Mdluli
Bhekiswayo
Wena wabhekis’ inkhos’ elusaseni
Sukuta
Luvuno
Luvuno alunanhloni
BakaMdluli abayidli inyama yembuti
Badla yenkonkoni
Phika sinamandla
Mlimi wansindze
Bantfu balim’ emafus’ aboGembe
Mlisana
Ndzindzindzi
Mdluli!
Mdluli
Bhekiswayo
Phakatsi
Nselo lenkhulu
Luvuno lolungenamahloni
BakaMdluli abayidli inyama yembuti
Badla yenkonkoni
Mdluli
Sikhandzisa
Mandzindzakandzaba
Wena Delila, tinkhomo
Watsenga emajaha
Mdluli
Sikhandzisa
Mkholo lonsundvu
Lonsundvu ngisho netinyawo takho
Mbokodvo lenhle legaya bulawu bemakhosi
Mdluli
Sikhandzisa
Semakholo
Mbokodvo lendze
Lesilala bulawu bemakhosi
Mhlanti wendlunkhulu
His reign occurred during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries when the centralisation of polities east of the Drakensberg Mountains disturbed life in the region.
Forced to pledge allegiance to various powers to survive, Nomsimekwana and his followers affiliated first with the Ngwane, later the Mkhize, then the Zulu, and eventually the British. Their associations shifted as threats changed—armies, hunger, marauders, and Boer settlers. After years of displacement, Nomsimekwana finally returned home to re-establish a chiefdom from the remnants who survived the transformation of the region. His story demonstrates the persistence of amalala identities in Natal through the mid-twentieth century.
Their history reflects the complex relationships between smaller polities and the larger Zulu kingdom, with some Mdluli families now being recognised as traditional leaders in areas like Mtubatuba, though this recognition is sometimes contested by other clans who claim earlier occupation.