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Sandile Gwala (Finance/Technology)
Independent non-executive director at MTN Group Limited (effective 1 January 2025). Co-founder and CEO of a business consultancy firm serving local and international clients. Former group executive director and partner at Deloitte South Africa, also worked in Deloitte UK and Denmark operations. Holds BCom in Information Systems and MBA from University of Natal. Serves on boards of Harambe and previously Business Process Enabling South Africa. [citation:1][citation:8]

Sibonelo Mdluli (Legal)
Specialist in private and public M&A, equity capital markets, securities regulation and general commercial law. Appointed as Director in the Corporate practice at DLA Piper’s Johannesburg office in August 2021. Previously worked at Bowmans and spent time on secondment at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York.

Mcoseli Mdluli (Chief)
Chief of the Mdluli people at Mkhambathini, near the confluence of the Msunduze and Mngeni rivers in central Natal. 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.

Nomsimekwana kaMcoseli Mdluli (Chief)
Son and heir of Mcoseli who led the Mdluli people through a turbulent period of regional consolidation. 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.

Mdluli Clan Today
The Mdluli clan continues to exist as one of the traditional communities in KwaZulu-Natal. 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.