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 of these communities lived in the Greytown District, Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal].
Biography record
Nkume Ngubane

- Updated
- 20 Jul 2026

How we know this
- 01• Contribution by Professor S. Badat, on Banishment, Rhodes University, 2012. From the book, Forgotten People - Political Banishment under Apartheid by Professor S. Badat.
Last updated · 20 Jul 2026
South African History Online. (2019, September 2). Nkume Ngubane. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149259
South African History Online (2019) 'Nkume Ngubane', South African History Online, 2 September. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149259 (Accessed: 10 September 2026).
South African History Online, Nkume Ngubane [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149259, (accessed 10 September 2026).
"Nkume Ngubane." South African History Online, 2 Sept. 2019, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149259. Accessed 10 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Nkume Ngubane." South African History Online. September 2, 2019. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149259.
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