he instigated a few fratricidal skirmishes, a tradition of the Nguni, which resulted in Mundagaz removing the crown prince from contention and forcing his other two rivals, Anhana and Mafabaze, to flee into exile. At the end of 1884, in Mossurize, Mundagaz ascended the Nguni throne, assumed the name, Ngungunhane, the son of the lion, and became the Emperor of Gaza. Descendants The descendants of Gungunhana currently reside in Mpumalanga South Africa in a place called Ka Mpisane Morden day called Bushbuckridge under the Kingship of king Eric Mpisane Nxumalo as the rightful heir of his father Mafemane Nxumalo under the Royal House called Amashangana Traditional Royal council based Newforest in A place called “Thulamahashe” named after the first Regent of the Amashangane royal Thulamahashe Msinganyela Nxumalo who was one of the surviving sons of King Ngungunyane who fled Mozambique with his Uncle Mpisane Nxumalo and the other Childrens of Ngungunyane namely: Thulamahashe Msinganyela Nxumalo, Mpikaniso Nxumalo, Buyisonto Nxumalo (captured with his father to Exile) by Portuguese colonial army and was sent as slave under military to fight the battle between the Portuguese and Germans under the world war 1 in Namibia 1921 Godide Nxumalo (died in exile) Molungo Nxumalo (Exiled), The chronology of Nxumalo Kingship Under Gaza (1820-1858) King SOSHANGANA NXUMALO ( MANUKUZA II) (1859-1862) King MAWEWE NXUMALO (1862-1884) king MZILA NXUMALO (1884-1896) king NGHUNGHUNYANI NXUMALO (1897-1910) Hosi MPISANE NXUMALO (ACTING) (1910-1922) Hosi THULAMAHASHE NXUMALO (1922-1932) Hosi BUYINSONTO NXUMALO (1932-1942) Hosi THULAMAHASHE (ACTING) (1942-1968) Hosi KHETHO NXUMALO (ACTING) (1968-1973) Hosi MAFEMANI NXUMALO (1973-1981) Hosi NGOBO NXUMALO (ACTING) (1981-TO-2021) Hosi MPISANA ERIC NXUMALO Bayethe Ndabe zitha hosi Eric Nxumalo passed away on 3rd March 2021 after serving for 40 years At the current moment to-date the Royal family is still awaiting to install The New king Eric Nxumalo once applied for recognition by the Nhlapo Commission, which was rejected in 2012. Claims of the kingdom's authority over the Tsonga people have also been rejected by Tsonga traditional leaders on the grounds that the Tsonga people have been living outside of the Gaza Kingdom since it was founded in 1820 by Soshangane and have never been part of that Kingdom. History states that the Tsonga people fled before Soshangane and established themselves in the Transvaal, free from any despotic rule. In the Transvaal, the Tsonga people founded new colonies and had no relationship with the Gaza Kingdom at all. When the