I Pulana noma Mapulana, Uyi ephansi esigangeni Zulu-Tswana uhlanga atholakala engxenyeni esenyakatho-mpumalanga Mpumalanga futhi mpumalanga Limpopo izifundazwe.Ulimi lwabo lubizwa ngeSepulana (SeKutswe nePai) futhi lubhekwa njengolimi lweqembu lolimi lwesiSuthu saseNyakatho. Indawo lapho kuhlala khona abakwaPulana ibizwa ngokuthi iMapulaneng, isuka emfuleni iCrocodile eningizimu ize ifike emngceleni waseSwazini (Mapulana waseMashego) isuke eNgwenya iye Olifants River enyakatho, izintaba zaseLebombo empumalanga futhi ibandakanya nedolobha lonke iHazyview, Lepunama ( Nelspruit ), Sabie, Graskop, Hoedspruit, Barberton, Lydenburg futhi Dullstroom entshonalanga.Ngolimi lwesiPulana noma iSepulana, uMapulaneng usho ukuthi "Indawo yabantu bakwaMapulana"; lesi sizwe sithola igama laso kumholi waso ongumsunguli, uLepulana owagcina eguqule igama lakhe laba nguChiloane. UMapulana uyinzalo kaMorolong kanti imvelaphi yabo ingabuyela emuva eKgalagadi ngaphambi kokuba bayohlala eThaba Chueu, okuyindawo esempumalanga yeLesotho kanye naseShakwaneng (Carolina) ngeminyaka yama-1500.UMapulana waseMatshwe ngathola igama labo kumholi wabo uPulane futhi bangamahlumela ama-Amazizi futhi bangabokudabuka kabeNguni . Imvelaphi kaMaPulana nomlando wokuthi sekunesikhathi esingakanani behlala endaweni enkulu yeMapulaneng kuyisihloko senkulumompikiswano eshubile.