UMkhosi woMhlanga wakulo nyaka ulindele uukuthi uqophe umlando wokuba mkhulu kunayo yonke eyake yaba khona, njengoba izohanjelwa amatshitshi angaphezu kuka-40,000, okuyisibalo esiphakeme kunaseminyakeni eyedlule. Lo mkhosi waqala ngo-1984 lapho iNdlovukazi uShiyiwe Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu ewuvuselela, futhi kulindeleke ukuthi lonyaka ugubhe iminyaka engu-40 selokhu wabuyiselwa.
Umkhosi uzoqala ngoLwesihlanu eMachobeni, eNgwavuma, bese uqhubeka ngesonto elizayo esigodlweni eNyokeni, kwaNongoma. Amatshitshi azobe efike avela ezifundazweni ezahlukene zaseNingizimu Afrika, ezweni laseSwatini, nakwamanye amazwe aseduze.
UMnuz Ntando Mnyandu, okhulumela uMnyango wezoBuciko namaSiko, uveze ukuthi bonke abahlanganyeli bazilungiselele kahle, ngokubambisana neNdlu kaZulu, uhulumeni wesifundazwe, kanye nezinhlaka ezihlukene. Uthe lo mkhosi awugcini nje kuphela ngokugqugquzela izintombi ukuthi zilondoloze ubuntombi nokuziphatha kahle, kodwa ubuye ube yithuba lokuthi bahlonyiswe ngamakhono athile kanye nokuthola izeluleko eziphathelene nezindlela zempilo ezingcono.
UMkhosi woMhlanga uyinto ebalulekile emlandweni wamaZulu njengoba ukhuthaza izintombi ukuba ziqhubeke nokuzithiba ocansini, nokuba yisibonelo emiphakathini yabo. Lo mkhosi uqakathekile empilweni yezintombi njengoba ubakhuthaza ukuba babe nezindlela zokubhekana nezinselelo zempilo ngendlela efanele.