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Henry Eric Isaacs

… area of Pietermaritzburg.His family was of diverse racial composition:one grandfather was an Afrikaner,one grandmother Zulu,two aunts were Indian.In 1966 he completed high school and worked as a cleck and lab assisted,then enteres the …

Grade 10 - Topic 4: Transformations in southern Africa after 1750

… the centrality of the ‘wars of Shaka’. Wars and disruptions took place, but most of them were not caused by Shaka and the Zulu. This unit investigates the recent research and explores the ways in which historical myths are constructed. …

Julian Raymond Cobbing

… his contribution to the writing of South African history in the form of his controversial and groundbreaking research into Zulu culture of the early 19 th century. His journal article, “The Mfecane as Alibi: Thoughts on Dithakong and Mbolompo” …

The Natives Land Act of 1913

… colonial settlements in the Cape . Land and livestock dispossession resulted in wars between the Khoikhoi, San, Xhosa, Zulu, Sotho and a number of other ethnic groups against the colonial settlers. With increasing conquest of Africans came the …

Chief Kgosi Sekonyela

… royal family and later became the Chief of the Batlokwa people. His father was Mantatisi, who was expelled by King Shaka Zulu from the area he had conquered. In 1821 his father attacked a small Hlubi tribe and killed their headman and …

Phyllis Naidoo

… someone asked her to go and call the boy. She went outside and when she asked for the boy a very dignified, traditional Zulu woman confronted her. “The boy you want is my husband.” The woman’s regal presence made Phyllis realise that she had …

Rev. George Champion

… (present-day Durban) from Cape Town on “The Dove” and proceeded to the capital of Dingane at Mgungundhlovu to obtain the Zulu king’s permission to work among his subjects. Despite Dingane’s indunas voicing some objections to their presence in …

Phillmon Velangetshe Sangweni

… district where he works as a sculptor of figures and animals in wood. He is particularly concerned with the depiction of Zulu cultural history, of myths and folklore. He has participated in several group exhibitions from 1980 in South Africa. He …

Matabele Wars 1836-1896

… Mzilikazi, the people who came to be called the Ndebele in Zimbabwe (originally of the Khumalo clan) broke away from their Zulu kindred in the 1820s and moved from present day Kwazulu Natal. It is unclear exactly why the split came about. Some …

Chief Bhambatha kaMancinza Zondi

… the abakwa Zondi chieftaincy, and his mother, principal wife of Macinga, was the daughter of Chief Pakade of an important Zulu chieftaincy, the Cunu. From early childhood, chief Bhambatha became renowned for his athletic skills, the use of …