IShukhune

UShukhune I  (Matsebe; c. 1814 - 13 kuNcwaba 1882) wayeyiNkosi evelele yaseMarota eyayaziwa kakhulu ngokuthi iBapedi (abantu basePedi), kusukela zingamashumi amabilinanye kuMandulo 1861 kuze kube yilapho ebulawa khona ziilishumi nantathu ngonyaka ka-1882 ebulawa ngumpetha wakhe nomfowabo azalwa naye ngumzali oyedwa, uMampuru II.

 Ukubusa kukaSkhukhune 
Njengomholi ophakeme we-Pedi wabhekana nezinselelo zezombusazwe ezivela kumaVortrekkers (abafuduki bamaBoer), i-Republic yaseNingizimu Afrika ezimele (Dutch: Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek), UMbuso WaseBrithani, kanye noshintsho olukhulu lwezenhlalo olubangelwe yIzithunywa zevangeli ezingamaKristu.https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/king-sekhukhune-buried-in-provincial-funeral-20230702

 Ukushona kukayise kaSkhukhune 
Ngemuva kokushona kukayise, INkosi uSekwati, ngo-20 September 1861, uSekhukhune wavikela ngokuphumelelayo ilungelo lakhe lesihlalo sobukhosi ngokumelene nomfowabo azalwa naye ngumzali oyedwa uMampuru II nendlalifa ebonakalayo ngokusekelwa kwebutho lakhe laseMatuba.https://saheritagepublishers.co.za/product/sekhukhune-greatest-of-the-pedi-chiefs/

 Ukunqoba kukaSkhune 
Naphezu kokunqoba kwakhe, uSekhhune wanamathela esikweni lama-serota futhi wavumela uMampuru ukuba ashiye ngokuthula indawo yaseBapedi.

 Abafowabo 
Abanye abafowabo abaziwayo kwakungu Legolwana, UJohannes Dinkwanyane, noKoloko. USekhukhune washada noLegoadi IV ngo-1862, futhi wahlala entabeni, manje eyaziwa ngokuthi i noma iLeolo Mountains, ayiqinisa. Ukuze aqinise umbuso wakhe futhi avikele ekwakhiweni kwamakoloni aseYurophu, wenza ukuthi abantu bakhe abasebasha basebenze ezimayini ezimhlophe nasemapulazini ukuze amaholo abo asetshenziselwe ukuthenga izibhamu kumaPutukezi IDelagoa Bay, kanye nemfuyo.https://www.news24.com/news24/opinions/columnists/voices/our-story-no-6-sekhukhune-the-great-pedi-king-20160902