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EventKenyan mediates in SA election deadlock
… and Mangosuthu Buthelezi to participate in the elections. Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini called on his subjects to take … agreed to recognise and protect the…
The National Anthem
… held in Johannesburg by Reverend JL Dube's Ohlange Zulu Choir. It became a popular church hymn that was later … years. The first stanza is generally sung in…
Chapter 1 - Striking a balance between Tribalism and Christianity
… years offers no apology for his close identification with Zulu tradition and history, had his ancestral home outside … It dates back to a historical period…
PlaceUmlazi
… bank where the settlement was established. Mlazi is a Zulu name for ‘whey’ (milk curdle) referring to its colour … also conceivably have been adapted from "…
EventDay of Reconciliation celebrated as a public holiday in SA for the first time
… they intended to settle on was already inhabited by the Zulu people. Thus the Voortrekker leader, Piet Retief was eager to negotiate with the Zulu chief…
List of Robben Island Political Prisoners
… Mapiki Dlomo Albert Dlomo Saayman Donnovan Gabula Douglas Zulu Douglas Mthetho Douglas Mkaba Douglas Manqina Douglas Mnyamana Doyle Anwa Dramat Nyeni…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 29 July 1990
… Mangosuthu Buthelezi revived the movement in 1974/75. As a Zulu I've got allegiance to my Chief so Buthelezi has been … Chief Minister. POM Appointed as…
F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela hold an emergency meeting with Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi and Zul
BiographyMohandas Karamchand Gandhi
… his enemies and compelled their admiration. When the Zulu rebellion broke out, he again offered his help to the …
BiographyGovindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo
… Creole (which he had learned in Mauritius as a child) and Zulu. He came to South Africa with his sister and brother and …
ArticleXhosa
… four distinct groups; the Northern and Central Nguni (the Zulu-speaking peoples), the Southern Nguni (the … second largest cultural group in South Africa,…
Colonial conquest and resistance, Pre 1900
… of huge significance - the rise to power of the great Zulu King, Shaka . His wars of conquest and those of … Sotho-speakers as the difaqane (forced…
ArticleThe Mfecane: Understanding a Period of Transformation in Southern Africa
… Colonial Expansion Key Events and Leaders The Rise of the Zulu Kingdom Mzilikazi and the Ndebele Kingdom Moshoeshoe and … their own interests and biases. The…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1800-1899
The nineteenth century was a period of several events whose socio-political and economic impact profoundly changed South Africa and the African continent…
PlaceKwaDukuza
… stone was erected over his burial chamber in 1932 by the Zulu nation and declared a national monument on 29 June 1938. … by monumental masons in Newcastle,…
The Colonial Photographic Discourse and Censorship – Challenges for Resistance Photographers
… insight into her understanding of her subject of, the Zulu, when she wrote: Resplendent in skins and colourful … such as Macquerrie Beggs not only exoticized…
PlaceDundee
… story of events leading up to the famous battle between Zulu impis and the Boer Voortrekkers. The most interesting … of Blood River, an epic battle fought in…
EventBritain proclaims Natal a British colonial territory
… of the volksraad finally came to an end. In the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 the British defeated the Zulus under the … South African History Online, ‘Anglo-Zulu…
ArticleThe Linton Panel & the San language
… mouth and click hard. This is similar to the q sound in Zulu, for example in iqanda (egg). k Not pronounced and … of the tongue. The sound is similar to the…
Anglo-Boer War 2: Col. Bottomley writes a letter to King Dinizulu, ordering him to arm all his followers and to protect the Zul
ArticleCuba and the struggle for democracy in South Africa
… Angola) troops in Nova Lisboa, Savimbi’s capital. A2. The Zulu Column Eyes Luanda On 14 October the ‘Zulu column’ – a 4,000-strong force of Angolans, FNLA ……
Doing Oral History
… file on topic: Roosboom or Enhlonhlweni as it I known in Zulu, is about 10 km from Ladysmith in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). … It was founded around 1820 by Shaka as…
ArchiveThe Emperor has no Clothes by Liz Timbs
… the sons of chiefs and headmen in Nongoma, and tutored in Zulu customs privately at the Khethomthandayo royal … terms of the homeland’s new parliament, as…
BiographyRick Turner
… established by Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi , the Zulu homeland leader. TUACC’s John Copelyn was particularly …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1600s
… chiefdoms, into the groups that we know today (Zulu, Ndebele, Tswana, Xhosa etc). 1601 Joris van Spilbergen, … the coast of Natal. 1670 According to oral…
ArticleDefining culture, heritage and identity
… Such an enquiry clearly makes little sense, for the Xhosa, Zulu, Pedi, Dinka, Himba, Berber, Arab, and so forth all … in relation to the rest of the globe…
ArticleBasotho Wars 1858 - 1868
… groups. This migration occurred during the reign of the Zulu King Shaka , who conquered several Nguni groups, which were absorbed into the Zulu kingdom…
ArticleThe African Students Association (ASA)
… place near the Ncome River in KwaZulu Natal, between the Zulu's and the Voortrekkers. About 10 000-20 000 Zulu warriors led by Dingane's generals Dambuza …
EventThe Battle of Gingindlovu
… The Anglo-Zulu War Battle of Gingindlovu took place on 2 February 1879. … In this battle British troops were supported by 2800 Zulu troops. This battle was…
PlaceZululand District Municipality
… Known as: 'The Kingdom of the Zulu' . KwaZulu-Natal is a: "melting pot of African, European … and Indian cultures" . Known as the Kingdom of the Zulu ! This…