Mpangazitha (Pakalita)

Mpangazitha was Chief then later king of Amahlubi upon his brother's death (King Mthimkhulu II) in 1818 and reigned till 1825. He rose to power when he merged his house (King Bhungane II's Right Hand House) with that of his brother Mthimkhulu II's house (King Bhungane II's Great House) with the intentions to unite and strengthen the Hlubi Kingdom during the times of wars. He primarily was opposed to Chief Matiwane of the Ngwane tribe.

He got the name 'Pakalitha' as a Sotho version of Mpangazitha when he exiled in Basotholand (Lesotho) for 2 years. He later led his people back to their ancestral land in now modern-day called KwaZulu-Natal ,of which he encountered Matiwane's army and died in that battle. He had begot sons which were vital to the tribes's survival, Inkosi Sidane (Great House) and Inkosi Mehlomakhulu (Right Hand House) which established Hlubi communities in unoccupied land north and east of now modern called Eastern Cape province.



Regnal titles
Preceded by
Mthimkhulu II		 King of Amahlubi
1818 – 1825		 Succeeded by
Mahwanqa (as regent), Dlomo II and later King Langalibalele I

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References
  1. "Genealogy". Archived from the original on 2018-09-03. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
  2. name=LeadershipSubmission>"Isizwe SamaHlubi: Submission to the Commission on Traditional Leadership Disputes and Claims: Draft 1" (PDF). July 2004. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  3. House of Bhungane
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