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A substantial number ofthese were increased by traders, missionaries and
hunters at Natal.'
Mpande was devoid of the aptitude for martial exercises which
manifested in Shaka and Dingane. When the British colonial
establishment superceded that of the Voortrekkers, Mpande extended a
hand of friendship to the local British settlers· Such ties, however, led to
conflict between the British and Voortrekkers of the Republic of Natalia.
In 1840, Mpande permitted the Voortrekkers to occupy the area between
the Thukela and Black Mfolozi Rivers while concluding a boundary
agreement with the British, stretching from the sources ofMzinyathi to its
junction with the Thukela 9 These terms were influenced by the flow of
Zulu refugees and the increasing power ofMpande.
Following such gestures the British Commissioner Henry Cloete later
entered KwaZulu with traders D.C. Toohey and Henry Ogle to convince
Mpande that the British had established complete control of the Colony
ofNatal. 10 Mpande pledged to resettle all Zulus living south ofthe
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A. de V. Minnaar: Conflict and Violence in NataVKwaZulu-historical perspectives.
p.5.
R-R-R Dhlomo: Umpande Ka Senzangakhona, pp. 80-98.
Report ofthe Landdrosi ofThukela, October 1839. Bird. I. Annals ofNatal, 1497­
1845, pp. 253-4.
Dispatch ofthe Secreiary ofSIate, 25 May 1844. Bird.. I. Annals ofNatal. 1888, p.533.