Ncapai

Ncapai

Ncapai

King of AmaBhaca Kingdom

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

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  1. [1]
    (Soga, p. 443)
  2. [2]
    (Hammond-Tooke, W.D, p. 34 - 37)
  3. [3]
    "Bhaca people". Bhaca. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  4. [4]
    (George McCall Theal,History of South Africa from 1873 to 1884 p. 37)


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