What is "soshangane"

Soshangane kaZikode (ca 1780–1858), born Soshangane Nxumalo, was the founder and first king of the Gazankulu Empire, which at the height of its power stretched over modern-day southern Mozambique and parts of Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces in South Africa. Soshangane ruled over the Gaza state from 1825 until his death in 1858. Soshangane was also known by the name of Manukosi, and his troops where responsible for the massacre of the Janse van Rensburg trek.