Bhambatha
| Bhambatha | |
|---|---|
 Bhambatha (ngesekudla) nemnakekeli | |
| Born |
c1865 KwaZulu-Natal, |
| Died | unknown |
| Spouse | Siyekiwe |
| Issue | Somveli, Seyama, Mngoye, Sonkonde, Ngungumbana, Mthakathi, Mgcobo, Khuzwayo, Shuqu, Manqe |
| Father | Mancinza |
| Mother | Mabamba kaDonda |
| Occupation | King of the Zondi |
Bhambatha kaMancinza (c. 1865), lophindze atiwe ngekutsi ngaBhambatha, bekangumholi wesive semaZondi esifundzeni saseNatal futsi angumntfwana waMancina. Watiwa ngekuba nendzima yakhe ekuvukeleni lokuhlome ngetibhamu nga-1906 ngesikhatsi umtselo wekukhetsa ukhuliswa usuka kumtsolo welikhaya ngalinye uye kumuntfu ngamunye (umtsalo we-£1 kubo bonkhe labadvuna labadzala labangetulu kwa-18 budzala lowatiwa ngekutsi yi-ukhandampondo), lokwakhulisa tinkinga ngesikhatsi sekwehla kwemnotfo lokumatima. Bhambatha utsi watjelwa kutsi ahole kuvukela lokuhlome ngeNkhosi Dinizulu yemaZulu. Dinizulu waphikisana nalendzaba futsi kute bufakazi lobucinisekisako bekutsi ngutiphi letindzaba letitfolakalako.[1]
Iminyaka yekucala[hlela | edit source]
Akwatiwa kutsi Bamatha watalwa nini ngenca yekungabi nemibhalo lebhalwe phansi nobe sitifiketi sekutalwa, kepha sicabanga kutsi Vamathaa watlelwa nga-1865, eMpanza, dvutane nelidolobha lase Greytown, eNatal Colony. Bekayindvodzana yeNkhosi Macinza, ngalesinye sikhatsi labebitwa ngekutsi nguMacinga, wesigodlo sase-Abakwa Zondi; kantsi make wakhe, umfati lomkhulu waMacinça, bekayendvodzakati yeNkhosi Phakade, sikhulu sesigodzi lesibalulekile sakaZulu, i-Cunu. Bhambatha uphindze atiwe ngekuba ngulomunye wemaZulu langu-10 000 lavikela lithuna lenina waShaka Zulu umnyaka wonkhe. Kutsiwa bekalisotja lemaZulu ngaphansi kwekuceceshwa kanye nekujeziswa kwe Shaka Zulu Impi.
Lokuvukela[hlela | edit source]
Bhambatha watiwa kakhulu ngendzima yakhe ekuvukeleni lokuhlome ngetibhamu nga-1906 ngesikhatsi umtselo we-voting ukhuliswa usuka emtselweni welikhaya ngalinye uye enhloko yinye (umtsamo we £ 1 kubo bonkhe bantfu bemdzabu labangetulu kwa-18 - lobitwa ngekutsi yi-ukhandampondo) lokwakhulisa kuhlupheka ngesikhatsi sekwehla kwemnotfo.
Bambatha nemabutfo akhe bahlasela babulala emaphoyisa lamane, kantsi loku kwabanga kutsi umbuso wemangisi utfumele tinkhulungwane temabutfo esaKoloni, kohlasela Bhambatha lokwaholela ekubulaweni kwebantfu labangu-3500. Hulumende waseBrithani watsi Bhambatha wabulawa emphini yase Mome Gorge, kantsi bantfu baseZulu bakholelwa kutsi wabaleka wagcina ahleti eMozambique. Uvame kubitwa ngekutsi ngumsunguli webantfu baseNingizimu Afrika ngesikhatsi selubandlululo.
Imibhalo lebhalwe phansi[hlela | edit source]
- ↑ P. S. Thompson, ‘Bambatha ka Mancinza (1865/6–1906)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oct 2006 accessed 16 Sept 2015