4 | The Anglo Zulu War 1879

Fort Pearson and Ultimatum Tree

Fort Pearson and Ultimatum Tree, North Coast , KwaZulu-Natal

401 | 11 December 1878 On the 11 December 1878 the British Government in South Africa presented an ultimatum to … Read More

Nyezane Battlefield

Nyezane Battlefield, Eshowe Area, KwaZulu Natal

402 | 22 January 1879 The British coastal column moving up the north coast towards Ondini via Eshowe, crossed the … Read More

The Siege of Fort KwaMondi

The Siege of Fort KwaMondi, Eshowe Area, KwaZulu Natal

403 | 23 January to 3 April 1879 On the 23rd January Col Pearson’s Column reached the abandoned Norwegian Lutheran … Read More

British Military Cemetery at KwaMondi

British Military Cemetery at KwaMondi, Eshowe Area, KwaZulu Natal

404 | Situated on southwest-facing slope about 500m beyond Fort Ekowe. Enquiries Zululand Historical Museum Fort Nongqayi. There is no … Read More

Isandlwana Battlefield

Isandlwana Battlefield, Nqutu Area, KwaZulu Natal

405 | 22 January 1879 On the 22nd January 1879 the British Camp was attacked and overrun by some 20 … Read More

Fugitives’ Drift

Fugitives' Drift, Dundee Area, KwaZulu Natal

406 | 22 January 1879 The Fugitives’ Trail is the route taken by survivors of the Battle of Isandlwana who … Read More

Rorke’s Drift Battlefield

Rorke's Drift Battlefield, Dundee Area, KwaZulu Natal

407 | 22-23 January 1879 After the Battle of Isandlwana the Zulu reserves, along with one regiment of the right … Read More

eNtombe Battlefield

eNtombe Battlefield (Myer's Drift), Paulpietersburg Area, Mpumalanga

408 | 12 March1879 At Myer’s Drift on the eNtombe River, in the very early hours in the morning a … Read More

Hlobane Battlefield

Hlobane Battlefield, Vryheid Area, KwaZulu-Natal

409 | 28 March 1879 In the early hours of 28 March 1879 two British columns mounted an attack on … Read More

Khambula Battlefield

Kambula Battlefield, Vryheid Area, KwaZulu Natal

410 | 29 March 1879 On the29 March 1879 some 22 000 Zulu warriors attacked the fortified British position at … Read More

Gingindlovu Battlefield

Gingindlovu Battlefield, Eshowe Area, KwaZulu Natal

411 | 2 April 1879 In the early morning the Zulu Army attacked Lt Gen. Lord Chelmsford’s relief column en … Read More

Prince Imperial Memorial

Prince Imperial Memorial, Nqutu area, KwaZulu-Natal

412 | 1 June 1879 Louis Napoleon, the Prince Imperial of France, then exiled in Britain, begged Queen Victoria to … Read More

La Route du Prince Imperial

KwaZulu Natal

413 | La Route du Prince Impérial, Louis Napoléon La Route du Prince Impérial, Louis Napoléon, launched on 1 June … Read More

Ulundi Battlefield

Ulundi Battlefield, Ulundi, KwaZulu-Natal

414 | 4 July 1879 On the 4 July 1879 Lt Gen. Lord Chelmsford crossed the White Mfolozi River and … Read More

The British Military Cemetery

Utrecht, KwaZulu-Natal

415 | On the outskirts of the town on the way to the dam the town cemetery is on the … Read More

Petrus Lafras Uys Memorial

Petrus Lafras Uys Memorial, Kerk Straat, Utrecht, KwaZulu-Natal

416 | Petrus Lafras Uys was one of the original settlers in this area in 1847. He was the first … Read More

O’Neil’s Cottage by Delicia

Margaret, Ellen Norah Wilson married Stephen Gregory. Stephen Gregory's father was John Henry O'neill, family tree is on Family Search. Spelling of O'neill varies, my grandfather was O'neill, his brother was O'neil.

Fugitives’ Drift Lodge by Philasande Buthelezi

I like this accommodation one day I want to visit

Mpande’s Grave – Nodwengu Museum by Ntuthuko

Ngwenya comes from Ngwenyama or Ngonyama in popular Zulu tick. Also called Nkuna or Gona or Chuka (Kenya) or Ngcuka or Kau or Khalo or lokha or Ilunga (Congo). The Congolese hold that it is the Ilunga tribe of the Lunda-Luba who became Zulus but tge word Lunda-Luba is another way of writing Zulu as Lunda = Elephant = Ndou = Zhou = Tlou = Ndlovu =Njobvu (Swahili-Kenyan) then Lunda-Luba becomes Zhou-Luba which is then Zuluba or BaZulu like how Sotobe = Besoto. When writing in French English alphabet-spelling Zulu becomes Zhoulou or Soulou. Zulus are native all over th3 world lioe South East Asia, India, South Pacific and Australia where black people are indigenous before current settlers ans dominant cultures stayed there. That is why all these countries have a sizable black population and they did not go there as slaves but they were found there by Chinese, White and India settlers. That is why they all have an indiginous black people problem. Anyway, the Phillipines and Indonesian Zulus were called Sulu - and they called themselves Maharlinka (Maluleka- KaMnyeni or KaCele or Khangela - npw callinh themselves Xhosa and living in the Eastern Cape) and Macabebe (BakaBhebhe - Mhlongo - now calling themselv3s Sothos or Barolong ba ga ... also called Zungu or Zongo or Ngozo). I also have pictures of them looking pretty black and African. They lived there in the 1200s -1600s when the Dutch deported them to South Africa, some went to live in Papua New Guinea, Australia and West Papua province of Indonesia. There are records that indicate that these Sulus who were Islam like Zwide and Dingaan (anywhere you find their people in Africa, a large portion of Bantus are muslim). Their princes were called Tuan, we call them Mntwana. I have done a lot of research on them, they were black. Only a few years after slavery ended did King Shaka rise to power.