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Basutoland (now Lesotho) becomes British territory

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… of Lesotho (The Basotho Kingdom), and the drawing together of scattered Sotho peoples who had been driven apart by Zulu and Ndebele raids. In 1867 and 1868, most of Moshoeshoe's land was overrun by Boers from the Orange Free State. He …

South African War: Thousands of Blacks forced to walk home

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… Black mineworkers could afford to pay the required train fares, they were not given passage. As a result, more than 7 000 Zulu mineworkers, escorted by Mr J.J. Marwick, representative of the Natal Native Affairs Department and six Republican …

Women’s Memorial is unveiled in Bloemfontein

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… unveiled in Bloemfontein, on the same day as the celebration of Dingaan's Day upon which the Voortrekker victory over the Zulu at Bloodriver (Ncombe) was celebrated. The ceremony, which was attended by 20 000 people from all over the country, was …

South African poet, writer and political activist, Mafika Pascal Gwala is born in Durban.

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… Mpumalanga province, working as a clerk in a factory. He was a South African poet and editor, writing in both English and Zulu. Gwala studied at the University of Natal (now University of KwaZulu-Natal), where he completed his MPhil in Politics. …

Field-Cornet Jan Potgieter’s commando burns Chief Sikhobobo’s kraal at Qulusini

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… Boers, most of them local farmers, were killed and 3 taken prisoner while all the cattle at the camp were driven off. The Zulu impi suffered the loss of 52 killed and 48 wounded. …

Buthelezi Chief Councillor of the Zululand Territorial Authority

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… Territorial Authority (ZTA) became the 7th homeland to be inaugurated by the South African government. This saw the Zulu chiefs electing Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi as the first Chief Executive Officer or Chief Councillor of the new homeland. …

Railway Station and Post Office, Point Road, Durban

Place

… from here passengers would disembark. What was at first a sandy shoreline where passengers were carried ashore by strong Zulu Men from Longboats. Later the development of projecting wooden wharfage and eventually transformed into St. Pauls Wharf. …

Heritage Route of King Shaka

Place

… Mbopa assassinated King Shaka on the 22 September 1828. A memorial stone was erected over Shakas grave in 1932 by the Zulu nation and was declared a national monument on the 29 June 1938. At the gardens an interpretive centre has been opened. … and follow a foot path to the rock. Old Forts: Fort Pearson, War Graves and the Ultimatum Tree- All from the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War and can be found on the South bank of the Tugela River. Fort Pearson and the Ultimatum Tree are National Monuments. …

The Rev. John Langalibalele Dube dies

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… The Rev. John Langalibalele Dube (Mafukuzela), politician and founder and first editor of the Zulu newspaper Ilanga lase Natal (now Ilanga), dies in Umhlanga, Natal.  He was the first Black person to receive an honorary …

Songwriter, film producer and an actor, Joe Mafela dies

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… started in 1964, when he featured in a film  by Peter Hunt, ‘Real News’. His popularity increased after he starred in Zulu language sitcom, “Sgudi  ‘Snaysi”.In this film, he played the leading character, named ‘Sdumo’. Joe Mafela  worked as a …