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.
Kube kukhona luphawu lwekulwa phakatsi kwetive tebe Sotho/Tswana eminyakeni yakadzeni ngaphambi kwa Shaka na Mzilikazi, lokucala kwalesigodzi nyalo sekwavalwa futsi nalabantfu batitfola bacudzelene tintfo letisusiwe kanye netintfo tendalo.