Other states and Kingdoms

Gaza, Swazi, Pedi, Mpondo and southern Tswana

-The Biggest State, but most of it was situated in modern day Mozambique-the leaders were called “Ngoni”-the people in the kingdom were called “shangaan”-Shoshangane was the ruler- he was also a military leader under Zwide. -The Gaza kingdom was powerful because of it’s trade in ivory and slaves to delagoa bay.-Shoshangane defeated Portuguese forces who wanted to end his control of the trade in that region. After this, the Gaza kingdom dominated the whole region.

The Gaza Kingdom

a smaller state that emerged after the

Ndwandwe kingdom collapsed. It was controlled by the Dlamini clans, but

Sobhuza was the leader Sobhuza avoided conflict with his neighbours

through marriage allainces to strengthen his position. He married one of Zwide’s daughters and two of his daughters became Shaka’s wives.

The swazi defeated a raid by the Zulu in 1836

Swazi Kindom

An important state because of it’s control over

trade routes from the interior to Delagoa Bay. It was broken apart by the Ndwandwe in the

early 1800’s, but after the Ndwandwe were defeated it was rebuilt under it’s leader Sekwati.

He established a fortified hilltop settlement between the Steelport and Olifants Rivers. This gave protection to refugees in the area.

The Pedi state

It was the strongest power south of the

Mzimkulu River. They managed to defend themselves from

waves of refugees from the fighting further north.

They resisted a Zulu attack in 1828 They allowed refugees from other conflicts to

join their kingdom.

The Mpondo Kingdom

Southern Tswana groupings (the Barolong and Batlhaping) were

disrupted by raids in the 1820’s. They allied with the Griqua and Sotho raiders. But they continued to be attacked by the Ndebele and also the

Griqua who turned against their former allies. They gathered around the missionary station established at

Kuruman in 1816- many of them became Christians. When the missionaries moved to Griquatown in 1825 the

Batlhaping left the Kuruman area and moved to the Harts valley They got guns and horses and were able to establish control

over the region in the 1830’s. The increasing weakness of the San groups (as a result of raids

for their labour) helped them.

Southern Tswana chiefdoms:

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