Langalibalele ll

King Langalibalele II KaTatazela
Ingonyama yamaHlubi
King of AmaHlubi
Reign1974 - present
CoronationSeptember 1976
PredecessorJohnson Hadebe (Regent)
Born (1948-05-27) 27 May 1948 (age 76)
Estcourt, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
SpouseQueen Phumaphi Dlamini Hadebe
IssuePrince Bhekamahlubi Hadebe

Prince Mandlenkosi Hadebe Princess Zibuyile Zamahlubi Hadebe

Prince Sondezi Hadebe
Names
Muziwenkosi Johannes Hadebe
Regnal name
Langalibalele II
HouseHouse of Mthimkhulu
FatherTatazela kaSiyephu

Muziwenkosi Hadebe (born 1948) widely known as Langalibalele II[1] is the reigning King[2] of the Hlubi people of South Africa. The Hlubi people are still contesting for the official recognition of their kingship and nation by South African government..[3]


Further reading

  • Henry Masila Ndawo (1939). Iziduko zama-Hlubi. Lovedale Press.
  • Henry Masila Ndawo (1945). Ibali lama Hlubi. Lovedale Press. hdl:10962/47224.
  • Andrew Hayden Manson. The Hlubi and the Ngwena Clan in a colonial society, 1848–1877. s.n. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  • Alfred T. Bryant (1965). Olden times in Zululand and Natal: containing earlier political history of the Eastern-Nguni clans. C. Struik.
  • John Henderson Soga (1930). The south-eastern Bantu: (Abe-Nguni, Aba-Mbo, Ama-Lala-Nguni ). The Witwatersrand university press.
  • John Britten Wright; Andrew Manson (1983). The Hlubi Kingdom in Zululand-Natal: a history. Ladysmith Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-620-06178-0.
  • John William Colenso (1875). Langalibalele and the AmaHlubi Kingdom: being remarks upon the official record of the trials of the King, his sons and Induna, and other members of the AmaHlubi Nation. tribe.
  • Paul Maylam (1986). A history of the African people of South Africa: from the early Iron Age to the 1970s. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-37511-9.

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