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'InDuna' ''(plural: izinDuna)'' is a Zulu title meaning ''advisor'', ''great leader'', ''ambassador'', ''headman'', or ''commander'' of group of warriors. It can also mean ''spokesperson'' or ''mediator'' as the izinDuna often acted as a bridge between the people and the king.[1] The title was reserved for senior officials appointed by the king or chief, and was awarded to individuals held in high esteem for their qualities of leadership, bravery or service to the community. [2] [3] The izinDuna would regularly gather for an indaba to discuss important issues.
Amongst the Ndebele the term was also used to collectively refer to a group of elite soldiers operating under a specific inDuna. [4]
The term has found widespread use in South African English and Afrikaans, and it is a common reference to ''boss'' or ''lead person''. [5] In modern times the terms ''Chairperson'' and ''inDuna'' are sometimes used interchangeably. [6]
★ Leander Starr Jameson, a British physician, was awarded the title of ''inDuna'' by the Matabele chief Lobengula after he had successfully treated the chief’s gout.
★ 'Mbopa' was an ''inDuna'' serving under Shaka. He was one of the main conspirators in Shaka’s assassination by his half-brothers Dingane and Umhlangana.
★ Ndlela kaSompisi was a key general to Zulu Kings Shaka and Dingane, and also served as Dingane's ''inDuna'' - his chief advisor. Ndlela' repeatedly defied Dingane's request that he assassinate Mpande, half-brother of Shaka and Dingane. By this refusal he had preserved the blood line of the Zulu monarchy, as all subsequent Zulu kings were from Mpande’s blood line. He was strangled to death for his insubordination.
★ Ntshingwayo kaMahole was the second in command (''inDuna'') of King Cetshwayo's Army. He was the commanding general who defeated the encamped British Army at the Battle of Isandlwana.
★ Nathaniel Isaacs, a British adventurer, was awarded the title ''inDuna Incoola'' (Principal Chief of Natal) by Shaka and was granted large tracts of land.
★ Tinos Rusere, nicknamed the "Rhodesian Induna", was an elected trade union representative of the Rhodesian miners in South Africa. In 1977 he became the trade union ''inDuna'' for all Southern African countries.
★ Joseph Leabua Jonathan worked as a ''mine inDuna'' (foreman) at Brakpan and eventually became the first Prime Minister of Lesotho.
★ The Sudwala Caves was named after the Swazi ''inDuna'' Sudwala.
The word ''Induna'' is regularly used as a name to indicate something large (''the big one'') or important:
★ ''Thabas Induna'' (Mountain of the Chiefs) is the name of a hill north of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. [7] The name stems from the practice of throwing izinDuna who ran afoul of the king down it.[8]
★ ''Induna'' was the name of a racehorse that won the 1930 South Australian Derby.
★ Canada's largest crocodile (14 feet long, weighing more than 1000 pounds) is called ''Induna''. It resides at the Reptilia (zoo) in Vaughan, Ontario.
★ In 1899 Winston Churchill (a young war correspondent at the time) escaped from a prison in Pretoria and rode the ''Induna''[9] (a weekly steamer, built in 1891[10] at Aberdeen, UK) from Delagoa Bay to Durban. [11]
★ The ''SS Induna'' was the name of a British merchant steamboat (5086BRT) that was sunk during WW2. It was built in 1925 by A. Stephen & Sons Ltd. of Glasgow and torpedoed by the German U-Boat ''Friedrich-Karl Marks'' (U-376) en route from Reykjavík to Murmansk. Of the 50 people on board, 23 survived and were picked up by a Soviet minesweeper.[12] [13]
★ The ''MV Induna Star'' was an 81-ton Australian steel ketch.[14] It was captured by the Japanese during WW2 and the men aboard were incarcerated. Some of those men would later die in the infamous sinking of the prison ship, the Montevideo Maru by a US submarine.[15] [16]
★ Zulu (Ethnic Group)
★ Languages of South Africa
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Amongst the Ndebele the term was also used to collectively refer to a group of elite soldiers operating under a specific inDuna. [4]
The term has found widespread use in South African English and Afrikaans, and it is a common reference to ''boss'' or ''lead person''. [5] In modern times the terms ''Chairperson'' and ''inDuna'' are sometimes used interchangeably. [6]
| Contents |
| Notable izinDuna in History |
| Induna used as Name |
| See also |
| References |
Notable izinDuna in History
★ Leander Starr Jameson, a British physician, was awarded the title of ''inDuna'' by the Matabele chief Lobengula after he had successfully treated the chief’s gout.
★ 'Mbopa' was an ''inDuna'' serving under Shaka. He was one of the main conspirators in Shaka’s assassination by his half-brothers Dingane and Umhlangana.
★ Ndlela kaSompisi was a key general to Zulu Kings Shaka and Dingane, and also served as Dingane's ''inDuna'' - his chief advisor. Ndlela' repeatedly defied Dingane's request that he assassinate Mpande, half-brother of Shaka and Dingane. By this refusal he had preserved the blood line of the Zulu monarchy, as all subsequent Zulu kings were from Mpande’s blood line. He was strangled to death for his insubordination.
★ Ntshingwayo kaMahole was the second in command (''inDuna'') of King Cetshwayo's Army. He was the commanding general who defeated the encamped British Army at the Battle of Isandlwana.
★ Nathaniel Isaacs, a British adventurer, was awarded the title ''inDuna Incoola'' (Principal Chief of Natal) by Shaka and was granted large tracts of land.
★ Tinos Rusere, nicknamed the "Rhodesian Induna", was an elected trade union representative of the Rhodesian miners in South Africa. In 1977 he became the trade union ''inDuna'' for all Southern African countries.
★ Joseph Leabua Jonathan worked as a ''mine inDuna'' (foreman) at Brakpan and eventually became the first Prime Minister of Lesotho.
★ The Sudwala Caves was named after the Swazi ''inDuna'' Sudwala.
Induna used as Name
The word ''Induna'' is regularly used as a name to indicate something large (''the big one'') or important:
★ ''Thabas Induna'' (Mountain of the Chiefs) is the name of a hill north of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. [7] The name stems from the practice of throwing izinDuna who ran afoul of the king down it.[8]
★ ''Induna'' was the name of a racehorse that won the 1930 South Australian Derby.
★ Canada's largest crocodile (14 feet long, weighing more than 1000 pounds) is called ''Induna''. It resides at the Reptilia (zoo) in Vaughan, Ontario.
MV Induna Star
★ In 1899 Winston Churchill (a young war correspondent at the time) escaped from a prison in Pretoria and rode the ''Induna''[9] (a weekly steamer, built in 1891[10] at Aberdeen, UK) from Delagoa Bay to Durban. [11]
★ The ''SS Induna'' was the name of a British merchant steamboat (5086BRT) that was sunk during WW2. It was built in 1925 by A. Stephen & Sons Ltd. of Glasgow and torpedoed by the German U-Boat ''Friedrich-Karl Marks'' (U-376) en route from Reykjavík to Murmansk. Of the 50 people on board, 23 survived and were picked up by a Soviet minesweeper.[12] [13]
★ The ''MV Induna Star'' was an 81-ton Australian steel ketch.[14] It was captured by the Japanese during WW2 and the men aboard were incarcerated. Some of those men would later die in the infamous sinking of the prison ship, the Montevideo Maru by a US submarine.[15] [16]
See also
★ Zulu (Ethnic Group)
★ Languages of South Africa
References
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