Izizwana zakwaZulu.

Izizwana zakwaZulu kukhona lapho ezibalwe khona lapha, kanye namakhosi azo. Kulezi sibala amaNguni (amaQwabe namaGumede), amaBhaca, amaCele, amaNgwane, amaZizi, amaNdwandwe, amaThonga, amaPhuthi, amaHlubi, amaKhize (amaMbo), amaLala, amaHlangwini (amaDlamini), amaNtungwa, amaNdebele namaZulu... Zikhona nezinye.

Okwahlanganisa zonke lezizwana kwakuwulwimi olufanayo kanye namasiko amuqondofana. Kungakafiki nesikhathi sempi (ekuthiwa wuMfecane) ekwathiwa sabumba lesizwe sakwaZulu, zonke lezizwe zazinokuzwana noma zingahlangene ziyisizwe. Lezizwana zaziphila zingabonani, ziphila zonke ngemithetho yazo. Kodwa ngenxa yokuthi kwakungezandawonye, azizange zihluke ngokuningi. 

Umuhlaba walezizwana angaba yimikhandlu yalezwe elisha elifun'wa lapha. 

• Izizwana zakwaGumede, Ndaba, Qwabe, Mbatha, Zulu, Ntungwa noNdwandwe zazihlangene ngoba zazazi ukuthi zizalwa wuNguni. 

• ISilo uShaka wafunda kwesakwaMthethwa isigodi ukuba yibutho. INkosi uDingiswayo yakwaMthethwa yayizwana nesizwe samaNhlangwini (oDlamini) kanye neSilo uShaka wayezwana nesizwana samaHlubi lapho ewaye abuye athole amabutho azomusiza empini bese athole izihlangu (amahawu) emaNhlangwini. 

• Inkosi uMatikwane wamaNgwane ebona ukuthi kubunjwa isizwe esisha wajaha izizwana ezamaMbo ezisentshonalanga ngaseZintabeni zokhahlamba efuna ukuzithola ngempi. Wahlakaza esamaZizi, wazama ukuhlakaza nesamaHlubi lapho iSilo uShaka wasusa iNkosi yakwaMzizi wafaka eyakwaMiya emaZizini. 

• ISilo uShaka (kumbe iNkosi uMzilikazi) wahlakaza amaNgwane akaMatiwane, wabuyisa izizwe zamaHlubi nezamaZizi. AmaBhaca, akaphindanga abuya esesusizwe ngako-Kokstad.

• Izizwe zakwaButhelezi, Cele noNgubane zabuthwa empini. Izizwe zamaThonga (e-Maputaland naseMatutuíne) zazicelela ukuthi zibe ngaphansi kwoMubuso wakwaZulu. 

• ISilo uShaka wabutha esakwaMhlongo eLangeni waqede wanqoba esamaMpondo empini sekufike abelungu e-Port Natal (KwaKhangela amankengane). 

• ISilo uShaka sakhothama sesibuthe nezizwana ezafika zahlala ngasezizweni zamaMbo zabeSuthu kumubuso wakhe, ezakaMolefe noMofokeng. 

• ISilo uDingane waxabana nesizwe sakwaQwabe, wadingisa abanye oQwabe baya kohlala ngasemaMpondweni. 

• ISilo uDingane sagxosha abelungu namaBhunu, savikela nendawo yase-Maputo eyayiseyingenwe ngamaPutukesi. ISilo uDingane sakhothamela eSwazini kodwa asizange siwabuthe amaSwazi ngaphansi kwomubuso wakwaZulu. 

Ezinye izizwana zabuyela lapho ezazikhona ngaphambu kwokuthi kube khona impi.