 However threats existed from prince Mbilini who had married one of Ntengu Mbokane's daughters, and Mbandzeni's half brother and one of the sons of Mswati who was a pretender to the throne and allied with the Zulu
King Cetshwayo.However, he never became successful.The British prevented any attacks from Cetshwayo, who had been crowned by Sir Theophilus Shepstone in 1873.