Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2831AD16
Site Name
Mpande's Nodwengu Royal Homestead and Grave, Ulundi, Mahlabatini
Site Category
Burial Grounds & Graves
Monuments & Memorials
Record Administration
Author
sahrisprojectmanager
Post date
Friday, June 22, 2012 - 14:34
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 - 15:03.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
9/2/420/0001
Recording date
Recorders
Lwazi Nxumalo
Primary?
Off
Site Recording Admin Comments
The field recorder was not exactly clear which of the features of the museum/homestead is a monument. I have treated the entire homestead/museum as a memorial therefore noting all of the inscriptions and the features of the entire site are not a single record but can be viewed via the images.
Classifications
Monument Type
Commemorative Monument
Description

Commemorate the life of King Mpande. King Mpande lived to a ripe age although he suffered from a severe rheumatism. He passed away in 1872 in his late 80s.

Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Builder
Dove & Adlam Reid Pty Ltd
Construction Materials
Stone
Pedestal Material
Stone
Person/Institution Commemorated
King Mpande kaSenzangakhona
Date Unveiled
Unveiled Comment
King Zwelithini Mbongi Goodwill KaBhekuzulu
Inscriptions
This is the homestead of King Mpande and also the grave site of King Mpande where he was laid to rest. King Mpande lived to a ripe age although he suffered from a severe rheumatism. He passed away in 1872 in his late 80sNB:See images for further inscriptions within the museum
Built Environment Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 07/08/2012.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
9/2/420/0001
Recording date
Primary?
Yes
Classifications
Building type
Royal Grave or Chief
Architectural features

Bibliography archive: KMC Minutes 1980-08-05, 1980-07-03, 1981-08-09, 1983-06-02, 1983-080-09, 1983-11-24, 1984-06-21
Inscription: From Eshowe the road runs northwards across a picturesque landscape of fertile rolling hills and deep forested kloofs into the heart of Zululand. It crosses the Mhlatuzi, passes through Melmoth, crosses the Ntonjaneni Hills and then the White Umfolozi River.

Associated People
History of use
Use Period Use
Current
Kraal & Monument
Location
Location
Mapping
-28.298147, 31.42592
KwaZulu-Natal
  • Zululand
  • Ulundi
Land Parcel Details
Type of land parcel
Farm
Land Parcel Reference
Erf/Farm No: 7638/15840
Ulundi
Access details
Open to public through the caretaker or Amafa AkwaZulu
Grading
Autoid
Grading - 249839
Submitted by
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 27/06/2012 - 02:00.
Grading
Grade II
GradingComment

archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

Statement of Significance

Royal residence of King Mpande occupied by him from 1840-1872; his burial place.

Declaration
DeclarationName
Declaration - 221217
Declaration Type
Provincial Heritage Site
Declaration Description

An area of land, being Sub-division Mpande's Kraal ofReserve No. 20, No. 7638, situate in the County

Gazette Date
Gazette Number
2737
Notice Date
Notice Number
269
Declared by (Organisation/Heritage Authority)
National Monuments Council
Deeds Number
T69142/2002
Diagram Number
G7638/1909, S.G. 3044/1939.
Archive Status
National monument
2737-269 Mpande's Nodwengu Royal Homestead and Grave, Ulundi.pdf (98.78 KB)
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