of all data that I have used for my mini-dissertation titled "the discourse pragmatic functions of the pronouns in Zulu and Swati, with special reference to the absolute pronouns". It includes a table of the noun class prefixes for both Zulu and Swati. There are three figures depicting screenshots of KWIC lines of imphilo and sona (Swati), and sona in Zulu. There are also two addenda for both Zulu and Swati.