LUCWANINGO LOLUNZULU LOLUMAYELANA NEKUBALULEKA ...

We have been afraid ofthe Boers. We have lived beside
them ever since they come into Transvaal. The country
they occupy ... was once ours, but all our people have
been driven from the land by reason ofunjust laws and
cruel acts of their masters... We see how happy the
people are whom your majesty has conquered in Natal,
Zululand, Basotholand, Pandoland. .. They live peaceably
with the English. Their prosperity is secured to them
againstinjusUce. The natNe in the Transvaal enjoys none
ofthese. We therefore pray and implore your Majesty to
save us from destrueuon, which handing of us over the
Boers will certainly mean.
Ekusayinwewni kwesivumelwano sesitsatfu kwaba ngukutsi inkhosi inikwa
ligunya lekulawula ngendlela yeSintfu nanobe kunjalo emaBhunu bekanawo
emandla ekulawula, kantsi lokunye lekumelwe kuvunywe ngemaNgisi kwakha
umzila wajantji. Ngeminyaka yabo-1895 emaBhunu nakangena eSwatini,
emaSwati abindza nje dvu angalwi ngobe abekhumbule Iiphupho lenkhosi
yawo kutsi angayicitsi ingati. Emkhatsini weluPhongolo neNgwavuma
bekunemakhosi lamatsatfu labekabusa kuleyondzawo. Ngalesikhatsi kwabiwa
umhlaba nga-1866 na-l880 letindzawo tayekelwa tingakatsintfwa lekwaholela
ekutseni Mbikiza ahole bakaNyawo, Mtjekelwane Vena ahole bakaMatsenjwa.
Mongameli weNingizimu Afrika Paul Kruger wabita inkhosi Dlamini iv kutsi
ateyicebisa ngekubusa nekuphatsa live. Angakaligwinyi kwavumbuka imphi
lebeyibitwa ngekutsi yi-Anglo Boer war lebeyisemkhatsini kwemaBhunu
nemaNgisi.
Inkhosi Ngwane iv walandzelwa nguLabutsibeni lebekayiNdlovukati ngobe
inkhosi Ngwane iv washona mhla tilishumi enyangeni yeNgongoni emnyakeni
wa-1899. Indvodzana yakhe beyiyincane kakhulu ngaleso sikhatsi ngobe
yayitelwe mhla tingemashumi lamabili nakubili enyangeni yaKholwane
ngemnyaka wa-1899. INdlovukazi yayinika ligama lelitsi nguMona lokuchaza
umona bewukhona kubelumbi nakumaSwati kantsi uyise watsi
nguNkhotfotjeni. Wacala kubusa aneminyaka lengemashumi lamabili nakubili
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