Annual Events on the Battlefields Route

January

Isandlwana Commemoration

24 January 2026

RORKES DRIFT MOTH ANNUAL PARADE AND WREATH LAYING

25 January 2026
Should anyone or organisation wish to lay a wreath, please contact Pam McFadden pammcfadden1@gmail.com to be added to the list before 20 Jan 2026.

February

Anniversary of battle of Majuba

Last weekend of the month
Special commemorative function and re-enactment of the battle.

March

Agricultural Day at Talana Museum

7 March 2026 | 10:00am – 16:00pm
Open air exhibits of new and vintage agricultural equipment and machinery. Heritage wagon parade. Buy butter, candles, soap and cheese made using traditional methods. Food and agricultural related activities stalls and exhibits. Farm animals. Beer garden, tea garden, children’s activities, food court.

April

May

June

July

August

Annual walk to commemorate Indentured Indians in Natal

For details contact info@tourdundee.co.za

September

October

Talana Heritage Day

17 October 2026

Ghost Walk Battle of Talana

20 October 2026
Contact info@talana.co.za for details.

November

Sunday Remembrance Parade at War memorials

Sunday 9 November 2025
For Dundee details contact pammcfadden1@gmail.com

Sunday 8 November 2026

December

The Burgher Monument by Mary Newland

My grandmothers brother Louis Rowsell was killed on the 6 Jan 1900 at the battle of Ladysmith. His Army No was 5792 and he was in the 2nd Rifle Brigade He is buried in the Caesars Camp burial ground. Is it possible to have a photo of his grave?

Old Parsonage Museum by Tibor Barcza

As far as I know there is a memorial board for soldiers in your Miseum in Utrecht, KwaZulu-Natal https://maps.app.goo.gl/FjuDH1kHaNPYvoNcA December 9, 2000 was the day of the official ceremony for 2000 names to be uncovered Among those there are some Hungarian ones of those only six in the database of War Museum: Gassing, Geza (Hungarian) https://wmbr.org.za/foreign-volunteers/887-gassing-geza-hungarian-austria-and-hungary/ Illrich-Rittmeister (Hungarian) https://wmbr.org.za/foreign-volunteers/888-illrich-rittmeister-hungarian-austria-and-hungary/ Luzsinsky, Felix Baron (Hungarian) https://wmbr.org.za/foreign-volunteers/891-luzsinsky-felix-baron-hungarian-austria-and-hungary/ Mészáros, Paul (Hungarian) https://wmbr.org.za/foreign-volunteers/895-meszaros-paul-hungarian-austria-and-hungary/ Mrsic, Lucca (Hungarian) https://wmbr.org.za/foreign-volunteers/896-mrsic-lucca-hungarian-austria-and-hungary/ Simon, Lieutenant W. (Hungarian) https://wmbr.org.za/foreign-volunteers/907-simon-lieutenant-w-hungarian-austria-and-hungary/ Source: https://wmbr.org.za/database-search/ I'm writing from Hungary that's why I'm interested in this. I wonder if you could please send me some photos of this board in one and that part with Hungarian names. I also would like to ask some press information about the board itself, about the ceremony in 2000 etc. I haven't found anything about it on your site https://samuseums.co.za/museums/old-parsonage-museum-utrecht/ Thank you for your help in advance.

Gqokli Hill Battlefield by HRH Mbaliyesizwe Zulu(KwaBulawayo King Shaka Royal Family)

Not at all there’s different between chiefdom and the Monarchy.