Ncaphayi

Bhaca People - The Reigns of Diko and Makaula
... IYELENQE (A CONSPIRACY) THAT CAUSED DIKO (THE GREAT SON OF NCAPHAYI) TO LOOSE According to the writings of Anderson Mhlawuli Makaula (1988), by virtue of ... Makhohlisa (the mother of Diko and Sogoni) who was Ncaphayi’s wife of the great house (uNdlunkulu), was not loved by these councillors, hence they ... It happened that Ncaphayi had killed a man in one of the Mfecane battles and according to amaBhaca tradition, iNkosi was not supposed to have any contact with his wives until he had ...

Bhaca People - The Reign of King Ncapayi
... during the same year in which Ncapayi’s father –Madzikane – was killed, Ncaphayi entered Tembuland to avenge his father’s death ... to rid him out and therefore secure assistance from Ncaphayi to eject Nqetho ... Ncaphayi was wounded and forced over the rock, falling on to a ledge some distance from the Bottom ...

Madzikane - 1880
1988), by virtue of birth and according to tradition, Diko was the heir to iKumkani Ncaphayi, but, because of some councillors of amaBhaca who liked Mamjucu, the mother of Makaula, she was fraudulently made a great ... Makhohlisa (the mother of Diko and Sogoni) who was Ncaphayi’s wife of the great house (uNdlunkulu), was not loved by these councillors, hence they plotted ... It happened that Ncaphayi had killed a man in one of the Mfecane battles and according to amaBhaca tradition, iNkosi was not supposed to have any contact with his wives ...

Madzikane
... his deceased crown prince and his ever alive mighty warrior son prince Ncaphayi ... Therefore on the death of King Madzikane, prince Ncaphayi was crowned King of all amaBhaca but because his elder brother Sonyangwe had left behind two sons in natal i.e ... prince Mdutyane and prince Thiba King Ncaphayi was obliged to share the throne with Sonyangwes heir ...