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eThekwini Municipality

… coastal plain. Durban has a turbulent history dating from ivory hunters in the 1820s and their conflict with the local Zulu monarchs. The province has the largest number of battlefields. The World-class Durban Chief Albert Luthuli … Wetland Park and the mountainous 'Barrier of Spears' in Ukhahlamba-Drakensberg Park . Follow in the footsteps of legendary Zulu kings , timeless Indian leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and icons of democracy. Witness the unforgettable sardine Run , see …

Joseph Chamberlain

… to stem Irish popular resistance. Dilke and Chamberlain also ran a fierce campaign on behalf of the autonomy of the Zulu people, opposing Disraeli’s wars with the Zulus in South Africa. However, when Gladstone made Irish Home Rule a part of …

Pinetown Museum

… in the museum, which focuses on local history. Displays reflect the cultural diversity of Pinetown, comfortably showcasing Zulu material culture alongside aspects of early settler history. Anthropology is also covered in the museum and a replica of … years ago. Other collections include stone-age tools and artefacts, giving insight into the life of early civilizations. Zulu crafts, from beadwork, traditional weapons and plumage to more modern developments in customs and tradition provide a …

Nelson Mandela Timeline 1920-1929

… and becomes editor of The International. 1922 Inkatha kaZulu is formed as a cultural movement and gains the support of the Zulu monarchy. The cultural movements’ political iteration, Inkatha Freedom Party , would become a rival to the African …

Bambatha Rebellion

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Bambatha Rebellion

… burned, their possessions taken and a violent rebellion started. Over 7,000 British troops were called out to suppress the Zulu aggression and 4 000 rebels died. The Bambatha Rebellion marked the end of African resistance to colonial rule for nearly fifty years. The number of Zulu males working on the Witwatersrand mines increased to 60% and by 1909, 80% of all males in Zululand were migrant …

Joe “Sdumo” Mafela

… it in the 1980s Mafela replied: "none". During the 1980s his television career took off. Joe Mafela starred in a Zulu Language sitcom “Sgudi ‘Snaysi” (“it is good; it is nice”), in which he portrayed the character of 'Sdumo'. This sitcom …

Insurrections: The Storming

… a non-linear way, the project’s wordsmiths wrote poems, songs and snatches of dialogue— providing the soil of Malayalam, Zulu and Hindi where we could—that could be merged and remixed into a whole, and then remixed again in the tones and modes …

The History of LGBT legislation

… practiced amongst mine workers in South Africa (Sanders, 1997). Homosexual acts were referred to as hlobongo amongst the Zulu and metsha amongst the Ngoni (Sanders, 1997). Lesbianism also occurred in polygamous households, but there is scarce …

The Storming: Insurrections Ensemble

… a non-linear way, the project’s wordsmiths wrote poems, songs and snatches of dialogue— providing the soil of Malayalam, Zulu and Hindi where we could—that could be merged and remixed into a whole, and then remixed again in the tones and modes …

Britain takes control of the Cape

… The early decades of the century had seen another event of huge significance - the rise to power of the great Zulu King, Shaka. His wars of conquest and those of Mzilikazi - a general who broke away from Shaka on a northern path of … - caused a calamitous disruption of the interior known to Sotho-speakers as the difaqane (forced migration); while Zulu-speakers call it the mfecane (crushing). Shaka set out on a massive programme of expansion, killing or enslaving those … (present day KwaZulu-Natal) where they appointed a delegation, under the leadership of Piet Retief to negotiate with the Zulu King, Dingaan (Shaka's successor), for land. Initially, Dingaan granted them a large area of land in the central and …