Ucwaningo olunzulu ngamagama okuqanjwe ngawo izindawo. TJ Mbuli

Abaqala ukuba bafike kule ndawo , kuthiwa :
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It was believed that these pioneers , known as the Lala people the east coast
ofAfrica towards the beginning ofthe 11"' century,
(Schidlowski, 1971:51).
N awo Amal.ala kuvela ukuthi awahlalanga isikhathi eside :
A new group of settlers, the AbaNguni , began migrating southwards
Among these Nguni clans were the Zulu people. They settled in a valley
some 25 miles west ofthe present iMfolozi section.
(Schidlowski, 1971:51).
KumaLala kuvela ukuthi abanye babo yibona batholakala ezimfundeci zomfula iMfolozi
emhlophe:
.....and south of white mfolozi river. Further north another wave of
immigrants settled the land between the Mfolozi and the present day
Swaziland boarder. At the beginning ofthe 18'" Century and for the ensuing
sixty years , the area between the two from the juction to the Mpila range of
hills was inhabited by africans of the Mthethwa clan. They rules by King
Dingiswayo until he was killed in 1818.
(Bryant, 1929:325).
Zikhona izindawo eziseyizinkomba ezakheIe Ie ndawo. ENyakatho umuzi kaZwide
wakwal-Idwandwe kwablongorna, kuthi eNingizimu abakwalvlthethwa , isizwe seNkosi
uDingiswayo kanti enhla nenyakatho isizwe samaSwaz1. Ekwakhelaneni kwalezi zizwe
kwakungaba mona ukuzwana kuphinde l-ube mona nokuxabana:
As the Ngwane , Ndwandwe and Mthethwa power blocks emerge in
northern Zululand it was inevitable that there would be a clash between
them. The first clash between the Ngwane and the Ndwandwe resulted in a
victory for the Ndwandwe under this time the Zulu clan headed by Shaka
fell under Dingiswayo , leader ofthe Mthethwa . After King Dingiswayo was
killed in 1818 by the Ndwandwe people, King Shaka rapidly took control of