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List Of Zulu People
This is a list of notable Zulu people. Kings, Chiefs, princes and princesses {{See also, List of Zulu kings * King Zulu kaMalandela, founder of the Zulu clan * King Shaka kaSenzangakhona, founder of the Zulu Nation * King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, Zulu king * King Senzangakhona kaJama, Zulu king and father of Shaka * Mkabayi kaJama, Zulu princess and sister of Senzangakhona * Nandi, Mhlongo princess and mother of Shaka * Magogo kaDinuzulu, Zulu princess and mother of Mangosuthu Buthelezi * Nomusa kaBhekuzulu, Zulu princess, Regent Queen of AmaRharhabe and sister of Zwelithini * Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Buthelezi prince * Bhambatha kaMancinza, Zulu chief * Dabulamanzi kaMpande, Zulu commander * Dingiswayo, Mthethwa chief, mentor of Shaka Zulu * Albert Lutuli, chief of Zulu Christian * Langa KaXaba, the Ndwandwe, king nation * Matshobana KaMangete, the chief of the Northern Khumalo * Sigananda kaSokufa, Zulu aristocrat * Zwangendaba, Shaka's general * Zwide kaLanga, the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zulu People
Zulu people (; zu, amaZulu) are a Nguni ethnic group native to Southern Africa. The Zulu people are the largest ethnic group and nation in South Africa, with an estimated 10–12 million people, living mainly in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. They originated from Nguni communities who took part in the Bantu migrations over millennia. As the clans integrated together, the rulership of Shaka brought success to the Zulu nation due to his improved military tactics and organization. Zulus take pride in their ceremonies such as the Umhlanga, or Reed Dance, and their various forms of beadwork. The art and skill of beadwork takes part in the identification of Zulu people and acts as a form of communication and dedication to the tribe and specific traditions. The men and women both serve different purposes in society in order to function as a whole. Today the Zulu people predominantly believe in Christianity, but have created a syncretic religion that is combined with the Zulu's pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matshobana KaMangete
Mashobane KaMangethe (c. late 18th century – c. 1820s) was a South African witch doctor and cattle herder. Mashobane, son of chief Mangethe (Zikode), was the chief of the Khumalo tribe: a clan of Nguni people living near the Black Umfolozi river in kwaZulu, in South Africa, and was the father of Mzilikazi the founder of the Ndebele (Matabele) kingdom in Zimbabwe. Matshobana married his first wife, Nompethu KaZwide, who gave birth to Mzilikazi in 1790. It is said that when Mashobane was in charge of a regiment invading a neighbouring tribe he was caught and had his arm amputated and was later set free. In the early 19th century the Khumalo came under pressure to join the Ndwandwe nation due to the expanding power of the Ndwandwe chief, Mashobane's father-in-law, Zwide kaLanga. The alliance was uneasy, and the Khumalos sought help from the leader of the Mthethwa kingdom, Dingiswayo, and his protégé Shaka Zulu. In the course of an attempted invasion of Zwide's territory, Dingiswa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Mswati III
Mswati III (born Makhosetive; 19 April 1968) is the king (Swazi: Ngwenyama, Ingwenyama yemaSwati) of Eswatini and head of the Swazi royal family. He was born in Manzini in the Protectorate of Swaziland to King Sobhuza II and one of his younger wives, Ntfombi Tfwala. He was crowned as Mswati III, Ingwenyama and King of Swaziland, on 25 April 1986 at the age of 18, thus becoming the youngest ruling monarch in the world at that time. Together with his mother, Ntfombi Tfwala, now Queen Mother (''Ndlovukati''), he rules the country as an absolute monarch. Mswati III is known for his practice of polygamy (although at least two wives are appointed by the state) and currently has 15 wives. Early life Mswati III was born on 19 April 1968 at Raleigh Fitkin Memorial Hospital, Manzini, the son of Sobhuza II (who had more than 125 wives during his reign of 82 years), and the only child of Ntfombi Tfwala, also known as ''Inkhosikati'' LaTfwala, one of Sobhuza's younger wives. He was born four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Dlamini
The House of Dlamini is the royal house of the Kingdom of Eswatini. Mswati III, as king and Ngwenyama of Eswatini, is the current head of the house of Dlamini. Swazi kings up to the present day are referred to as ''Ingwenyama'' and they rule together with the Queen Mother who is called '' Indlovukati''. The Swazi kings, like other Nguni nations, practice polygamy and thus have many wives and children. Foundations The Dlamini dynasty traces itself back to a chief ''Dlamini I'' (also known as ''Matalatala''), who is said to have migrated with the Swazi people from East Africa through Tanzania and Mozambique. Ngwane III, however, is often considered to be the first King of modern Eswatini, who ruled from 1745 to 1780. In the early years of the Dlamini dynasty, the people and the country in which they resided was called ''Ngwane'', after Ngwane III. In the early 19th century, the Dlamini centre of power shifted to the central part of Eswatini, known as Ezulwini valley. This occurre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nothando Dube
Nothando Dube, known as Inkhosikati LaDube, (6 February 1988– 8 March 2019) was a member of the House of Dlamini as the twelfth Inkhosikati (Queen consort) and wife of King Mswati III of Eswatini. Biography Nothando Dube was a former Miss Teen Swaziland. Dube attended Mater Dorolosa High School. She met Mswati III, the king of Eswatini, in 2004 at a birthday party he hosted for one of his children. He chose her as his new bride during a reed dance she, along with thousands of other Eswatini women, performed at Ludzidzini Royal Village. Life as a consort In 2005 she married Mswati III, becoming his twelfth wife, when she was sixteen years old. She gave birth to three children. In 2010 she had an affair with justice minister Ndumiso Mamba, for which she was reportedly placed under house arrest. She filed complaints of abuse and torture at the hands of the king's guards. After a year under house arrest, she was banished from the royal household and prevented from seeing her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mbongeleni Zondi
Inkosi (Zulu Chief/King) Mbongeleni Zondi (1969 – January 22, 2009) was a Zulu chief, regent and great-grandson of Inkosi Bambatha kaMancinza, who led a Zulu rebellion against British rule in 1906. He was also a close ally of African National Congress President Jacob Zuma and a cultural patron of the ANC leadership in KwaZulu-Natal. At 7:00 AM on January 22, 2009, Zondi was shot dead on Stimela Avenue in Durban’s Umlazi township. At the time, he lived in Msinga in the Midlands, and was visiting his sister in Umlazi. Four men arrived in an SUV; two of them opened fire on Zondi using AK-47s. At least 50 cartridges were found by eThekwini police. Three men suspected of the shooting were killed by police in separate incidents in September 2009. The fourth was arrested and went on trial in March 2010. In his address at Zondi's funeral, held at Engome near Greytown, KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sibusiso Ndebele said: (W)e have lost a transformational leader, an Inkosi who put his peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zibhebhu KaMaphitha
Zibhebhu kaMaphitha Zulu (1841–1904) (also called Usibepu/Ziphewu) was a Zulu chief. After the defeat of the Zulu Kingdom by the British, he attempted to create his own independent kingdom. From 1883 to 1884, he fought the Zulu king Cetshwayo, inflicting a series of defeats on him. Life Zibhebhu was a son of Maphita, son of Sojiyisa, son Jama, son of Ndaba. He belonged to Mandlakazi Royal Homestead. Zibhebhu was ''induna'' (chief) of the Mandlakazi. Zibhebhu was made chieftain of one of the thirteen chiefdoms resulting from the First Partition of Zululand after the Anglo-Zulu War, The chiefdom was in northern Zululand, a hotbed of uSuthu, and the British General Wolseley thought that Zibhebhu's rule there would help suppress them. In 1882, after pleas from Cetshwayo, the British Foreign Office relented and restored eight of the central "chiefdoms" to Cetshwayo's superintending control; however, in this Second Partition of Zululand Zibhebhu's chiefdom in the north was expanded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nongalaza KaNondela
Nongalaza KaNondela (c.1805 - after 1856) was a Zulu warrior who was the principal military commander of King Mpande of the Zulu kingdom. When Mpande was chieftain of the Nyandwini clan, Nongalaza commanded his forces against the invasion by Robert Biggar and rebel Zulus, successfully destroying them at the Tugela River in 1838.Labland, John, ''Historical Dictionary of the Zulu Wars'', Scarecrow Press, 2009, p.201 In 1840, Mpande allied with the Boers and moved against his brother Dingane in a bid for the Zulu throne. Nongalaza led Mpande's main army, while Mpande took a separate route towards Dingane with a force of Boers under Andries Pretorius. Nongalaza encountered Dingane's army before the Boers arrived, and decided to attack immediately. At the Battle of Maqongqo Nongalaza crushed Dingane, and when Mpande arrived he was installed as king. Under Mpande's rule, Nongalaza continued to enjoy the king's support, and was enriched with land and cattle. The trader and hunter William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ndlela KaSompisi
Ndlela kaSompisi (died February 1840) was a key general to Zulu Kings Shaka and Dingane. He rose to prominence as a highly effective warrior under Shaka. Dingane appointed him as his ''inDuna'', or chief advisor. He was also the principal commander of Dingane's armies. However, Ndlela's failure to defeat the Boers under Andries Pretorius and a rebellion against Dingane led to his execution.This made him a failure in the eyes of his people. Career According to E. A. Ritter Ndlela was a " Ntuli cannibal recruit" to Shaka's army.E. A. Ritter, ''Shaka Zulu: The Rise of the Zulu Empire'': Longmans Green: London. 1955, pp.122 n., 143, 161, 180, 220, 291 His name means "road" or "path". During the Ndwandwe–Zulu War Ndela distinguished himself by his fighting ability, performing "incredible deeds of destruction" on Shaka's enemies. He was severely wounded in battle with the Ndwandwe. Despite his non-Zulu origins, he was rapidly promoted and was appointed chief of the Ntuli. When his pra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umhlangana KaSenzangakhona
Mhlangana (died 1828) (also known as Umhlangana ka Senzangakhona) was a Zulu prince - the son of Senzangakhona, a brother of Shaka, and half-brother of Dingane and Mpande. He assisted Dingane and Shaka's induna (advisor) Mbopha in Shaka's assassination at Dukuza in 1828, and was himself assassinated by Dingane shortly afterwards. See also *List of Zulu kings This article lists the Zulu monarchs, including chieftains and kings of the Zulu royal family from their earliest known history up to the present time. Pre-Zulu The Zulu King lineage stretches to as far as Luzumana, who is believed to have l ... 1828 deaths Zulu royalty 19th-century African people Regicides Year of birth unknown 1828 murders in Africa 19th-century murders in South Africa {{Africa-royal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ntshingwayo Khoza
Ntshingwayo kaMahole of the Khoza ( 1809 – 21 July 1883) was the commanding general ('' inDuna'') of King Cetshwayo's Zulu Army during the first Anglo-Zulu War. Anglo-Zulu War Ntshingwayo was given overall field command of the Zulu impi against the centre column of the first British expeditionary force to invade Zululand in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. He was given conflicting orders. Publicly, he was told to meet the British expeditionary force's centre column in open battle "and eat them up" ill them but privately he was commanded by Cetshwayo "not to go to the English at once o attack but to hold a conference first and send some chiefs to the English to ask why they were laying the country waste and killing Zulus".Cetshwayo's own words as reported in contemporary histories. He was against the war and ignored the provocations of the diplomat Sir Henry Bartle Frere; since the British Empire and the Kingdom of Zululand were allies, Cetshwaya was keen to make it clear to Britain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
