Ngqungqushe kaNyawuza

King-Ngqungqushe ka-Nyawuza he was the 20th monarch of the Ama-Mpondo state of modern-day Eastern Cape now in South Africa. He succeeded his father, King-Nyawuza ka-Thahle, on 18 June 1782 and he reigned until his death on 28 April 1818.

During what was an eventful reign, the Grosvenor, East Indiaman a British vessel ran aground on 4 August 1782 at the coast of the land of this region at a Lambasi with 123 survivors, causing consternation on King-Ngqungqushe ka-Nyawuza leading him to order the survivors to be slain for fear of them ravaging his people and stealing cattle. This is despite the fact that a smaller number of survivors on previous shipwrecks, (the Sao Jao, the Sao Bento, etc.) would be assimilated into the Mpondo cultural way of life and sometimes assisted to get to their destination by the hospitable but fierce ama-Mpondo-kingdom.