Ngqungqushe kaNyawuza

King Ngqungqushe kaNyawuza was the King of the Mpondo state of modern-day Eastern Cape now in South Africa. He succeeded his father, King Nyawuza, in June 1782 and reigned until his death in 1818.

During what was an eventful reign, the Grosvenor, East Indiaman a British vessel ran aground on the 4 August 1782 at the coast of the land of this region at a Lambasi with 123 survivors, causing consternation on King Ngqungqushe 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 Xhosa cultural way of life and sometimes assisted to get to their destination by the hospitable but fierce amaMpondo.