At the beginning of the game White has 16 light-coloured pieces (the "white" pieces); Black has 16 dark-coloured pieces (the "black" pieces).
2.2 Ekuqaleni komdlalo, umdlali unezicucu ezinemibala ekhanyayo engu-16 (izingcezu "ezimhlophe"); enye inezicucu ezinemibala engu-16 emnyama (izingcezu ezimnyama "):