THE “LITTLE DRUMMER BOYS” AT ISANDLWANA by Pat Rundgren
“Hopeless battalions, destined to die, Broken by the Benders of Kings”. Contemporary South African folk song. Johnny Clegg and Savuka. … Read More
ISANDLWANA – THE MAN IN THE CAVE by Pat Rundgren
“Impi, wo nansimpi yeza, Wobani bengathinta ma bubhesi?” “Who is going (to be stupid enough) to touch the lions? Contemporary … Read More
ISANDLWANA – DURNFORD’S LAST STAND by Pat Rundgren
“An ancient song, as old as the ashes Echoed as Mageba’s warriors marched away”. South African Contemporary Folk Song. Johhny … Read More
We Wander the Battlefields by Midge Carter
We Wander the Battlefields is the fruit of Midge Carter’s life-long passion for the history of the Anglo-Boer and Zulu … Read More
Another Blood Soaked Hill in Zululand
GUNNER FREDERICK HENRY BRADLEY V.C. Although suffering from the worst drought in decades, one hopes that the rainy season is … Read More
The Capture of Winston Churchill
THE CAPTURE OF WINSTON CHURCHILL – THE ARMOURED TRAIN INCIDENT. 15 NOVEMBER 1899. “I have had, in the last four … Read More
Itala Monument to Valour by M C Carter
Twice in less than 23 years, Natal was saved from invasion by the gallant stands made by two small, vastly … Read More
Frederick Hitch and the defence of Rorkes Drift by M Boucher
The story of Rorke’s Drift has often been told and perhaps nowhere so graphically as by Donald R. Morris in … Read More
The Prince Imperial by Alf Wade
This article is the text of a talk to the S.A. Military History Society by Mr Alf Wade, of Vryheid, … Read More
Major Barr’s Pilgrimage: An old warrior revisits his Anglo-Boer War Battlefields by Ken Gillings
[Scribe’s note – this originally appeared in two parts but is condensed here for continuity] Author’s note: There are, throughout … Read More
The Lonely Graves of Zululand by H W Kinsey
One of the most poignant aspects of the Zulu War is the relatively small number of lonely graves scattered about … Read More
The Anglo Zulu War as depicted in Soldiers Letters by Frank Emery
In ‘The Red Soldier’ my main purpose was to illustrate the first-hand evidence that lies in a specific course of … Read More
Col A W Durnford by SB Bourquin
From his service in South Africa over a broken period of eight years, the impression which emerges of Anthony William … Read More
The Helpmekaar Duel by Ken Gillings
Battles such as Colenso, Ladysmith, Nicholson’s Nek, Spioenkop and others of the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902 have consistendy captured the … Read More
TROOP SERGEANT MAJOR SIMEON KAMBULA, DCM: Natal Native Horse by Dr F K Mitchell, JCD
Simeon Kambula had grown up in Edendale, the Methodist Mission Station near Pietermaritzburg. His father, Elijah Kambula had served as … Read More
THE BAMBATA REBELLION OF 1906: NKANDLA OPERATIONS AND THE BATTLE OF MOME GORGE, 10 June 1906 by K.G.Gillings, JCD
The Battle of Mome Gorge broke the back of an uprising which has had its parallels in this country on … Read More
ZULULAND AND THE ANGLO-BOER WAR (1899-1902) by A de V Minnaar
Institute for Historical Research (Human Sciences Research Council) Introduction Although Zululand as such was not involved in the mainstream of … Read More
UTRECHT DISTRICT and the ANGLO-ZULU WAR, 1879 by Huw M Jones
In 1879, the small village of Utrecht and its surrounding district was the most remote administrative unit of the Zuid-Afrikaansche … Read More
SHOULD BREAKER MORANT BE PARDONED? by Robert Eales
Introduction In the background of our times, an old issue simmers. For more than a hundred years, there has been … Read More
SPIOENKOP: CURTAIN-RAISER TO INDIRECT FIRE by Ken Gillings
Introduction The utilisation of artillery by the British and the Boers during the Battle of Spioenkop (23/24 January 1900) may … Read More