| | Nongoma -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | On 30 March 1883, a Zulu clan, the Mandlakazi under (Click link for more info and facts about Zibhebhu) Zibhebhu, defeated the uSuthu (another Zulu clan which were pro (Click link for more info and facts about King Cetshwayo kaMpande) King Cetshwayo kaMpande) in the Msebe Valley close by to Nongoma. |
 | | The town itself was only established in 1887 with the building of Fort Ivuna by the (The people of Great Britain) British as a buffer zone between the Zulu warring factions. |
 | | It was originally called Ndwandwe but was later replaced by an earier name given by the local tribesmen to the sacred area where the town stands, KwaNongoma (place of the diviner or mother of songs). |
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