 | The Battle of Blood River monument This monument which consists of life-size bronze replicas of the wagons involved in the historic battle of Blood River. |
 | 1838 Retief vermoor In October1837, Piet Retief, Voortrekker Leader at the time, visited Dingaan at the Royal Kraal. Retief was in high spirits at the prospect of negotiating a land deal for his people with Dingaan. In November 1837, about 1000 Voortrekker wagons started the descent down the Drakensberg from the Orange Free State into Natal. Dingaan asked Piet Retief for a token of their friendly intentions. Some of Dingaan's cattle had been stolen by Chief Sekonyela and his tribesmen. He asked Retief to recover them. Retief and his party of 69 men recovered 700 head of cattle, 63 horses and a few rifles. The party arrived back at uMgundlovu on 3 February 1838. On the following day, a treaty was signed, whereby Dingaan ceded all the land south of the Thukela River, as far as the Mzimvubu River, in the Transkei, to the Voortrekkers On 6 February, Retief and his party were treated to a farewell dance by the Zulu impis. They were told to leave their firearms outside the royal kraal. Suddenly, when the dancing had reached a frenzied climax, Dingaan leapt to his feet and shouted "Bambani aba thakathi!" ("Kill the wizards!") The men were totally overpowered and dragged away to a hill called kwaMatiwane, named after a chief who had been killed there. Retief and his men were savagely butchered to death. The general opinion as to the reason why they were killed is because for some obscure reason, they withheld some of the cattle recovered from Chief Sekonyela. (source: www.encounter.co.za) |
 | 1838 Retief gewaarsku On 5 October 1837 Piet Retief established a camp near the Drakensberg ridge and proceeded on horseback the next day to explore the region between the Drakensberg and Port Natal, now known as Kwa-Zulu Natal. Upon receiving a positive impression of the region he started negotiations with the Zulu chief, Dingane, in November 1837. Retief led his own band over the Drakensberg Mountains and convinced Voortrekker leaders Maritz and Potgieter to join him in January 1838. On a second visit to Dingane, the Zulu agreed to Boer settlement in Natal, provided that the Boer delegation recovered cattle stolen from him by the rival Tlokwa tribe. This the Boers did, their reputation and rifles cowing the tribe into peacefully handing over the cattle. Despite warnings, Retief left the Tugela region on 28 January, 1838, in the belief that he could negotiate permanent boundaries for the Natal settlement with Dingane. (Source: Wikipedia) |
 | Zulu's Attack my friend sarah was bein a lil perv.(you dont get to see her,only hear) and i an the chick in the pj pants my bf is zulu and miroki is the narrator and chief is the random guy in the bed.^.^ |
 | Zulu random attack Does anybody remember this classic windmill scene from the film Zulu |
 | 1800 Die Kaap onder Britse bewind ENGLISH As the 18th century drew to a close, Dutch mercantile power began to fade and the British moved in to fill the vacuum. They seized the Cape in 1795 to prevent it from falling into the hands of Napoleonic France, then briefly relinquished it back to the Dutch (1803) before finally garnering recognition of their sovereignty of the area in 1815. At the tip of the continent the British found an established colony with 25,000 slaves, 20,000 white colonists, 15,000 Khoisan, and 1,000 freed black slaves. Power resided solely with a white élite in Cape Town, and differentiation on the basis of race was deeply entrenched. Outside Cape Town and the immediate hinterland, isolated black and white pastoralists populated the country. Like the Dutch before them, the British initially had little interest in the Cape Colony, other than as a strategically located port. As one of their first tasks they tried to resolve a troublesome border dispute between the Boers and the Xhosa on the colony's eastern frontier. In 1820 the British authorities persuaded about 5,000 middle-class British immigrants (most of them "in trade") to leave Great Britain behind and settle on tracts of land between the feuding groups with the idea of providing a buffer zone. The plan was singularly unsuccessful. Within three years, almost half of these 1820 Settlers had retreated to the towns, notably Grahamstown and Port Elizabeth, to pursue the jobs they had held in Britain. Simultaneously, Shaka is rising to power AFRIKAANS Groot Brittanje neem die Kaap van Goeie Hoop in 1797 vir die eerste keer tydens die Vierde Engelse-Nederlandse oorlog in besit. Nederland is in 1795 deur die Franse weermag onder die leierskap van Napoléon Bonaparte oorwin. Brittanje wou verhoed dat die Kaap in Franse hande val en die Britse weermag, onder Generaal Sir James Henry Craig vaar na Kaapstad om die kolonie te beskerm namens die Stadhouer Prins Willem V van Oranje. Die goewerneur van Kaapstad weier aanvanklik om enige instruksies van die prins te gehoorsaam, maar na die Britte gedreig het om kragdadig op te tree, stem hy in. In Februarie 1803 lei die Vrede van Amiens daartoe dat die kolonie weer onder Nederlandse beheer kom in die vorm van die Bataafse Republiek. Ná oorlog weer uitbreek, word 'n Britse mag weereens na die Kaap gestuur en na 'n slag in Januarie 1806 op die strande van Tafelbaai gee die Nederlandse vesting van die Kasteel oor aan die Britte onder Sir David Baird, en die Britte annekseer die Kaapkolonie in 1805. Die Britte sit die oorlog teen die Xhosas voort en stoot die oostelike grens ooswaarts tot by 'n lyn van forte, wat langs die Visrivier opgerig is, en konsolideer die gebied deur Britse Setlaars aan te moedig om hulle in dié gebied te vestig. As gevolg van druk deur afskaffingsverenigings in Brittanje, beëindig die Britse parlement sy wêreldwye slawehandel in 1806 en skaf slawerny in al sy kolonies af in 1833. Die voortslepende grensoorloë, ongelukkigheid met die wyse waarop slawerny afgeskaf is en ander verskille met die Britse owerheid lei daartoe dat 'n gedeelte van die Nederlandssprekende bevolking as deel van die Groot trek verder in die binneland in trek buite Britse beheer Terwyl al bogenoemde gebeur, is Shaka se mag besig om te groei (SOURCE: Wikipedia) |
 | 1838 Die Groot Trek oor die Drakensberg In 1837, the Port Elizabeth based Boer, Piet Retief, organized an expedition from Grahamstown, after issuing a manifesto outlining his reasons for undertaking the Trek into the interior. After joining with an expedition led by Andries Potgieter for the initial trek north, Retief and his party turned eastwards over the Drakensberg mountains (the Dragon Mountains) in a virtually superhuman effort of unparalleled endeavor and hardship. Little wonder then, that when they reached the apex of the Drakensberg, and the green lands of Natal stretched out before their eyes, they called the land Blydevooruitzicht, or Happy Prospects. |
 | SA voor 1652 Suid Afrika voor 1652. 1487 The Portuguese explorer Batholemeu Dias sails down the coast to reach southern Angola. He later lands at present-day Walvis Bay and soon after at Lüderitz Bay. 1488 Dias succeeds in circumnavigating the Cape, naming it "Cabo de Bõa Esperança" or the Cape of Good Hope. This is a major breakthrough in the search for discovering a sea-route to India. 1495 With the ascension of Manuel I to the Portuguese throne, the Royal House of Portugal strengthens its support of the scientific maritime investigation into finding a sea trade route to India. 1497 Vasco da Gama is mandated to expand on Dias' discoveries. Da Gama departs from Targus on 8 July 1497, heading an expedition consisting of two ships, São Rafael and São Gabriel . They sail along the southern African coast on the way to India. They put foot on South African soil for the first time on 8 November at present-day St. Helena Bay on the west coast and encounter the first Khoi-Khoi. Da Gama gives the following description of them in his diary: ' The inhabitants of this country are tawny-coloured. Their food is confined to the flesh of seals, whales and gazelles, and the roots of herbs. They are dressed in skins, and wear sheaths over their virile members. They are armed with poles of olive wood to which a horn, browned in the fire, is attached ... ' Further east Da Gama and his crew sight the Natal coast on Christmas Day and name it "Terra do Natal", which is Portuguese for "Land of Birth" (Christmas). (Bron: Bron: SA history online -www.sahistory.org.za) |
 | Zulu Movie Trailer A fake movie trailer for the 1879 Zulu attack on a British fort in South Africa. |
 | Battle Lines: Last Boer War Veteran Old soldier George Ives was 111 years old when this sequence was filmed for the documentary series 'Instrument of War' the story of the Great Highland Bagpipe. As the last survivor of the Boer War, 1899-1902, he was truly a living link with history. More of George Ives can be seen in the new film Battle Lines: 'reflections in kilt and khaki', the sequel to 'Instrument of War' and 'When the Pipers Play', directed by Patrick King. For more information about George Ives and how to get 'Battle Lines' DVD contact the producers - highlandclassics - website. |
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