Name Ntshingwayo Khoza Died 1883 | Role Military Commander | |
Similar People Henry Pulleine, Frederic Thesiger - 2nd Baro, Cetshwayo kaMpande, Anthony Durnford, Evelyn Wood | ||
Ntshingwayo Khoza (1809-1883) was the second in command (inDuna) of King Cetshwayo's Army. He became known as Ntshingwayo Khoza after being taken into foster care by Mahole of the Khoza.
He was the commanding general who led the Zulus against the Centre Column of the first British invasion of Zululand in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. He outmanoeuvred Lt. Gen. Lord Chelmsford, diverting part of the British force, then defeating and annihilating the encamped British Army at the Battle of Isandlwana, after the epic battle he became Britain's biggest foe. Ntshingwayo is regarded as a Zulu hero.
On 21 July 1883, Zibhebhu launched a surprise attack on Cetshwayo's Ondini Homestead which was currently being renovated. Hundreds including his siblings Hayiyana and Makhoba were slain due to no preparation. In the incident Cetshwayo was wounded and fled the scene of the bloody coup, Ntshingwayo was killed along with his childhood friend, Godide Ndlela.