| Langalibalele I KaMthimkhulu II(Mdingi kaJobe) | |
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| Ingonyama yamaHlubi | |
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| King of AmaHlubi | |
| Reign | 1839-1889 |
| Predecessor | Dlomo II |
| Born | Mthethwa 1814 Umzinyathi, KwaZulu-Natal |
| Died | 1889 |
| Issue | Siyephu (Mandiza) |
| House | Ntsele |
| Father | Mthimkhulu II |
Langalibalele (isiHlubi: meaning 'The blazing sun', also known as Mthethwa, Mdingi (c 1814 – 1889), was king of the amaHlubi, a Bantu tribe in what is the modern-day province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
He was born on the edge of the arrival of European settlers in the province. After conflict with the Zulu king Mpande, he fled with his people to the Colony of Natal in 1848. During the diamond rush of the 1870s, many of his men worked on the mines in Kimberley, where they acquired firearms. In 1879 the colonial authorities of Natal demanded that the guns be registered; Langalibalele refused and a stand-off ensued, resulting in a violent skirmish in which British troops were brutally killed. Langalibalele ran across the mountains into Basutoland, but was kidnapped, tried and banished to Robben Island. He after 30 years, returned to his home, but remained under life arrest.
His imprisonment was a watermark in South African political history that split the colonial population of the Colony of Natal.