The Cross shaped Memorial in honour of British Soldiers who died during battles around Volksrust, and Amersfoort areas is in a park on the north side of town on the west side of the N11 just as one leaves the town.
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At the beginning of 1883, Cetshwayo returned to Zululand, rebuilding his Ondini home close by the previous one. The King’s return saw the entire region in a state of chaos, but because he had been stripped of his powers, he…
27 December 1838 When the Wenkommando reached Mthonjaneni, they were deceived by a Zulu named Bongoza into believing they could recover much of their captured livestock in the oPhathe gorge. During their descent, they lured into an ambush by the…
19th June to 1838 Maritz built a defensive laager using sods to build a wall underneath the wagons. It is here that Andries Pretorius joined the Trekkers on 22nd Nov and it is from here that the Wenkommando left for…
11 December 1878 On the 11 December 1878 the British Government in South Africa presented an ultimatum to King Cetshwayo’s izinduna (senior representatives). The conditions of the Ultimatum included inter alia the disbandment of the Zulu Army and Cetshwayo having…
In the Volksrust town square adjacent to the municipal buildings is a Memorial Statue and wall of Remembrance for the Boer women and children that died in the Volksrust Concentration Camp. This is a very beautiful and emotive monument. Nearby…
Site of the partially restored royal residence of King Dingane kaSenzangakhona between 1829 and 1838. Nearby is the mass grave of Voortrekker Piet Retief and his party, who were killed at Mgungundlovu on the 6thy February 1838. Open-air museum at…
