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.
Loko kahari na vumbhoni bya kulwa ka tinxaka ta maSotho/Tswana eka malembe yotala kunga se va na Shaka na Mzilikazi, ntshamiseko wa ndzhawu liya awu tsekatseka swinene naswona vanhu vatikume varikarhi va lwela switirhisiwa swa ntumbuluko na mabindzu.