Ngwane

…became common, many groups—including the Ngwane, Ndebele, and some Hlubi—fled westward into the Highveld mountains during the 1810s and ’20s. The Kololo, on the other hand, moved east out of Transorangia, where they ran into Bay slavers, and migrated west into Botswana. In 1826 they were attacked by an alliance…

Although the Dlamini-Ngwane were raided by the Zulu in 1828 and 1836, Sobhuza’s people survived during the 1830s. Sobhuza married Thandile, daughter of Zwide, and groomed his son, Mswati, as his heir.