On Friday week it was officially announced that Bambaata had
been killed on the 10th of this month. This removes the chief figure from the rebellion, and Colonel Mackenzie, who has led the expedition with excellent judgment, may con- gratulate himself that the immediate revolt is to all intents suppressed. The rebels surrender daily in large numbers, and many of the white levies are being demobilised. On Monday there was the usual regrettable incident which seems to attend all our successes,—a store south of Mapumulo being attacked, and a convoy of waggons captured, with the loss of several whites. Colonel Mackenzie is sweeping up the whole area of disturbance by means of flying columns, and there seems every reason to believe that his optimism is justified for the present. But how great the danger has been is shown by the recent trial at Pietersburg, in the Transvaal, of Ngazana, the Tongaland spy. He declared that he had been sent by Dinizulu to the Transvaal and Swaziland to arrange for a general rising, and that Dinizulu was angry with Bambaata for precipitating matters before preparations were complete. The story may be a lie; but if so, the fact that it was invented shows the feeling at the back of the native mind.
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