Many of the Shona people of the…

Many of the Shona people of the defunct Rozwi Empire have been incorporated; the rest of the Shona groupings have been made satellite territories that pay tribute to the Ndebele Kingdom.

Mzilikazi calls his new nation Mthwakazi, a Zulu word which means something that became big at conception, in Zulu "into ethe ithwasa yabankulu.”

The territory will come to be known as Matabeleland.

Mzilikazi organizes this ethnically diverse nation into a militaristic system of regimental towns and establishes his capital at Bulawayo.