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… Shaka  brought them under his rule.  Little is known about Dingiswayo's (also known as Godongwana or Ngodongwa) life. … towards the end of the eighteenth century Godongwana (Dingiswayo's name before he took a new name) and his brother … Godongwana's first act as chief was to change his name to Dingiswayo, meaning ‘one in distress,' an allusion to the …

… Nguni groups, the Mthethwa led by the paramount chief Dingiswayo, and the Ndwandwe under the ferocious Zwide. … the home of Nandi's aunt. He thus grew up in the court of Dingiswayo, who welcomed them with friendliness. Shaka, … the attention of his overlord and, rising rapidly in Dingiswayo's army, he became one of his foremost commanders. …

… strong rival groups: the expanding Mthethwa chiefdom of Dingiswayo and the land of the equally ambitious and much … powerful Khumalo being drawn into the conflict between Dingiswayo and Zwide. On the death of Chief Mashobane, who … as chief of the Northern Khumalo clan. But, after Dingiswayo's death, instead of siding with Zwide, in exchange …