Dingane kaSenzangakhona Zulu (ca.

1795–1840)—commonly referred to as Dingane or Dingaan—is a Zulu chief who becomes king of the Zulu Kingdom in 1828.

He sets up his royal capital UmGungundlovu, and one of numerous military encampments or kraals, in the Emakhosini valley just south of the White Umfolozi River on the slope of Lion Hill (Singonyama).