Ngelanga langezi-16 zakaNobayeni, kokuthoma iSewula Africa yagidinga ilanga lokuqolelana lapha amabhuru kanye nebamasiko womtlhago kwavunyelwana ngokwephawu kobana kube yincenye yeSewula Africa enesitjhaba esilinganako. Ilanga langezi-16 zakaNobayeni liqakathekile ngebanga lokobana kwenzeka izinto ezimbili ezikulu ngesikhathi sebendlululo.
Ngonyaka ka-1838, ama-Voortrekkers gade enza amalungiselelo wawo wokulwa namaZulu epini ye-Blood River. Ngezi-16 zakaNobayeni bathatha isifungo phambi kuka Zimu, kobana bazokuhlula amaZulu, ngokobana bazokwakha ikerege, kuthi imindeni yabo ihloniphe ilangeli njengelanga lokuthokoza. Ngeminyaka yebandlululo, ilanga lezi-16 zakaNobayeni labekwa kobana libeyihlolide elaziwa ngokobana lilanga lesithembiso.
Ilanga langezi-16 zakaNobayeni lilanga lapha ihlangano yomkhonto weSizwe (Mk) yatlanywa ngonyaka ka-1961.Kuze kufike namhlanjesi amalunga wehlangano ye-African National Congress (ANC), abetha isthabalala alwisana nokungaphathwa kuhle ngurhulumende webandlululo.
Kodwana, ngemva kokubulawa kwabantu e-Sharpeville 7 ngonyaka ka-1960, lapha abantu egade batoyitoya ngokuthula badunyuzwa khona, ngokubandlululwa, babona bona ukutoyitoya ngokuthula ngeze kwatjhugulula imithetho yebandlululo. Ihlangano yomkhonto we Sizwe yatlanywa njengephiko lobujoni.
Umsebenzi omkhulu we-MK kwakukonela urhulumende webandlulo ukwenzela bona aqede umtlhago webandlululo. Kodwana iindaba zehlangano kanye nokubotjhwa kwabadosi phambili bayo ngonyaka ka-1963 kona umncopho wayo. Nanyana kunjalo, kusukela ekutlanyweni kwayo, ngezi-16 zakaNobayeni sele kwaba lilanga lokukhumbula i-MK.
