After the Anglo-Zulu War, Britain divided Zululand up into 13 'chiefdoms',[1] governed over by compliant chiefs.
This did not last for long, however, and eventually the rightful heir Dinuzulu, son of the former king Cetshwayo kaMpande[2] was reinstated.
However, one chief, Zibhebhu kaMaphitha (also known as Usibepu), was left alone and allowed to keep his land.
[citation needed] Dinuzulu appealed to the British against this decision, but received no response, which led to the Boers from Utrecht and Vryheid being called into Dinuzulu's Volunteers in return for land.
Zibhebhu, however, escaped, by climbing up the mountain with a white trader.