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Emabal' azizinge,
[With multi-coloured appeal]""
The Voortrekker forces of Pretorius were on the banks of the Black
Mfolozi when they heard that Mpande had defeated Dingane at
Maqongqo.1l2 After a protracted battle at Maqongqo, Pretorius and some
members of the Volksraad arranged a meeting with Mpande. On 5
February 1840, five days before the meeting, Mpande was installed as
king ofthe Zulu nation in accordance with Zulu tradition'3 This was done
in the presence of the most powerful chiefs in KwaZulu, Klwana
Buthelezi and Maphitha ka Sojiyisa" They pledged their loyalty and
support to the new Zulu king.
Andries Pretorius met Mpande agam on 10 February 1840 at
Pietermaritzburg and appointed him as king. 8 ' The fact that Mpande had
already been crowned king by the Zulu people on 5 February 1840 was
relegated to the background. Mpande was persuaded to take an oath
before the Volksraad, acknowledging the supremacy of the Volksraad,
undertaking to rule KwaZulu in peace and maintaining cordial relations
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C.S.L. Nyembezi: lzibongo Zamakhosi, pp. 66 - 67.
H. Slander: Die Verbouding tussen die Boere en Zoeloe tot die dood van Mpande in
1872, p. 256.
Minutes ofthe Natal Volksraad, 15 October 1840, Bird. L Annals of atal, pp. 536­
539.
R. Cope: The Zulu Kingdom. 1824 - 1879, pp. 2 10: R.R.R. Dblomo: UMpande lea
Senzangakhona, p. 31.
H. Slander: Die Verbouding tussen die Boere en Zoeloe tot die dood van Mpande in
1872, p. 256.