Interesting Reads

From his service in South Africa over a broken period of eight years, the impression which emerges of Anthony William … Read More

Battles such as Colenso, Ladysmith, Nicholson’s Nek, Spioenkop and others of the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902 have consistendy captured the … Read More

Simeon Kambula had grown up in Edendale, the Methodist Mission Station near Pietermaritzburg. His father, Elijah Kambula had served as … Read More

The Battle of Mome Gorge broke the back of an uprising which has had its parallels in this country on … Read More

In 1879, the small village of Utrecht and its surrounding district was the most remote administrative unit of the Zuid-Afrikaansche … Read More

Introduction In the background of our times, an old issue simmers. For more than a hundred years, there has been … Read More

Introduction The utilisation of artillery by the British and the Boers during the Battle of Spioenkop (23/24 January 1900) may … Read More

King Shaka kaSenzangakhona was the illegitimate son of King Senzangakhona kaJama of the abakwaZulu. When Senzangakhona died in 1816, he … Read More

The wars in South Africa during the second half of the nineteenth century witnessed many aspects of the evolution of … Read More

Acknowledgements Having spent three years collecting accounts of soldiers and journalists who fought and reported on the battle of Rietfontein, … Read More

INTRODUCTION Guns played an important part in the Zulu War, but, as in many colonial wars, their use was one-sided. … Read More