Interesting Reads

KING DINGANE KASENZANGAKHONA’S KWADUKUZA: The recent discovery of the spiritual home of King Shaka kaSenzangakhona by Ken Gillings

KING DINGANE KASENZANGAKHONA’S KWADUKUZA: The recent discovery of the spiritual home of King Shaka kaSenzangakhona by Ken Gillings

King Shaka kaSenzangakhona was the illegitimate son of King Senzangakhona kaJama of the abakwaZulu. When Senzangakhona died in 1816, he was succeeded by his son, Sigujana, who was assassinated within about a week by another half-brother who then disappeared, leaving…

Windows into History: ‘Blended’ photographs from the battlefields of KwaZulu-Natal by Steve McCarthy

Windows into History: ‘Blended’ photographs from the battlefields of KwaZulu-Natal by Steve McCarthy

The wars in South Africa during the second half of the nineteenth century witnessed many aspects of the evolution of military technology and military tactics. They also witnessed a revolution in military photography. From around the middle of the nineteenth…