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| King Sandile was the son of King Ngqika and his wife, Suthu, of the Great House. He was born in about 1820 and was still a minor when his father died in 1829.
Maqoma ruled as regent until 1840, when Sandile assumed the mantle of leadership. At first he had an ambivalent attitude to the colonial forces and concluded treaties with successive governors, but was antagonized by their arrogant attitudes.
He took part in the War of the Axe in 1846 and was captured in 1847. He was forced to sign an oath of allegiance to Britain and was dispossessed of his land. He and his followers were settled on land in the so-called Crown Reserve.
His continued opposition led him to participate in the War of Mlanjeni (1850-53) and to become a 'Believer' in the Cattle Killing, which considerably weakened the Rharabe people. In 1877 he entered the war on the side of the Gxaleka king, Sarhili, but was killed in a fight which took place near Stutterheim in 1878. | |
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