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IShukhune

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UShukhune I[lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2] (Matsebe; c. 1814 - 13 kuNcwaba 1882) wayeyiNkosi evelele yaseMarota eyayaziwa kakhulu ngokuthi iBapedi (abantu basePedi), kusukela zingamashumi amabilinanye kuMandulo 1861 kuze kube yilapho ebulawa khona ziilishumi nantathu ngonyaka ka-1882 ebulawa ngumpetha wakhe nomfowabo azalwa naye ngumzali oyedwa, uMampuru II.[1]

Ukubusa kukaSkhukhune

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Njengomholi ophakeme we-Pedi wabhekana nezinselelo zezombusazwe ezivela kumaVortrekkers (abafuduki bamaBoer), i-Republic yaseNingizimu Afrika ezimele (Dutch: Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek), UMbuso WaseBrithani, kanye noshintsho olukhulu lwezenhlalo olubangelwe yIzithunywa zevangeli ezingamaKristu.[2]

Ukushona kukayise kaSkhukhune

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Ngemuva kokushona kukayise, INkosi uSekwati, ngo-20 September 1861, uSekhukhune wavikela ngokuphumelelayo ilungelo lakhe lesihlalo sobukhosi ngokumelene nomfowabo azalwa naye ngumzali oyedwa uMampuru II nendlalifa ebonakalayo ngokusekelwa kwebutho lakhe laseMatuba.[3]

Ukunqoba kukaSkhune
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Naphezu kokunqoba kwakhe, uSekhhune wanamathela esikweni lama-serota futhi wavumela uMampuru ukuba ashiye ngokuthula indawo yaseBapedi.[4]

Abafowabo
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Abanye abafowabo abaziwayo kwakungu Legolwana, UJohannes Dinkwanyane, noKoloko. USekhukhune washada noLegoadi IV ngo-1862, futhi wahlala entabeni, manje eyaziwa ngokuthi iThaba Leolo noma iLeolo Mountains,[5] ayiqinisa. Ukuze aqinise umbuso wakhe futhi avikele ekwakhiweni kwamakoloni aseYurophu, wenza ukuthi abantu bakhe abasebasha basebenze ezimayini ezimhlophe nasemapulazini ukuze amaholo abo asetshenziselwe ukuthenga izibhamu kumaPutukezi IDelagoa Bay, kanye nemfuyo.[6]

  1. sometimes spelled Sekukuni
  2. historically spelled Secocoeni
  1. https://www.longmarchtofreedom.co.za/BronzeStatues/Statue/618aa9f1faf6d2fddee410ca
  2. https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/king-sekhukhune-buried-in-provincial-funeral-20230702
  3. https://saheritagepublishers.co.za/product/sekhukhune-greatest-of-the-pedi-chiefs/
  4. https://african-research.com/research/african-countries/african-tribes/king-sekhukhune-and-the-refuge-of-the-lulu-mountains/
  5. . p. 187. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://www.news24.com/news24/opinions/columnists/voices/our-story-no-6-sekhukhune-the-great-pedi-king-20160902