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Harriette Emily Colenso

… of Natal. Until her father's death in 1883, she acted as his assistant, helping in the publication of his Digest of Zulu Affairs and in his efforts to protect the Africans of Natal and Zululand against the threatening policies of both settlers and British administrators. Like her father, she became an emotional partisan of the Zulu monarchy, taking the side of Cetshwayo and later of his son, Dinuzulu, in their confrontations with colonial authority. Colenso was energetic defender of the interests of the Zulu, in particular the Zulu royal house, in the four decades before Union During Dinuzulu's decade of exile on St. Helena, …

Prehistory of the Durban area

… Prehistory of Southern Africa 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 peoples, we need to consider linguistic data as well as anthropology and archaeology. Linguistically, the Zulu belong to the Northern, or Natal, Branch of the Nguni language family, which in turn is part of the larger Eastern Bantu …

Why is sexual violence so endemic in South Africa and why has it been so hard to combat? by Jessica Clarke

… but that the implementation of these rights is significantly hindered for numerous reasons. Firstly, the example of Zulu culture and the rape trial of President Zuma (2005/2006) will be used to show the justification and acceptance of sexual … Vice-) President Jacob Zuma. Prior to colonisation, South Africa was made up of many tribal cultures such as Swazi and Zulu. However, it appears contemporary South Africa is made up of a ‘patchwork of patriarchies’- women being subordinate in … Whilst many cultures have helped to make up contemporary South African society, this section will focus specifically on Zulu culture due to the 2005/2006 Zuma rape trial in which he used his Zulu culture as a significant part of his defence. …

Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa

… parents met in 1920. At the time his father was a builder belonging to the Christian faith, while his mother (a young Zulu girl) practiced the ancient religion of the Zulu people. The missionaries forbade his father to marry his mother unless she converted to Christianity. Her father … all but completely disappeared from the public eye. Much of Mutwa’s writing focused on African mythology and traditional Zulu folklore. He was the author of the books Indaba, My Children (1964), Let Not My Country Die (1986), Song of the …

Mangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions

Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi

… and remarkable life. Yet he occupied an anomalous position within the politics of the anti-apartheid struggle. He brokered Zulu ethnic nationalism, feeding a measure of credibility into apartheid ideals of “separate development” . This, against … strategy, as opposed to armed struggle. He will be remembered as the founder and stalwart campaigner of the Inkatha Zulu movement. He’ll also be remembered for the violent civil strife between his followers and the United Democratic Front … King Solomon . She was an important person in her own right. His great-grandfather was said to be “prime minister of the Zulu nation during King Cetshwayo’s reign”. He took up this role himself in relation to the monarchy of King Goodwill …

King Dinuzulu

… Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo succeeded Cetshwayo as king of the Zulu nation in 1884. At the time, Zululand was experiencing a process of national disintegration. After the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, Sir Garnet Wolseley, British administrator of Natal, had imposed a different political arrangement on the Zulu people. He banished Cetshwayo and divided Zululand into thirteen separate territories, each under an appointed chief. …

Tsonga

… Their traditional culture and customs endured until the nineteenth century when the Tsonga came under the influence of the Zulu nation. Their cultural change has been slow, but since the industrialisation of South Africa during the twentieth … smooth functioning of the traditional pattern of life is now breaking down rapidly. The name Tsonga was given to them by Zulu invaders who enslaved many clans between 1815 and 1830. Though there are similarities between Tsonga and Zulu, it is not merely a dialect of Zulu. Unlike Zulu there are no click sounds, for the Tsonga apparently had no contact …

Laduma Ncwaba Mikaeli Madela

… district where he received training as an inyanga from both his grandfathers and his father. From the 1950s he recorded Zulu cultural and religious myths in words and pictures. SchlÁ¶sser’s collation of his texts into a Bantubibel in 1977 in part addresses Christianity and its rejection of traditional Zulu beliefs. His works are an expression of Zulu spirituality, religion and tradition. He was born in the Vryheid district in KwaZulu-Natal, into a family with a lineage …

Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius

… remaining property. At this time Voortrekker leader Piet Retief and several hundred kinsmen were killed on the orders of Zulu King Dingane following a failed land exchange agreement. Pretorius had advanced to a position of Commandant-General in the Boer army and was asked to lead an expedition against the Zulu leader to avenge the murder of Retief. He accepted and reached the main Voortrekker camp in Natal on 22 November 1838. On 9 December 1838 the Voortrekkers made a covenant with God to celebrate the day of their triumph over the Zulu every year as a holy day, should they be granted victory. On 16 December led 464 men against Dingane and his warriors …

Princess Magogo

… Princess Magogo was born in 1900, the daughter of the Zulu King, Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868 – 1913) and Queen Silomo. In 1926 she married King Mathole Buthelezi. Princess Magogo composed Zulu classical music and was gifted in playing the ugubhu, (a stringed bow and a calabash instrument) and the isithontolo (a … many young singers she made an unprecedented contribution to the preservation of traditional music and became an authority Zulu music and on traditions, history and folklore. So much so that she was often consulted by experts in these fields e.g. …