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of dark, using "kisi" (yes, I caught you) as the password to distinguish
friend from foe. Thus many Ndwandwe were killed as they lay sleeping"
The conquest ofZwide earned Shaka the following praises:
"Umxoshi womuntu amxoshelefuthi,
[The one who chases a person repeatedly]
Ngimthand 'exosh' uZwid' ozalwa nguLanga,
[I like him chasing Zwide ofLanga]
Emthabatha lapho liphuma khona,
[Taking him from where it rises]
Emsingisa lapho lishona khona;
[To where the sun sets]
Uzwide wampheq 'amahlonjan' amabili. "58
[Breaking two ofZwide's breasts]
Other clans that Shaka conquered., thereby earning his kingdom respect
that transcended the boundaries of KwaZulu, were the Bomvana under
Gambushe, Mpondo of Fakll and Msane under Nxaba. 59 A strange
characteristic of Shaka was that having conquered all clans in KwaZulu
(which included what later became known as Natal), he did not treat them
as aliens, but embraced them as brothers.'" It is typical of the wisdom of
his strategy that this kind of treatment made them loyal citizens of the
Zulu kingdom.
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J.SA, Vol. 2, Evidence ofMangari, 15 June 1920, p. 209; J.SA, Vol. 3, Evidence of
Mmemi, 25 October 1904, pp. 270-71.
C.L.S. Nyembezi: lzibongo Zamakhosi. p. 34.
Ibid., p. 38 - 39.
M.G. Buthelezi: King Shaka Day - Speech, Glebelands Stadium, Durban,
23 September 1984, p. 3.