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Amajuba, a Mountain in Natal
… in the First Anglo-Boer War. The name is derived from Zulu and means 'hill of many doves'. It has given its name to …
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Church leaders initiate peace summit in Durban
… summit initiated by Church leaders and held in Durban, Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini urged his followers to stop …
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Andries Pretorius Monument , Graaf Reniet
… Jacobus Pretorius (1798-1853), whose forces defeated the Zulu's under Dingaan, at the Battle of Blood River in 1838. …
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Buthelezi Chief Councillor of the Zululand Territorial Authority
… inaugurated by the South African government. This saw the Zulu chiefs electing Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi as the first …
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When, why and where the first African farmers settled in Southern Africa
… coast of South Africa and are today known as the Xhosa, Zulu and Sotho people. Some went south into the interior … the San and Khoikhoi languages were also integrated into Zulu and Xhosa. Sometimes there was conflict between the San, …
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Xenophobic violence in democratic South Africa timeline
… April 2015, a spate of xenophobic violence occurred after Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini made comments that foreigners …
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Nkandla, KZN
… with 44% unemployment. The majority of the population are Zulu's. It consists mainly of tribal Lands and state-owned … species. Nkandla has a claim to be the ‘cradle’ of Zulu History. From Malandela to Shaka, to Dingane and Cetshwayo, Nkandla has been at the centre stage of the Zulu nation’s History. The graves of King Malandela and …
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Oscar Nominations are announced
… Angeles. Yesterday, the first feature-length film in the Zulu language, is about a woman living in the rural area who …
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Sculptor Lucas Sithole is born in KwaThema
… born in KwaThema, Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng) to a Zulu father and a Swazi mother. He created more than 800 …
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Bolt Number 12 July 1975
… Shabbir Banoobhai; Sigameko (an extract from the author’s Zulu story, MAMAZANE), R.H. Mthembu; The Billard Room, …
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First celebration of National Heritage Day
… known as Shaka Day, in commemoration of the legendary Zulu king. When the proposed Public Holidays Bill before the … Party (IFP), a South African political party with a large Zulu membership, objected to the bill. A compromise was …
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The flight of the Gwala-Gwala bird: Essays by Ari Sitas, review essay by Linda Cooper
… way it drew on historical customs, habits and rituals of Zulu working people in Natal - they were the “raw materials … - imbongi . Essay 7 describes longstanding traditions of Zulu poets, for example, HIE Dhlomo whose poetry accepted the … (through written and oral forms) to critique and reinvent Zulu epic culture and poetry; and Mifika Pascal Gwala, who …
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Buthelezi and Mandela meet and call for cease-fire
… Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). The meeting was addressed by Zulu Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi and ANC Deputy …
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Oscar Dumisani Dhlomo, politician and businessman, is born
… Natal. Dhlomo served in the homeland government of Kwa-Zulu under the leadership of Mangosuthu Buthelezi as Minister …
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Newcastle
… Retief and some 80 of his men who went to the Zulu King Dingaan to seek permission to settle, were brutally murdered and their families set upon by the Zulu. Matters finally came to a head on the 16th December 1838 when the Zulu army attacked a Voortrekker Commando on the banks of the …
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Mandela and De Klerk hold emergency talks
… violence in Soweto. Fighting in Soweto started when Zulu migrant workers armed with axes and spears attacked …
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King Dinuzulu dies
… Dinuzulu ka-Cetshwayo, King of the Zulu nation, released from prison by Prime Minister Gen. …
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Stanger, now officially known as KwaDukuza
… King Shaka’s Memorial Monument and part, not only of the Zulu Heritage Route , but the proposed Sugar Route as well. … beginnings were as a new Capital, for Shaka’s Zulu Nation during what were to become the last years of his …
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Melmoth, Gateway to Zululand
… Melmoth, known as the gateway to the Zulu Highlands, is a picturesque, little Town just 200 km … of Zululand , is the Site of the last battle of the Anglo Zulu War. The Matatane Crocodile Ranch, on the banks of the … Nkandla Forest is about 68 km from Melmoth. Throughout Zulu History it has been regarded as a place of mystery and …
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August 9: National Womens Day: 25th Annivers
… for workshop in centre and 'siyafunga' (pledges) in zulu on right. Notice of 25th Anniversary of National Women's …
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Hluhluwe and Umfolozi Game Reserves
… the area had been subject to severe hunting first by the Zulu’ s during the early 1800's and then in the 1840's by the …
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Humphrey Ndlovu, veteran IFP leader dies
… was a strong proponent of tribalism and believed that the Zulu Nation should reign in South Africa. In 1999, he …
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SA Prime Minister completes a tour of homelands in the Northern Transvaal
… ten homelands created included Vendaland, Transkei, Kwa-Zulu, Bophuthatswana, Ciskei, Qwaqwa, KaNgwane, Kwandebele, …
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Mandela addresses ANC rally in Durban
… Freedom Party (IFP) leader and Chief Minister of Kwa-Zulu Natal, Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, for the role he had …
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Voortrekker leader Andries Pretorius dies
… In 1838, Pretorius led a Voortrekker commando to defeat Zulu warriors in the battle of Blood River. Apart of his …
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Nelson Mandela Timeline 1990-1999
… violence spreads to Soweto . Fighting started there when Zulu migrant workers armed with axes and spears attacked … between Mandela, F W de Klerk , Mangosuthu Buthelezi and Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini to try to break the deadlock on … signed an agreement regarding the future status of the Zulu King. Mandela contested the election as the head of the …
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Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… songs to introduce Western listeners to the clicks of the Zulu languages. In her autobiography she stated “the song … (the original spelling is Phatha which is a word in Zulu and Xhosa) in 1956 while she was still in South Africa. … to get up and dance. The word Phatha means “touch” in both Zulu and Xhosa; she revealed that she wrote the song about a …
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Community histories in Port Elizabeth
… of central northern Nguni people became part of the Zulu kingdom, whose language and traditions are very similar … (also names of different groups or clans). Unlike the Zulu and the Ndebele in the north, the position of the king …
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Timeline of the 1973 Durban Strikes
… and Tile workers appoint representatives, with Nathaniel Zulu as their leader. The leaders meet with management and …
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Mafika Gwala Second Annual Lecture and Book Launch, 5 October 2016
… and is run in partnership with both the University of Kwa Zulu Natal (UKZN) and the National Institute for Humanities …
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