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eventREF E-0010951Revised

17 February 1838

Zulu King Dingane orders his forces to attack the unsuspecting remaining parties of Voortrekkers in Natal

Updated
30 Sep 2019

How we know this

  1. 01Kruger, D.W. (ed) (1979). Geskiedenis van Suid-Afrika. NASOU, Goodwood, Cape Town, p. 213.
  2. 02Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev. ed. Academica, Pretoria, p. 165
  3. 03Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa. NASOU, Cape Town, v. 2, p. 381.
  4. 04Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau. Giliomee, H. and Mbenga, B. (2007). New History of South Africa. Tafelberg Publishers, Cape Town, pg 146

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

Cite this entry

South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Zulu King Dingane orders his forces to attack the unsuspecting remaining parties of Voortrekkers in Natal. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010951

South African History Online (2011) 'Zulu King Dingane orders his forces to attack the unsuspecting remaining parties of Voortrekkers in Natal', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010951 (Accessed: 10 November 2026).

South African History Online, Zulu King Dingane orders his forces to attack the unsuspecting remaining parties of Voortrekkers in Natal [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010951, (accessed 10 November 2026).

"Zulu King Dingane orders his forces to attack the unsuspecting remaining parties of Voortrekkers in Natal." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010951. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

South African History Online. "Zulu King Dingane orders his forces to attack the unsuspecting remaining parties of Voortrekkers in Natal." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010951.

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