Langalibalele ll

Muziwenkosi Hadebe (born 27 May 1948) widely known as Langalibalele II^[1] is the reigning King^[2] of the Hlubi people of South Africa. The Hlubi people are still contesting for the official recognition of their kingship and nation by the South African government..^[3]

King Langalibalele II KaTatazela
Inkosi yamaHlubi
King of AmaHlubi
Reign	1974 - present
Coronation	September 1976
Predecessor	Johnson Hadebe (Regent)
Born	(1948-05-27) 27 May 1948 (age 77) Estcourt, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Spouse	Queen Phumaphi Dlamini Hadebe
Issue	Prince Bhekamahlubi Hadebe Prince Mandlenkosi Hadebe Princess Zibuyile Zamahlubi Hadebe Prince Sondezi Hadebe
Names Muziwenkosi Johannes Hadebe Regnal name Langalibalele II
House	House of Mthimkhulu
Father	Tatazela kaSiyephu

Further reading

• Henry Masila Ndawo (1939). Iziduko zama-Hlubi. Lovedale Press.
• Henry Masila Ndawo (1945). Ibali lama Hlubi. Lovedale Press. hdl:10962/47224.
• Andrew Hayden Manson. The Hlubi and the Ngwena Clan in a colonial society, 1848–1877. s.n. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
• Alfred T. Bryant (1965). Olden times in Zululand and Natal: containing earlier political history of the Eastern-Nguni clans. C. Struik.
• John Henderson Soga (1930). The south-eastern Bantu: (Abe-Nguni, Aba-Mbo, Ama-Lala-Nguni ). The Witwatersrand university press.
• John Britten Wright; Andrew Manson (1983). The Hlubi Kingdom in Zululand-Natal: a history. Ladysmith Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-620-06178-0.
• John William Colenso (1875). Langalibalele and the AmaHlubi Kingdom: being remarks upon the official record of the trials of the King, his sons and Induna, and other members of the AmaHlubi Nation. tribe.
• Paul Maylam (1986). A history of the African people of South Africa: from the early Iron Age to the 1970s. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-37511-9.