King Zwide was the Chief can refer to The chief engineer of a naval vessel or anyone with the rank Chief Warrant Officer in the Canadian Forces In heraldry, a chief is a band of colour or metal making up the top (usually the top third or slightly less) of a shield. ...chief of the The Ndwandwe clan are a subgroup of the Nguni people who populate sections of Southern Africa. ...Ndwandwe clan from about Events January 11 _ Michigan Territory is created. ...1805 to around 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...1820.

King Zwide was the son of Langa is a village in the Harju County, Estonia, the center of the municipality of Padise. ...Langa, a Ndwandwe Chieftain. He was ambitious in expanding Ndwandwe supremacy and was a prominent rival chieftain to Chief _1...Dingiswayo of the Mtethwa and his famous general and protege, King Shaka Shaka (sometimes spelled Chaka) (ca. ...Shaka of the This article is about the African ethnic group. ...Zulu Kingdom.

Around the time Zwide became Chief, the Ndwandwe were growing in military power. Legend has it that Zwide's mother, the Great She Elephant Queen Ntombazi was an i A sangoma is a practitioner of herbal medicine, divination and counselling in traditional Nguni (Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele and Swazi) societies of Southern Africa (effectively an African shaman). ...Sangoma (witchdoctor), who performed evil magic. Zwide, like Shaka sought to expand his borders, and in 1818 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...1818 he had destroyed the power of the Mtethwa Kingdom, after he had Chief Dingiswayo killed.

He also destroyed and overran the neighbouring Khumalo Kingdom and executing their King Matshobana KaMangete, however Matshobana's son and heir Mzilikazi (meaning the path of blood) (ca. ...Mzilikazi escaped from the Ndwandwe and sought refuge with Shaka Shaka (sometimes spelled Chaka) (ca. ...Shaka who had also reformed the remnant Mthethwa clan under his rule.

Zwide knowing this planned to destroy the This article is about the African ethnic group. ...Zulu Empire in order to secure Ndwandwe domination of Zululand. However in 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...1820, he led his army into battle against the Zulu at the Battle of the Mhaltuze River. Unfortunately for Zwide his forces were crossing halfway across the Mhlatuze River when the Zulu forces attacked, the Ndwandwe army was scattered and Zwide was possibly killed in the battle.

After King Zwide's death, the Zulus marched to the Ndwandwe capital attacking it and taking the Ndwandwe by surprise. The Zulu victory was the beginning of the Mfecane (isiZulu), also known as the Difaqane or Lifaqane (Sesotho), is an African expression used about chaos and disturbances. ...Mfecane or the scattering, Zwide's generals fled North establishing their own Kingdoms, such as the Gaza Kingdom formed by General Soshangane.