While there is evidence of fighting between the Sotho/Tswana tribes in the decades before Shaka and Mzilikazi, the stability of the region had now been irrevocably shattered and the people found themselves competing for diminished trade and natural resources.
Naho huna tsumbi ya dzinndwa vhukati ha vha Sotho/Tswana lwa minwaha hu sathu swika Shaka na Mzilikazi, u dzulisea ha vhupo zwazwino ho no valea vhathu na vhone vha ḓi wana vha tshi khou lwedzana zwithu zwine vha rengisa na zwithu zwa mupo.