Zwide

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Zwide was an African chief of the Ndwandwe clan in what is now South Africa. He was a contemporary of Dingiswayo, a Mthethwa chief, and Shaka, who would later become the leader of the Zulu kingdom.123

Around 1820, Zwide attacked Sobhuza I, a Ngwane chief, prompting Sobhuza to migrate north. Zwide is also reported to have killed Dingiswayo, a significant event that occurred around 1817. In the mid-1820s, Zwide's Ndwandwe were destroyed, an event attributed to the Zulu under Shaka. Shaka ruled the Zulu empire from 1816 to 1828.214

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Sobhuza I
…from the Ndwandwe chieftaincy under Zwide, Sobhuza began to migrate with his people north of the Usutu River, where he was attacked on several more occasions. After the destruction of the Ndwandwe in the mid-1820s (attributed to the Zulu under Shaka), Sobhuza returned south to the Ezulwini valley (southern Swaziland),…
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…from the Ndwandwe chieftaincy under Zwide, Sobhuza began to migrate with his people north of the Usutu River, where he was attacked on several more occasions. After the destruction of the Ndwandwe in the mid-1820s (attributed to the Zulu under Shaka), Sobhuza returned south to the Ezulwini valley (southern Swaziland),…
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Southern Africa
Shaka and the creation of the Zulu
…Ndwandwe, under the leadership of Zwide, who had driven the Ngwane people led by Matiwane onto the Highveld and the Ngwane led by Sobhuza north across the Pongola river, beyond the Zulu orbit. There Sobhuza established the new conquest state of Swaziland (named for his successor, Mswati). In 1820 and…
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…Ndwandwe, under the leadership of Zwide, who had driven the Ngwane people led by Matiwane onto the Highveld and the Ngwane led by Sobhuza north across the Pongola river, beyond the Zulu orbit. There Sobhuza established the new conquest state of Swaziland (named for his successor, Mswati). In 1820 and…
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