History

Kuyakhuthaza ukubona isizwe samaHlubi sikhuthalele ubukhosi ngalendlela, ngokwami ngiyafisa ukubona zonke izizwe zikushisekela kanjena ubukhosi bazo. Izizwe zomdabu azingahlali zilindela ukukhangeza kuHulumeni. Amagalelo akhombisa ukuthi sikulambele ukubusa phezu kwezizwe zethu, singalindeli ukubuswa ngabezizwe kuzenza siziqhenye. Nakuba kunjalo ke, ngikuthola kuwukugagamela ukuthi AmaHlubi afuna ubuNgonyama, izizathu engizizwayo okwamanje yilezi, esokuqala ukuthi “AmaHlubi awakaze akhonze ngaphansi kukaZulu”,...Read More

Kuthe ngesikhathi seSilo uMsimude kweqa abafana bangena eSigodlweni kwaNodwengu bahamba bayozithola ngoMndlunkulu weSilo (izintombi zesigodlo) zafika izindaba eSilweni kanye noNdunankulu wakhe uMasiphula kaMamba wakwaNtshangase. Balandwa abafana bezothetha icala kwatholakala ukuthi phakathi kwabo kukhona nendodana kaMasiphula ogama layo kunguZiyankomo. Kwaba yinkinga enkulu ngoba phela isijeziso salelocala kwakuwukufa, saqala iSilo saba manqikanqika ngokukhipha izwi lokuthi babulawe ngoba...Read More

UMthaniya – “Kwelika Mthaniya” Kuvamisile ukuthi isizwe sakwaZulu sibizwe ngokuthi “esika-Mthaniya” noma kuthiwe “kwelika-Mthaniya”. Kubalulekile ukwazi umsuka waleligama njengoba kujwayelekile ukuba libe solimini kwabaningi. UMthaniya kaManyelelakwakuyintombi ezalwa kwaSibiya. Wayezalwa nendlovukazi uSikhombazane kaManyelela wakwaSibiya owayegane inkosi uJama kaNdaba. UNdlunkulu uSikhombazane kaManyelela kanye nenkosi uJama kaNdaba bathola izingane ezazingamawele amantombazane okwakungu Mmama kaJama kanye noMkabayi kaJama. KwaZulu...Read More

A towering figure in Zulu history, an aristocrat and a freedom fighter of note. The pictures so not do him justice because they only portray him in his twilight years and as a prisoner. However Inkosi uSgananda kaZokufa wasemaChubeni was not always the frail old man we learn in our history. A decorated member of...Read More

It has become the norm that whenever we study Zulu history we tend to look at the already famous figures who had a great impact on the events that occurred at that period in time. We put great focus on iSilo uMgengi noJinindi in particular and the royal house at large and forget about the...Read More

Ngcongwane kaMqundane (eNjikini) Lensizwa yabe iyiMboza ngebutho, ungumeluleki waseNdlini weNkosi uCetshwayo kaMpande, igama layo uMntwana uNgcongcwana kaMqundane kaNobhongoza kaJama. Izalwa iNdlunkulu okaNdabazamanina Mdletshe. Yabe ifakwe kuNdlunkulu omdala womntwana uMqundane okaNgotsha, wakwaHlabisa ozala iNkosana uMntwana uNtabatha kaMqundane. Nabo UBukhosana lobu wabutholela iSilo uMpande kaSenzangakhona, owathi uNtabatha uzalwa koNgotsha lapho azalwa khona naye. Lesisithombe (esingenhla) yasishutha eNgilandi,...Read More

Written by Dalisu Buthelezi Twitter @DalisuB   Nina beLanga eliphahlwe amaLanga amabili, elinye elaseSwatini, elinye elakwaZulu, ngiyakhuleka. Uma uqala uhambo lokulandelela umlando kaZulu, kuvamile ukuthi ufikele kuwo bese ugqamisa uMamonga kuliqhawe uZibhebhu kuyinja. Nezibongo zeSilo uDinuzulu zithi “uMpondo zamila enjeni (kuZibhebhu kaMaphitha) ukube zamila enkomeni sasiyosika amagudu okubhema”. Nolwami uhambo luqale kanjalo eminyakeni eminingi eyedlule,...Read More