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EventPeter Becker dies
… Florence, Arizona, USA. Becker was a special friend of the Zulu Royal family and Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi. References: …
ArticleNelson 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 ,…
PlaceNkandla, 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…
EventChurch leaders initiate peace summit in Durban
… summit initiated by Church leaders and held in Durban, Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini urged his followers to stop …
PlaceAmajuba, 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 …
PlaceAndries Pretorius Monument , Graaf Reniet
… Jacobus Pretorius (1798-1853), whose forces defeated the Zulu's under Dingaan, at the Battle of Blood River in 1838. …
EventButhelezi 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 …
EventFirst 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…
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…
EventSculptor 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 …
EventOscar Nominations are announced
… Angeles. Yesterday, the first feature-length film in the Zulu language, is about a woman living in the rural area who …
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…
ArchiveBolt Number 12 July 1975
… Shabbir Banoobhai; Sigameko (an extract from the author’s Zulu story, MAMAZANE), R.H. Mthembu; The Billard Room, …
ArticleCommunity 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)…
PlaceNewcastle
… 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…
ArticleTimeline of the 1973 Durban Strikes
… and Tile workers appoint representatives, with Nathaniel Zulu as their leader. The leaders meet with management and …
PlaceStanger, 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,…
EventOscar 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 …
EventButhelezi 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 …
PlaceMelmoth, 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…
EventMandela and De Klerk hold emergency talks
… violence in Soweto. Fighting in Soweto started when Zulu migrant workers armed with axes and spears attacked …
EventKing Dinuzulu dies
… Dinuzulu ka-Cetshwayo, King of the Zulu nation, released from prison by Prime Minister Gen. …
SEME by Richard Rive and Tim Couzens
… in New York. His name was Pixley kaIsaka Seme. He was a Zulu barrister-at-law, practising in the Transvaal as an … John Langalibalele Dube was the son of a…
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 …
EventSA Prime Minister completes a tour of homelands in the Northern Transvaal
… ten homelands created included Vendaland, Transkei, Kwa-Zulu, Bophuthatswana, Ciskei, Qwaqwa, KaNgwane, Kwandebele, …
EventMandela addresses ANC rally in Durban
… Freedom Party (IFP) leader and Chief Minister of Kwa-Zulu Natal, Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, for the role he had …
EventVoortrekker leader Andries Pretorius dies
… In 1838, Pretorius led a Voortrekker commando to defeat Zulu warriors in the battle of Blood River. Apart of his …
EventHumphrey 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 …
South Africa in the 1900s (1900-1917)
… ) where they appointed a delegation to negotiate with the Zulu king, Dingaan , for land. Thomas Bains painting of Trek … delegation left they were ambushed…
ArticleNatal Workers’ Theatre in the 1980s
… and stalling union goals. Animosity between Indian and Zulu peaked in the 1949 Durban riots that resulted in 142 … their ages ranging from 20 to 55, all…