Ukurarana kweNtaba ye-Zungeni

**Ukulwa kwe-Zungeni Mountain** kwenzeka mhlazi-5 kuMgwengweni 1879 hlangana namabutho we-Britain nama -Zulu ngesikhathi sokuhlasela kwesibili i- Zululand, endaweni esele iSewula Afrika, eengabeni zokugcina ze- Anglo-Zulu War . Ihhashi elingakajayeleki le-Britain elilawulwa ngu -Colonel Redvers Buller lathola ibutho lama-Zulu ama-300 endaweni yokuhlala ye-eZulaneni hlanu kweNtaba ye-Zungeni. [ nb 1 ] Abakhweli bamahhashi bahlasela begodu bahlakaza amaZulu ngaphambi kokutjhisa indawo yokuhlala. Amadoda ka-Buller arhoxa ngemva kokuhlaselwa ma-Zulu ebegade asongela ngokuwazungeza.

Amadoda ka-Buller ahlanganiswa nabantu abanengi abangakajayeleki kanye nebutho lamabutho wamabhiza we-Britain, la ngaphasi komyalo ka- Major-General Frederick Marshall . Amaskwadroni amabili we- 17th (The Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers, aholwa ngu-Colonel Drury Drury-Lowe, atjhidela endaweni yamaZulu. Bebangakghoni ukuvala nama-Zulu, ebegade asendaweni enotshani obude namahlathi, begodu umlilo we-Zulu wabulala i-adjutant ye-17th Lancers, u-Lieutenant Frederick John Cokayne Frith . U-Drury-Lowe wayala amanye wamadoda wakhe bona ehle begodu abuyisele umlilo. Lokha ama-Zulu nakasongela ukudlula ama-British, u-Marshall wayala bona baphume. Ngaphandle kwaka-Frith, abalimeleko be-Britain bafaka hlangana abalimeleko ababili; ngemva kweenyanga ezimbili ipi, iinsalela zamaZulu ama-25 zatholakala endaweni yepi. Ngemva kokulwa, amaNgisi ajama ukuqinisa ikampa yawo ngaphambi kobana aqhubekele phambili eZululand. Ngemva kwalokho bahlula amaZulu ePini ye-Ulundi yango-4 kuNtaka.

## Isendlalelo
UKhomitjhinara oPhakemeko we-Britain weSewula ye-Afrika, u-Sir Henry Bartle Frere, wafuna ukuhlanganisa umBuso we-Zulu ozijameleko njengengcenye yehlelo lokwakha ihlangano yamakoloni aseSewula ye-Afrika . U-Frere wabamba ingxabano yomthetho ngoJulayi 1878 ebandakanya induna yamaZulu u-Sihayo kaXongo . Abafazi ababili benduna bebamtjhiya babalekela ngaphetjheya komngcele baya eKoloni ye-Britain ye-Natal . Amadodana kaSihayo abese arhola isiqhema esihlomileko ekolonini esathatha abafazi bona babulawe. NgoNobayeni 1878, u-Frere wahlanganisa amabutho we-Britain emingceleni ye-Zululand begodu wethula u-Cetshwayo isimemezelo sokugcina esifuna ukubuyiselwa kwamadodana ka-Sihayo, amatjhuguluko erherhweni lezokwahlulela lama-Zulu, ukwamukelwa kweenthunywa zevangeli zamaKrestu kanye nokuqedwa kohlelo lwezenhlalakahle/lebutho lama-Zulu elaziwa nge *-iButho* . I-ultimatum beyifuna amatjhuguluko amakhulu endleleni yokuphila yamaZulu, begodu bekuhloswe ngu-Frere bona u-Cetshwayo ayilahle. 

Nanyana bekangakghoni ukulandela imibandela yamaBrithani, khulukhulu ukuqedwa kwama-iButho, u-Cetshwayo wenza imizamo yokubuyisana, wathumela abajameli neenkomo emaBrithani. Kwathi lokha nasele kwaliwe, u-Cetshwayo wenza amalungiselelo wepi yokuzivikela. Wayala amabutho, ebegade azokuhlangana enhlokodolobha yamaZulu e-Ulundi mhlazi-8 kuTjhirhweni emnyanyeni we-umKhosi (Iinthelo zokuthoma), bona eze alungele ukulwa. Ngaleso sikhathi inani lamadoda ebekufuze asebenze ebuthweni belibalelwa ku-42,000 ukuya ku-44,000, hlangana nenani labantu ebelingaba zi-300,000.[3][16] Abantu abangaba zi-25,000 babuthana e-Ulundi emnyanyeni lo begodu babunjwa baba libutho lekosi. Nanyana bekuneenkhali ezingaba zi-20,000 emaZulu ekuthomeni kwepi, inengi lazo bekuziinkhali ezingasebenziko begodu amadoda bekangakafundiswa ukuzisebenzisa. iklwa ukuhlaba umkhonto.
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