Ntuli, Meaning, Origin & History

Izithakazelo zakwa-Ntuli

Godide,
Mphemba,
Ndlela kaSompisi,
Sothole,
Gudukazi uyiNcwayo,
Khuboni,
Sompisi owaphemba ngamakhand’amadoda,
Abanye bephemba ngomlilo,
Nina base Lenge,
Enabonakala ngefu lezintuli,
Kwabe kunguSompisi kaGuqa, kaMasalela,
Mazimuzimu enidla’abantu,
Mgwabini wemikhonto,
Umahlatshwa ebuhleni njengethole,
Umagaju njengengwe,
Inhlangu eyeqa iphindaphinda,
Umanxeba angamanxuluma,
Kwasa bemhlaba uGwabini, waphika,
Lang’elaphum’endlebeni yendlovu,
Nyaka wumbe,
Lophum’ endlebeni yengwenya,
Unonjiyelwa,
Kulala uhlangothi lubomvu,
Ugodo olumuka namankayiya,
Langa!

They lived along the bank of the Thukela River in KwaZulu-Natal. Under the leadership of Godide kaNdlela and Mavumengwana kaNdlela, sons of Ndlela kaSompisi, they played a major part in the Zulu counter-raid at Middle Drift in June 1879 and in the Battle of Isandlwana. After the partition of Zululand, they were placed in John Robert Dunn’s chiefdom.

He spoke about the late King Goodwill Zwelithini, noting that the king gave nine farms to the Ntuli people, demonstrating the ongoing relationship between the Zulu royal house and the Ntuli clan.