Ngwane
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Others included the Ndwandwe, and the Mabhudu who built a polity that outlasted Shaka's and were: "partly responsible for pushing the Diamini-Swazi Tlokwa and Ngwane groups west across the Lubombo hills on to the highveld..
The conflict of Swaziland and the Ndwandwe kingdom led Somhlolo (also known as Sobhuza I and Ngwane IV) to move his capital from Zombodze in Shiselweni to the centre of Swaziland at another kraal called Zombodze.
Thus when Ngwane died, LaYaka Ndwandwe became Queen Regent until Ndvungunye became the King.
He was succeeded by Ngwane IV after the regency of Queen Regent Lomvula Mndzebele.
King Ngwane V died in December 1899 during incwala after the outbreak of the Boer war.
Ngwane V who had been chosen as crown prince following Mbandzeni's death in 1889 was coronated in 1895 after the London Convention.