page_title: House of Khumalo
section_title: Mzilikazi
hierarchical_section_title: House of Khumalo / Mzilikazi
caption_attribution_description: Afrikaans: 'n Vereenvoudigde grafiek van die migrasies van koning Mzilikazi van die Khoemalostam. In 1823 vertrek hy uit Zoeloeland na die nabye van hedendaagse Groblersdal, waar hy die stat ekoePhoemoeleni (Plek-van-rus) vestig, voor hy na die Vaalrivier uitwyk. Teen 1825 het hy weswaarts na die Apiesrivier getrek waar hy die Koengwini-vesting aanlê, benewens emHlahlandlela- en Dinaneni- aan die Krokodilrivier. In 1832 word die Hoeroetsje-hoofstad Mosega (d.i. Motsenjateng) ingeneem wat sy suidelike vesting word, benewens 'n vesting by Tsjwenjane. Die omvangryke koningstat eGabeni (d.i. Kapain, Kapajien of Kopanjeng) word 45 myl noord van Mosega aan die Maricorivier aangelê. Op 17-Jan-1837 word eers Mosega deur die strafkommando van Potgieter en Maritz vernietig, gevolg deur 'n stryd van 9 dae vanaf 04-Nov-37 waarin eGabeni deur Potgieter en Uys vernietig word. Die Maricogebied word ontruim via die Dwarsbergpasse, en in 1838 trek sowat 15,000 Matabele oor die Limpoporivier. English: A simplified map showing the two main migrations of king Mzilikazi of the Khumalo clan, who led his followers, the Ndebele/Matabele, from Zululand to modern Matabeleland in the early 19th century.
context_page_description: The House of Khumalo is the reigning Royal Family of the former Mthwakazi Kingdom. The Mthwakazi Kingdom was founded in 1823 by Mzilikazi kaMatshobana. While the Mthwakazi Kingdom ended in 1894 with the First Matabele War, The house has endured to the present day.
  There is no way Nkulumane descendants can claim the throne. In Ndebele a King is born of a King. Nkulumane never was King. Lobhengula's descendants are the one's who can rule. Making Bulelani Lobhengula inkosi.
context_section_description: Mzilikazi was the eldest son of Mashobane kaMangethe and his heir. His mother was Nompethu KaZwide, daughter of Zwide kaLanga of the Ndwandwe.
  Mzilikazi's father was killed by Zwide and so Mzilikazi came to be an instrumental lieutenant ins Shaka's War against Zwide. After a personal conflict with Shaka in 1823, Mzilikazi rallied the Khumalos and they left KwaZulu-Natal and moved northwards.
  In 1826 the Khumalos under Mzilikazi began moving weswards into the Transvaal region and conquered various smaller tribes in the region. He attacked the Ndzundza kraal at Esikhunjini near modern Groblerdal, where the Ndzundza king Magodongo and others were kidnapped and subsequently killed at Mkobola river.
  Mzilikazi established three subsequent settlements along the Magaliesberg Mountain Range.
  Kungwini (meaning "Place of Mist") at present day Wonderboom on the banks of the Apies River. It is commonly believed that Kungwini was established on Meintjieskop, the current site of the Union Buildings. While there is a kraal structure on Meintjieskop dating to this time period, it is not Kungwini.
  Dinaneni was established just north of Hartbeespoort in an area known today as 'Zilkaats Estate'.
  Hlahlandlela would have been in the area north of modern-day Rustenburg.
  Of these three Kraals, Kungwini was by far the strongest. from here Mzilikazi's warriors launched raids and attackes on the neighbouring BaKwena ba Môgôpa, BaPô ba Môgale, BaFokeng, Ndzundza and Manala Ndebele. Kungwini's reach extended as far south as Heilbron in the Free State.
  Voortrekkers began to arrive in Transvaal in 1836, resulting in several confrontations over the next two years during which Mzilikazi suffered heavy losses. By early 1838, Mzilikazi and his people were forced northwards out of Transvaal altogether and across the Limpopo River. Further attacks caused him to move again, at first westwards into present-day Botswana and then later northwards towards what is now Zambia. He was unable to settle the land there because of the prevalence of tsetse fly which carried diseases fatal to oxen. Mzilikazi therefore travelled again, this time southeastwards into what became known as Matabeleland (situated in the southwest of present-day Zimbabwe) and settled there in 1840.
  Here he enstablished the Kingdom of Mthwakazi with his capital being koBulawayo.
  During the tribe's wanderings north of the Limpopo, Mzilikazi became separated from the bulk of the tribe. They gave him up for dead and hailed his young heir Nkulumane as his successor. However, Mzilikazi reappeared after a traumatic journey through the Zambezi Valley and reasserted control. According to one account, all the chiefs who had chosen so quickly moved on without looking for him were put to death on his orders. A popular belief is that they were executed by being thrown down a steep cliff on the hill now called Ntabazinduna (Hill of The Chiefs). Mzilikazi's son Nkulumane was banished and lived the remainder of his life among the BaFokeng until his death in 1883. His grave, covered in a concrete slab, is on the outskirts of Rustenburg in Phokeng. The site of Nkulumane's grave is incongruously referred to as Mzilikazi's Kop.
  Mzilikazi died on 9 September 1868 and buried in a cave at Entumbane, Matobo Hills, Zimbabwe.
  Mzilikazi had 13 wives who bore him about 40 children. His successor as the leader of the House of Khumalo and King of the Mthakwazi Kingdom was his son Lobengula kaMzilikazi.
caption: Mzilikazi's migration from Zululand to Matabeleland, 1823 to 1838
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