 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Zvichakadaro, vanhu vechiSwazi vakanga vanyeverwa naPiet Joubert kuti varambe vakadzikama uye kuti vasazvibatanidze mukukakavadzana uku. Bhunu panzvimbo pezvo akazviwana asina kudzorwa nezviremera zvekoloni kwenguva yokutanga. Nenguva isipi akanzwa akasununguka kugadziridza mhosva dzekare nevavengi vezvematongerwe enyika. Nhau dzorufu rune chisimba rwomumiriri Mnkonkoni Kunene navamwe vanoverengeka nenguva dzakasvika kumasimba emaBoer aibatanidzwa muKukombwa kweLadysmith. Vakawanda vakafa vacho vakanga vane ukama hwepedyo nezviremera zvokutonga. Joubert aifanira kuvimbisa vatungamiriri vaiva nehanya kuti Swaziland yakanga isiri kuvapandukira. Zvechokwadi, vasori vakashuma kuti Bhunu aitya kuti akanga anyengerwa. Akanga achirova munhu upi noupi waaipomera kuti akaita chiito chacho. Pana 10 December 1899, Bhunu akafa nemhaka yechirwere chakakomba. Akanga azvipa mhaka kumashiripiti, kunyange zvazvo vanhu vomunguva yake vaifungidzira kuti kwakanga kwakonzerwa nedoro. Amai vake Labotsibeni Mdluli vakava mutongi. Iye akavamba kubvisa vapi vezano vapukunyuki navadiwa vaBhunu. 