Abantu abangamaNguni bayiqembu lezinhlanga zamaBantu ezihlobene kakhulu ezihlala eSouthern Africa .Ngokuyinhloko bahlala eNingizimu Afrika . Abantu baseSwazini bahlala eNingizimu Afrika nase- Eswatini, kanti amaNdebele ahlala eNingizimu Afrika naseZimbabwe .Iqembu lamaNguni ahlala esikhathini samanje iMalawi neZambia futhi aziwa ngokuthi ngamaNgoni.Bobabili amaNdebele aseZimbabwe kanye namaNgoni bathuthela enyakatho baphuma eNingizimu Afrika ekuqaleni kwekhulu le-19. ENingizimu Afrika, imibuso yamaNguni eyingqophamlando yamaNdebele, amaSwazi, amaXhosa kanye namaZulu isezifundazweni zanamuhla zase- Eastern Cape, eGauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, eLimpopo naseMpumalanga . Okuphawuleka kakhulu kulemibuso ngumbuso wakwaZulu, owawuphethwe nguShaka, inkosi eyiqhawe enamandla eyanqoba ekuqaleni kwekhulu leshumi nesishiyagalolunye, kanye noMbuso WamaXhosa, owawudume kabi hhayi kuphela ngokunqoba kwawo ezimpini zangaphambi kwekoloniyali kodwa ngezimpi elalilwa neBrithani kanye namakholoni eladonsa iminyaka eyi-100.EZimbabwe amaNdebele ahlala kakhulu ezifundazweni zaseMatabeleland . Okuningi kokukholelwa ngomlando wasendulo wamaNguni kuvela emlandweni wezomlomo nasezinganekwaneni. Ngokwesiko kuthiwa okhokho babo bafudukela esifundeni se-Great Lakes e-Afrika besuka eNyakatho.