IShukhune

UShukhune I^{[lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2]} (Matsebe; c. 1814 - 13 kuNcwaba 1882) wayeyiNkosi evelele yaseMarota eyayaziwa kakhulu ngokuthi iBapedi (abantu basePedi), kusukela zingamashumi amabilinanye kuMandulo 1861 kuze kube yilapho ebulawa khona ziilishumi nantathu ngonyaka ka-1882 ebulawa ngumpetha wakhe nomfowabo azalwa naye ngumzali oyedwa, uMampuru II.^[1]

Njengomholi ophakeme we-Pedi wabhekana nezinselelo zezombusazwe ezivela kumaVortrekkers (abafuduki bamaBoer), i-Republic yaseNingizimu Afrika ezimele (Dutch: Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek), UMbuso WaseBrithani, kanye noshintsho olukhulu lwezenhlalo olubangelwe yIzithunywa zevangeli ezingamaKristu.^[2]

Ngemuva kokushona kukayise, INkosi uSekwati, ngo-20 September 1861, uSekhukhune wavikela ngokuphumelelayo ilungelo lakhe lesihlalo sobukhosi ngokumelene nomfowabo azalwa naye ngumzali oyedwa uMampuru II nendlalifa ebonakalayo ngokusekelwa kwebutho lakhe laseMatuba.^[3]

Naphezu kokunqoba kwakhe, uSekhhune wanamathela esikweni lama-serota futhi wavumela uMampuru ukuba ashiye ngokuthula indawo yaseBapedi.^[4]

Abanye abafowabo abaziwayo kwakungu Legolwana, UJohannes Dinkwanyane, noKoloko. USekhukhune washada noLegoadi IV ngo-1862, futhi wahlala entabeni, manje eyaziwa ngokuthi iThaba Leolo noma iLeolo Mountains,^[5] ayiqinisa. Ukuze aqinise umbuso wakhe futhi avikele ekwakhiweni kwamakoloni aseYurophu, wenza ukuthi abantu bakhe abasebasha basebenze ezimayini ezimhlophe nasemapulazini ukuze amaholo abo asetshenziselwe ukuthenga izibhamu kumaPutukezi IDelagoa Bay, kanye nemfuyo.^[6]

1. ↑ sometimes spelled Sekukuni
2. ↑ historically spelled Secocoeni

1. ↑ https://www.longmarchtofreedom.co.za/BronzeStatues/Statue/618aa9f1faf6d2fddee410ca
2. ↑ https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/king-sekhukhune-buried-in-provincial-funeral-20230702
3. ↑ https://saheritagepublishers.co.za/product/sekhukhune-greatest-of-the-pedi-chiefs/
4. ↑ https://african-research.com/research/african-countries/african-tribes/king-sekhukhune-and-the-refuge-of-the-lulu-mountains/
5. ↑ . p. 187. Missing or empty |title= (help)
6. ↑ https://www.news24.com/news24/opinions/columnists/voices/our-story-no-6-sekhukhune-the-great-pedi-king-20160902