How come they are all over? And where are they?
Who are they? Answer. The Jele’s, Luvuno’s, Gumbi? Somkhanda, Gaza, Tjele, (Check Jere?), To have an understanding of the where they are. Lets look at the great Mzilikazi kaMashobane route to the north of southern Africa. He was born the son of Mashobana (Matshobana) near Mkhuze, Zululand (South Africa) and died at Ingama, Matabeleland (near Bulawayo, Zimbabwe). Mzilikazi (meaning The Great Road) ( 1790 - 1868? ), was one of the Southern African king who founded the Matabele kingdom (Mthwakazi), Matabeleland, in what became Rhodesia and is now Zimbabwe. Why did he took such a route? He was running our way from Shaka they say. Another small Nguni tribe that was forced to join Zwide’s Ndwandwe tribe was called the Khumalo. The Khumalo tribe was suspected of treachery during the war against Dingiswayo’s Mthethwa and its leader, Mashobane, was summoned to Zwide’s kraal and killed. Zwide appointed Mzilikazi as the new leader of the Khumalo.
He was an intelligent leader who knew how to gain the trust of the tribes that had been incorporated into his own. Trouble started when Mzilikazi began to suspect that Zwide wanted to kill him. In preparation, Mzilikazi formed an alliance with Shaka, who allowed him to be the leader of one of his regiments.
Why King Shaka seemed to be bitter?
He was the first and illegitimate son of the chieftain Senzangakona and Nandi, a daughter of a past chief of the Langeni tribe. The Zulus had a practice of (ukuhlobonga) — a heavy-petting, safe-sex practice that got out of hand in this case. Shaka Zulu was disowned by his father; he spent six years at his father's kraal, ridiculed by his peers. After allowing a sheep to be killed, he and Nandi returned to her people, the Langeni, where they were also unwelcome. Shaka Zulu did not forget these transgressions, and exacted fearsome retaliation later. Which is why some may say he was bitter. Shaka Zulu and Nandi found refuge with her aunt at the mDletsheni clan which dwelt directly under the powerful Mthethwa and their aging king Jobe KaSithole. Jobe was succeeded by his son Dingiswayo - Godongwane. That is why Shaka liked and favoured the Mthethwas so much that he could not just “punish” them. They made him to what he is, they put him to where he belong – the king.
Shaka was about twenty-three years old when Dingiswayo called up the emDlatsheni iNtanga (age-group), of which he was part, and incorporated it in the iziCwe regiment. Shaka Zulu served as a Mthethwa warrior for six years, and distinguished himself with his courage, rising to a general.
