For other articles named Bhambatha, see Bhambatha (disambiguation). Bambata or Mbata Bhambatha was a Zulu chief of the Zondi tribe in Kwazulu-Natal. He is famous for his role in an armed rebellion in 1906 when the poll tax was raised from a tax per hut to per head (£1 tax on all native men older than 18) increasing hardship during a severe economic depression. The Natal Police believed Bhambatha was going to resist the tax with force and sent about 150 men to arrest him. Instead the polic… (More on Bhambatha)