The story of how Natal was discovered by the Portuguese explorer Vasco Da Gama while looking for a new route to India
Battle of Blood River
Dingaan (Dingane) was born in 1795, half brother of Shaka. He became King of the Zulu tribe in 1828 after successfully assassinating Shaka who was King at the time. There was a lot of rivalry within the tribe with many not being happy with the assasination of Shaka. Dingaan claimed […]
Dingaan – Zulu Chief
The Great Trek of colonists from the Cape, South Africa in the 1800’s and the reasons for it
The Great Trek
The Voortrekker Monument was built to honor the Voortrekkers who started to leave behind British Rule in the Cape Colony between 1835 and 1854 and with enormous courage and resolve travelled in a number of large groups inland facing many dangers and hardships along the way, in an effort to […]