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Mgungundlovu
Mgungundlovu was the royal capital of the Zulu king Dingane, built around 1829 in the Emakhosini valley in KwaZulu-Natal. In February 1838 the Voortrekker leader Piet Retief and his party were killed there on Dingane's orders. Dingane burned the capital after his defeat at Blood River in December 1838; its site is now a heritage site.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Mgungundlovu. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/mgungundlovu
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