THE BAMBATA REBELLION OF 1906: NKANDLA OPERATIONS AND THE BATTLE OF MOME GORGE, 10 June 1906 by K.G.Gillings, JCD
The Battle of Mome Gorge broke the back of an uprising which has had its parallels in this country on … Read More
ZULULAND AND THE ANGLO-BOER WAR (1899-1902) by A de V Minnaar
Institute for Historical Research (Human Sciences Research Council) Introduction Although Zululand as such was not involved in the mainstream of … Read More
UTRECHT DISTRICT and the ANGLO-ZULU WAR, 1879 by Huw M Jones
In 1879, the small village of Utrecht and its surrounding district was the most remote administrative unit of the Zuid-Afrikaansche … Read More
SHOULD BREAKER MORANT BE PARDONED? by Robert Eales
Introduction In the background of our times, an old issue simmers. For more than a hundred years, there has been … Read More
SPIOENKOP: CURTAIN-RAISER TO INDIRECT FIRE by Ken Gillings
Introduction The utilisation of artillery by the British and the Boers during the Battle of Spioenkop (23/24 January 1900) may … Read More
KING DINGANE KASENZANGAKHONA’S KWADUKUZA: The recent discovery of the spiritual home of King Shaka kaSenzangakhona by Ken Gillings
King Shaka kaSenzangakhona was the illegitimate son of King Senzangakhona kaJama of the abakwaZulu. When Senzangakhona died in 1816, he … Read More
Windows into History: ‘Blended’ photographs from the battlefields of KwaZulu-Natal by Steve McCarthy
The wars in South Africa during the second half of the nineteenth century witnessed many aspects of the evolution of … Read More
The Boer Hospital at Rietfontein 25 Ocotber 1899-28 Febraury 1900 by J Hawkesbury
Acknowledgements Having spent three years collecting accounts of soldiers and journalists who fought and reported on the battle of Rietfontein, … Read More
Artillery in the Anglo Zulu War 1879 by D D Hall
INTRODUCTION Guns played an important part in the Zulu War, but, as in many colonial wars, their use was one-sided. … Read More
Bicycles in the Anglo Boer War 1899-1902 by D R Maree
The first time that bicycles were used successfully in a military capacity was after the Spanish War of 1898 when … Read More
John Chard Medal
Information from the SA Military History Society The John Chard Decoration and John Chard Medal Series was instituted by Queen … Read More
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