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Ncapai

King of AmaBhaca Kingdom

Ncapai ka Madzikane
King of AmaBhaca Kingdom
Predecessor	Sonyangwe ka Madzikane
Successor	Diko ka Ncapai
Born	c. 1804 Bluff (Esibubulungu) now Durban Zulu Kingdom
Died	1845 (aged 40–41) Nowalala, Pondoland
Spouse	Makhohlisa (senior wife) and several other wives

Ncapai (also spelt as Ncapayi or Ncaphayi) was the king of the Bhaca people between 1826 until his death in 1845. He was the second son from the first wife of King Madzikane ka Zulu; the first born being Sonyangwe his elder brother. He resided at his father's royal residence in Mpoza, the great place facing Mganu mountains and also built another residence in the nearby Lutateni.^[1] While trying to attack the Mpondo people, due to the Maitland treaty, he fell off a cliff and died in a place called Nowalala, near Ntabankulu in March 1846. Faku kaNgqungqushe ordered that he must be killed to save him from the pain and agony he had suffered for days after he had plunged beneath the cliff.^[2] Ncapayi is said to have been a ruthless freebooter^{[clarification needed]}.^[3]^[4]

Preceded by

Sonyangwe kaMadzikane

King of the Bhaca Nation
1826–1846

Succeeded by

Mdutyana kaSonyangwe

References

^ (Soga, p. 443)
^ (Hammond-Tooke, W.D, p. 34 - 37)
^ "Bhaca people". Bhaca. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
^ (George McCall Theal,History of South Africa from 1873 to 1884 p. 37)

Ethnic groups in South Africa

Bantu-speaking

Nguni	Bhaca Mpondomise Fengu Hlubi Ndebele Pondo Swazi Ndwandwe Thembu Xhosa Gcaleka Gqunukhwebe Gaika Xesibe Zulu Fingo Khumalo
Sotho-Tswana	Basotho/S. Sotho Bakoena Bataung Batlokwa Pedi/N. Sotho Balobedu Mabelane Tswana Balete
Tsonga	Hlengwe Xika N'walungu Gwamba Tswha Rhonga Hlanganu Nhlave Bila Dzonga Copi Ndzawu Thonga
Venda	Ngona Lemba