Tensions between the Ntanzi and Bomvu communities developed in the 1940s, allegedly because Nembe Ntanzi, the hereditary leader of the Ntanzi section, ”was dismissed from the office of induna [headman] by Nonkenkeza Ngubane, the Acting Chief of the Bomvu tribe.” Both these communities lived in the Greytown District, Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal].’
Biography record
Mabunu Mkize

- Updated
- 20 Jul 2026

State record
Banning order
- Order
- Banished
South African History Online. (2019, September 2). Mabunu Mkize. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149355
South African History Online (2019) 'Mabunu Mkize', South African History Online, 2 September. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149355 (Accessed: 30 August 2026).
South African History Online, Mabunu Mkize [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149355, (accessed 30 August 2026).
"Mabunu Mkize." South African History Online, 2 Sept. 2019, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149355. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "Mabunu Mkize." South African History Online. September 2, 2019. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149355.
Further reading
Robert M. Resha
Joseph Sallie Molefi
Deputy Chief Msizwana Mbata
Cijimpi Mnyandu
Anderson Khumani Ganyile
Nimrod Sekeramane Nathale
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