 However, on Cetshwayo's ascension to the throne in 1872, he remembered Sigananda's loyalty and recalled him back to Zululand, where he was installed as chief of the amaChube people.Sigananda's base was in the rainy Nkandla Forest, and the amaChube were iron-working people.The traditional stronghold was at Manziphambana, between the Thukela and Mhlathuze rivers.