This directive property of a needle, or perhaps a mere piece of wire, that had been 'touched' by a lodestone, had been discovered before A.D.
Lo mgaqo we propati zenalithi okanye mhlawumbi amasuntswana ecingo athi abambele kwigaqa lentsimbi ekrwada elisisitsalane zathi zafumaneka phambi kokuzalwa kuka Yesu.