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 is also a monument to the burghers who died in nearby battles with the British during the Transvaal War of Independence 1880-81.
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On the 15th November 1899 Winston Churchill, a war correspondent for the Morning Post persuaded his friend Capt Haldane to let him accompany him on an armoured train on a reconnaissance along the rail line between Estcourt and Colenso. The…
10 June 1906 Scene of the battle that broke the back of Rebellion. 575 rebels and 3 colonial soldiers killed. No signage, very remote, not suitable for vehicles with limited ground clearance. Visit only with a tourist guide and tribal…
28 March 1879 In the early hours of 28 March 1879 two British columns mounted an attack on the abaQulusi stronghold on Hlobane Mountain. Their advance was observed by the abaQulusi and their allies who attacked the one section of…
2 December 1856 Site of battle between Prince Cetshwayo and his brother Prince Mbuyazi, which established Cetshwayo as King Mpande’s heir. Possibly the bloodiest battle in Zulu history when the uSuthu faction of the Zulu nation that supported Prince Cetshwayo…
4 November 1873 Scene of first action by Natal Carbineers at Bushman’s River pass against amaHlubi attempting to flee into Lesotho. Visit involves a long, strenuous and steep climb into the Drakensberg escarpment. Entrance fee. Ezemvelo / KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife times…
22 January 1879 On the 22nd January 1879 the British Camp was attacked and overrun by some 20 000 Zulus, leaving approximately 1357 Imperial soldiers, Colonial Volunteers and Native Levies dead on the slopes of the hillside below this “Sphinx”…
