Dingaan

Zulu-høvding 1828-40. Blev Dingaan væltet af sin broder Umpanda med hjælp fra boerne.

• Blood River, 1838

Zulu chief who obtained the throne in 1828 by murdering his predecessor, Shaka, and became notorious for his cruelty. In warfare with the Boer immigrants into Natal he was defeated on 16 December 1838 – ‘Dingaan’s Day’. He escaped to Swaziland, where he was deposed by his brother Mpande and subsequently assassinated.