
Queen Victoria, Lord Chelmsford, Napoleon-Prince Imperial, Winston Churchill, Mahatma Gandhi, Michael Caine and Fred Symons all have association with the battlefields of KwaZulu Natal. Queen…
Queen Victoria, Lord Chelmsford, Napoleon-Prince Imperial, Winston Churchill, Mahatma Gandhi, Michael Caine and Fred Symons all have association with the battlefields of KwaZulu Natal. Queen…
The name Spionkop or Spioenkop – ‘Spy or lookout hill’. The name Spionkop – Lookout Hill was given to this impressive hill by the Voortrekkers…
On the 22nd January 1964 an epic in Technicolor was premiered in London. Composer John Barry’s dramatic orchestral opening faded as Richard Burton narrated the…
The sun rose from behind the huge hill across the thorn tree littered valley. I sat and watched it in the chilly early morning air…
Arriving for lunch on the terrace, at the Harford library at Fugitives Drift, and overlooking the Buffalo River I could see Isandlwana. The mountain, where…
The Zulus are considered to be the most fearsome warriors Africa has ever produced and they can thank Shaka Zulu for that reputation. Shaka was…
Winston Churchill arrived in Estcourt in Natal in 1899 at the age of 25. He came to report on the Anglo Boer War for the…
The thrust to the coast, reinvigorated by the assistance of General Louis Botha, was greatly encouraged by the success at Chieveley on the 15th November.…