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