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ArticleFanakalo: the language of mining culture
… Fanagalo or Fanakalo. Fanakalo is ‘the correct spelling in Zulu or Xhosa orthography’]. [1] In this essay, several … multiple languages such as Xhosa, Sotho,…
ArticlePolitical changes from 1750 to 1835
… into their tribe's military force according to age. Shaka Zulu refined this system and forged the strongest army in … the Nguni groups that resulted in the…
ArticlePrehistory of the Durban area
… The Durban area is probably best known for the historic Zulu kingdom, dating to the early 19th century. To understand the prehistory of the Zulu and related…
ArticleJohn Langalibalele Dube Timeline 1940-1950
… Dube is born at the Inanda Mission station of the American Zulu Mission (AZM), in Natal to Rev James Dube and his wife … Black workers to discuss his…
ArticleAftermath of the Bhambatha Rebellion 1906
… The Bambatha Rebellion claimed the lives of 4000 Zulu and 30 white people and cost the colonial government £740,000. Some of the Zulu died fighting on the…
BiographyHermanus Gabriel Loots
… eight languages, namely English, Afrikaans, French, Xhosa, Zulu, Sotho, Russian and Malagasy, [xx] he is described as …
BiographyJoyce Sikhakhane-Rankin
… Witwatersrand who concentrated on writing; he also wrote a Zulu-English dictionary. Her parents' home was in the Mandela …
ArticlePeople and Culture of South Africa
… clans that were the ancestors of the Nguni (today's Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi, and Ndebele peoples) and Tswana-Sotho … chieftaincies. The result was the emergence…
ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
… and stood for the triumph of the Voortrekkers against the Zulu army led by Dingaan at the ‘Battle of Blood River’. It … for what Voortrekkers viewed as a …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 4 Essay Questions and Answers
… Shaka Zulu Legacy Essay questions on Shaka Zulu’s legacy will be asked as 8-mark questions where … paragraphs. Andries Botha’s statue of portraying Shaka…
ArticleSouth Africa Cabinet Members 2014
… Social Development Bathabile Dlamini Henrietta Bogopane-Zulu Public Enterprise Lyn Brown Gratitude Magwanishe Sport & … Rejoice Mabudafhasi Small Business…
BiographyGovin Reddy
… in radio, and who had worked for the broadcaster’s Zulu service during apartheid. Reddy’s questioning of the …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 4 Source-based Questions
… of the start of the nineteenth century. (1 x 2) The Zulu term “Mfecane” is translated as “crushing” in English, … of the Northern Nguni population. Those who…
Why is sexual violence so endemic in South Africa and why has it been so hard to combat? by Jessica Clarke
… hindered for numerous reasons. Firstly, the example of Zulu culture and the rape trial of President Zuma (2005/2006) … was made up of many tribal cultures…
BiographyJoseph Chamberlain
… ran a fierce campaign on behalf of the autonomy of the Zulu people, opposing Disraeli’s wars with the Zulus in South …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1800-1899
… from the Gamtoos River to the Fish River. The emergence of Zulu King Tshaka , his conquest of large parts of Natal, and the consequent expansion of the Zulu…
ArticleSpark: A Progressive Arts Project Publication
… the oppressors. Any one language, English, or Afrikaans or Zulu, ma1, be used to oppress other people, or to liberate people. Zulu, spoken by Buthelezi, is…
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
… life, when the teacher and organizer (and later elected Zulu chief) engaged the world of sport through his … struggle in South Africa. Mvumbi ("continuous…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Diverse Culture Artistic and Linguistic Heritage
… ethnic groups: namely, the Nguni groups which consist of Zulu, Xhosa , Ndebele and Swazi peoples; the Sesotho-Setswana … (16%), Venda (2.4%), Tswana (8%),…
ArticleHeritage and identity of Provinces
… moved around. One reason for this was to flee from the Zulu king Shaka, who started wars with the groups around him. … one with its own chief. One of these…
The Rorke’s Drift Art and Craft Centre
… Dinah (b.c.1918 or 1927) Pottery figure - traditional Zulu man Looking at the history of the art school, one can … Azaria Mbatha, John Muafangejo, Cyprian…
Goodluck Mbhele
… Goodluck Mbhele was born in 1987 in Kwa-Zulu Natal. He started to like photography when he was 12. …
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
… the politics of the anti-apartheid struggle. He brokered Zulu ethnic nationalism, feeding a measure of credibility … as the founder and stalwart campaigner…
BiographyThabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
… professionals. The council included the likes of Paulus Zulu, the then-chair of the South African Broadcasting … Jacob Zuma, who was then the chair of the…
ArticleThe development of Music in South Africa timeline 1600-2004
… South African music. The 1930s also saw the spread of Zulu a cappella singing from the Natal area to much of South … year with the song "Mbube", an…
Allister Starke
… in 1980 and attended Weston College in Mooi River, Kwa Zulu Natal. From 2003-2005 I travelled by public transport …
ArticlePaper Wood and Allied Workers Union (PWAWU)
… breaking down ethnic divisions between Mpondo and Zulu workers in Natal. …
Political changes from 1750 to 1820
… 1835) was land given to the British Colony by King Shaka Zulu. Boer response to British control: trekking into the … Along the way they encountered an area…
ArticleBattle of Blood River 1838
… the Ncome (Buffalo) River. Dingane was the King of the Zulu's at the time and most historians site that his army was …
ArticleMafika Pascal Gwala Annual Lecture
… and is run in partnership with both the University of Kwa Zulu Natal (UKZN) and the National Institute for Humanities …