Ladysmith / Midlands / Drakensberg | Battlefields Region Guides

Three Tree Hill

Three Trees at Spioenkop, Rhenosterfontein Farm, Bergville, KwaZulu-Natal

Against the magnificent backdrop of the Drakensberg Mountains of South Africa, and overlooking the secluded Mfazimnyama Valley of the Spioenkop … Read More

Nxala Ranch

Nxala Ranch, Rorke's Drift Area, KwaZulu-Natal

Nxala Ranch is set amidst willow and paperback thorn trees – on a working farm – and offers a beautiful … Read More

Springbok Lodge

D45, Nambiti Private Game Reserve, Ladysmith

Nestled in the heart of Nambiti Private Game Reserve is where you’ll find Springbok Lodge. The Nambiti Private Game Reserve … Read More

Ndondakusuka by MS Gumede

Thank u for keeping the history of Mandeni

Nieuwe Republiek Museum by Mark Gerrard Hanly

My maternal family came from vryheid and as a child i can remember going tt the family farm near vryheid before its incorporation into kwazulu in the 60s. the family name was de bruyn or sometime spelled de bruyjn. one of the pieces of the family folk law was that my great grandfather had a price on his head for shooting british soldiers. in our family collection was a gun said yo be his. Anyway my parents has passed away and now nearly 10 years after my mother's death I have started to go through the belongings. I have found an old German commission mauser which was supposed to belong to my great grandfather. it is of the type used by boer commandos. on cleaning 21 notches have been cut into the wood of the butt. could these represent the soldiers shot by my great grandfather ? there was supposed yo be a bounty on his head was there any truth to that. his name was Daniel Jacobus debruyn. I was also told that the family bible donated to the vryheid museum

eNtombe Battlefield by Jabulani Kubheka

is Entombe a place for Kubheka people?

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