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So, in 1817, Shaka had been forced to flee his home as Zwide\u2019s Ndwandwe attacked repeatedly \u2013 and he found himself south of the Thukela.
\nHe needed to forge a stronger relationship with the people to the north, and in particular the Qwabe who were found south of Umhlatuzi river, near his mother\u2019s clan, the Langeni.
\nWhat doomed Phakathwayo was the fact that his older brothers were gumbling about their treatment \u2013 he\u2019d scuffled with his brother Nomo \u2013 while their father Khondlo was still alive. Nomo was the heir designate, but Nomo\u2019s mother was an Mthethwa, not a full-blooded Qwabe. The Qwabe powers that be thought this disqualified Nomo.
\nHe duly headed off to Dingiswayo of the Mthethwa for help, although their first impi was defeated by Phakathwayo. Shaka was lurking by now, and some Qwabe had crossed over to join him, recognizing a powerful man in the making I guess.
\nOne was Sophane kaMcinci and the other was Nqetho kaMcinci \u2013 both khonza\u2019d Shaka just before Phakathwayo was to face his sternest test.
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\nRight now, we need to swing back to the Cape.
\nWe left off in 1812, with the British Governor Sir John Cradock having used the Boers to great effect and subdued the Albany amaXhosa.
\nHe had named the new town of Grahamstown after his military steamroller, Lieutenant colonel John Graham. Both men had happily sent the trekboers as their shock troops to rid the Albany thickets of the amaXhosa and rebellious Khoekhoe. Jacob Cuyler, the Uitenhage landdrost, had taken to appreciating the Boers hard life, and had changed his view from calling them \u201ca set of vagabonds and murderers\u2026\u201d to embracing their world view.