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Reuben Tholakele (Thola) Caluza, Zulu composer and choir master who popularised Zulu folk music, dies in Durban.

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Shaka, Zulu chief and founder of the Zulu empire, is murdered by his two half-brothers Dingane and Mhlangana. Dingane assumes t

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Cetewayo (or Cetshwayo), last of the great Zulu kings, is captured by the British at the end of the Zulu wars.

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James Zulu is shot dead from point-blank range at the Port Shepstone taxi rank. At the time of his death, Zulu was the most imp

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A member of the Zulu royal household, Prince Thulani Zulu, is shot dead in Nongoma in northern KwaZulu-Natal.

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Unknown gunmen assassinate prominent Zulu prince Cyril Zulu, the mayor-designate of Durban, South Africa.

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Unknown gunmen assassinate Zulu prince Cyril Zulu

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The Paramount Chief of the Zulus, Prince Goodwill Zwelithini, is officially removed as a member of the Zulu Legislative Assembly

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Prince Goodwill Zwelithini
… King Goodwill Zwelithini became the eighth Zulu Monarch following the death of his father, King Cyprian in 1968 and brief regency that lasted until 1971 when he ascended the Zulu throne. Relations between Zwelithini and Chief Gatsha Buthelezi , Chief Minister of Kwa-Zulu were strained, and in 1972 Zwelithini's position was declared as only ceremonial. This marked the beginning of a …

Zulu King Cetshwayo address his warriors at the great military kraal of Nodwengu

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… On the afternoon of 17 January 1879 the Zulu king Cetshwayo addressed 20 000 of his warriors at the great military kraal of Nodwengu: "I am sending you out against … and driven away our cattle. You are to go against the column at Rorke's Drift and drive it back into Natal." During the Zulu War, on 20 January 1879, British and Natal colonial troops under Lord Chelmsford, commander of the British army, moved … the camp adequately defended, Chelmsford trotted off early in the morning with half the force to search the hills for the Zulu army. About 1,000 men of the 24th Regiment (one of Her Majesty's finest battalions), together with a detachment of …

Zulu army defeat British Army at the Isandlwana Mountain

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… On 22 January 1879, the British Army suffered its greatest defeat in Africa when 24,000 Zulu soldiers overran a British camp of 1 800 near Isandlwana Mountain. Over 1 300 of the British force were killed with over 1 000 Zulu casualties.The battle, which lasted for almost four hours, began around 11:h00 am and was a decisive victory for the Zulu kingdom, led by King Cetshwayo The Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 ended on July 4 at the last ritual battle of Ulundi where the …