Usuku lwamagugu, lwaqala ukubungazwa ngomhlaka zingamashumi amabili nane kuMandulo ngonyaka ka-1995, ngenhloso yokuqhakambisa amagugu kanye namasiko abantu base-Ningizimu Afrika. Lolusuku luhambisana nomoya wokukhuthaza ubumbano phakathi kwezinhlanga ezahlukahlukene ezweni. Ngokwesiko lesizwe sama-Zulu, lolusuku belugujwa njengosuku lweNkosi uShaka, eyadlala indima enkulu ekwakheni isizwe sama-Zulu. Lezi ngezinye zezindlela zokugqugquzela ukonga nokuvikela amagugu esizwe ukuze angalahleki emlandweni wesikhathi esizayo. 

Sibheka ukubaluleka kwamasiko, amagugu, ukusetshenziswa nokuqoshwa kolwimi, ezemvelo, ezokuvakasha njalo njalo.