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South Africa’s Diverse Culture Artistic and Linguistic Heritage

… The Black population of South Africa is separated into four major ethnic groups: namely, the Nguni groups which consist of Zulu, Xhosa , Ndebele and Swazi peoples; the Sesotho-Setswana groups, the Shangaan-Tsonga groups, and the Venda groups. The … (13.5%), Ndebele (2.1%), Sepedi/Northern Sotho (9.1%), Xhosa (16%), Venda (2.4%), Tswana (8%), Southern Sotho (7.6%), Zulu (22.7%), Swazi or SiSwati (2.5%) and Tsonga (4.5%). Much of the country’s regional media use the vernacular when … hip hop, Afrikaans rock, African gospel, classic rock, pop, traditional drums, Afrikaans sakkie sakkie, and many more. Zulu dance involves high stepping and stomping the ground in rhythm. Dancers hold weapons and shields with their hands raised …

People and Culture of South Africa

… the Khoi (‘Hottentot’) peoples, who herded livestock. Bantu-speaking clans that were the ancestors of the Nguni (today's Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi, and Ndebele peoples) and Tswana-Sotho language groups (today's Sotho/Basuto, Tswana, and Pedi) migrated … sizable and powerful kingdoms and nations by incorporating neighboring chieftaincies. The result was the emergence of the Zulu, Xhosa, Pedi, Venda, Swazi, Sotho, Tswana, and Tsonga nations, along with the White Afrikaners. Modern South Africa … languages to cater for the country's diverse peoples and their cultures. These are: Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Xhosa, Zulu, Pedi, Sotho, Tswana, Swazi, Venda, Tsonga. Other languages spoken in South Africa and mentioned in the Constitution …

Bambatha Rebellion 1906

… In mid 1906, the Natal colonialist in the face of rising Zulu resentment against the imposition of a 'Poll Tax' unleashed one of the most brutal and bloody armed campaign to … tax has become popularly know as the Bambatha /Bambatha* Rebellion after Chief Bambatha kaMancinza , head of the Zondi, a Zulu clan that lived in the Mpanza Valley in the Greytown district. Chief Bambatha, with the support of other chiefs in the … and his followers were finally defeated. In general terms, the Rebellion was a response to the harsh policies that the Zulu population was subjected to by the colonial administration in Natal, as well as a number of other contributing factors. …

Aftermath 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 side of the Natal government. More than 7,000 people were imprisoned and 4,000 were flogged. Chiefs … was the last armed resistance against white rule in before the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910. The Zulu population of Natal were pushed deeper into poverty and pushed into become a souce of cheap labour for the new …

Klass Makhosana Mahlangu

… He is originally from the Ndzundza-Mabhoko tribe. He married Nonhlanhla Zulu, sister of the Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini which made him gain the title of Prince within the Zulu community. Because of his prominent position against the independence movement in the Bantustans, he was targeted as an …

Basotho Wars 1858 - 1868

… Basotho wars were preceded by the mass migration of several Nguni groups. This migration occurred during the reign of the Zulu King Shaka , who conquered several Nguni groups, which were absorbed into the Zulu kingdom. Other Nguni tribes fled and settled in other areas during this time- which is known as the Mfecane period. Mfecane - Zulu name, also known as the Difaqane or Lifaqane in Sesotho), is an African expression which means something like "the …

Heritage and identity of Provinces

… They got this idea possibly because many of the Black groups moved around. One reason for this was to flee from the Zulu king Shaka, who started wars with the groups around him. This was called the mfecane or difaqane, which means something … big group or kingdom, but rather small, separate tribes, each one with its own chief. One of these small groups was the Zulu. In 1816 a young man, Shaka became the chief of the Zulu. Shaka was a very good warrior and taught the Zulu army to fight very well. The army, or impis, fought and won many wars …

Doing Oral History

… to the workings of apartheid as covered in the classroom. Fact file on topic: Roosboom or Enhlonhlweni as it I known in Zulu, is about 10 km from Ladysmith in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). It is located alongside the R103, which used to be the main road … ) it is famous for being the place of King Shaka 's assassination. It was founded around 1820 by Shaka as KwaDukuza ( Zulu : Place of the lost person) because of the capital's complex labyrinth of huts. After Shaka's assassination in a coup by … a colourful ceremony of 10 000 or more Zulus, is held at the Stanger Recreation Grounds on 24th September each year. In Zulu, the 'Kwa' at the start of KwaDuzuka is pronounced as a vigorous click consonant . It was here that Shaka built his last …

King Faku ka Ngqungqushe

… The king in recognition of the strength of the Mpondo army sent 100 cattle to King Faku who in return exchanged the Zulu cattle with his, sending the same number of the Mpondo cattle to the Zulu kingdom and sealed an alliance with Shaka. In return, the Zulu monarch awarded the Mpondo King up to the Northeast of King Faku's kingdom and the Thukela River [8] . In 1844 King Faku …

Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa

… a traditional leader who strongly disagreed with Buthelezi was Klass Makhosana Mahlangu, a Prince who married Nonhlanhla Zulu, sister of the Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini. Mahlangu believed in the unification of South Africa under a common banner in which chiefs … ANC and also because of the election of Chief Mhlabunzima Maphumulo of KwaZulu-Natal was seen as direct attack towards the Zulu Kingdom by Buthelezi. Buthelezi was so angered by this that he called on all traditional leaders to break all of their …