Bhambatha

Bambata, or Bhambatha kaMancinza (c. 1865–1906?), also known as MbataBhambatha, was a Zulu chief of the clan in the Colony of Natal and son of . He led an armed rebellion in 1906 when the poll tax was raised from a tax per hut to per head (£1 tax on all native men older than 18), increasing hardship during a severe economic depression. Bhambatha claimed that he was told to lead the rebellion by the de facto Zulu King Dinizulu. Dinizulu disputed this account and no convincing evidence for either story is available.