Ngidi

Ngidi tribe is a Southern African Bantu Nguni Tribe. They were settled at the forests of Nkandla stretching to the mountains of Hlobane and too the morden day Mlalazi municipality on the upper Tukela river ruled by their last King MNguni kaKhuzwayo kaHlomuka kaNgidi uzinyo lenja.

After many attempts by Zulu King and his chiefs to summon him to submit to the Mthethwa-Zulu rulership kraal. Then fights had to take place that left many of his Chiefs and amabuto defeated,

The Zulu king had to reinforce more of amabuto to summon MNguni at the last battle at Hlobane were the Ngidis were defeated and MNguni lost his eldest son Mteli after four days of battle night to day at Hlobane mountain.

In 1813 King MNguni and his followers dispersed to other Nguni tribe’s lands and crossing Tukela to seek shelter and to mourn his son Mteli whom lost his head on the battlefield.

King Shaka was not pleased by the victory, he wanted King MNguni’s head because he did not submit to him and for him to gain high supremacy power over other Nguni tribes.

Notable people with the surname include:

• Lungi Ngidi (born 1996), South African cricketer
• Thulani Ngidi (born 1986), South African rugby union player
• Zanefa Ngidi (born 1986), South African Maskandi musician