I sent for you because I wanted your counsel, Macumazahn, and because Cetewayo the king also wants your counsel, and I wished to see you before you saw Cetewayo.

Now you have the whole truth." "What do you want my counsel about, Zikali ?" He leaned forward till his white locks almost seemed to mingle with the thin flame, through which he glared at me with eyes that were fiercer than the fire.
"Macumazahn, you remember the story that I told you long ago, do you not ?" "Very well, Zikali.

It was that you hate the House of Senzangacona which has given all its kings to Zululand.

First, because you are one of the Dwandwe tribe whom the Zulus crushed and mocked at.

Secondly, because Chaka the Lion named you the 'Thing-that-should-never-have-been-born' and killed your wives, for which crime you brought about the death of Chaka.