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King Mpande gained power with the assistance of the Voortrekkers after the battle of Maqongqo in 1840 against his brother, King Dingane. The Vortrekkers in Natal had already installed King Mpande as ...
King Cetshwayo was born in 1826 to Mpande who was King Shaka's half-brother. Due to the turbulence and uncertainties that engulfed the Zulu kingdom and threatened its existence, King Mpande ...
And all the descendants of our country's brave warriors. As the great grandson of His Majesty King Cetshwayo ka Mpande, I am humbled to witness the unveiling of a statue memorialising his part in ...
*King Mpande’s partnership with Boer leaders such as Andries Pretorius and Gert Rudolph, as part of public diplomacy which included military cooperation.
Hailed as a major contributor in the fight to keep teenagers from having premarital sex, the Royal Reed Dance this year saw 20 000 virgins dance for Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini.
The name of King Shaka ka Senzangakhona is known throughout the world. Because of the legacy he built, the image of a Zulu warrior is today symbolic of courage, ferocity and pride, not only in our ...
Legend has it that a case of stolen cattle was brought before King Mpande, the 19th century Zulu monarch. The prosecutor wanted his uncle, a favourite of King Mpande, to return his father’s stolen ...
The king's sister, Princess Thembi Ndlovu, said the reed dance was started by King Mpande to encourage women to abstain from sex, after a group of men had tried to rape them among some reeds.