Author : joe bodego

British South Africa Company (BSAC, BSACO, or BSA Company), a mercantile company based in London that was incorporated in October 1889 under a royal charter...

Cetshwayo kaMpande also spelled Cetewayo, (born c. 1826, near Eshowe, Zululand [now in South Africa]—died Feb. 8, 1884, Eshowe), last great king of the independent...

Anglo-Zulu War, also known as Zulu War, decisive six-month war in 1879 in Southern Africa, resulting in British victory over the Zulus. During the second...

Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo succeeded Cetshwayo as king of the Zulu nation in 1884. At the time, Zululand was experiencing a process of national disintegration. After the...

King Hintsa was born in 1789 and died a painful and brutal death on the 12th February 1835 along the banks of the Nqabara river...

Makhanda (sometimes called Makana), also known as Nxele (the left-handed), lived from about 1790 to 1820 and was a skillful Xhosa military leader, orator, philosopher,...

THE BAMBATHA rebellion was a Zulu revolt against taxation in Natal in 1906. It was led by Bambatha kaMancinza, leader of the Zondi clan, who...

The Xhosa people are a Bantu ethnic group native to South Africa, known for their rich cultural heritage and significant contributions to the country’s history....

After the French Revolution, the newly founded Republic of France conquered the Netherlands in 1795. The Netherlands became known as the Batavian Republic and the...

Thursday, 08 September 2022 The Economic Freedom Fighters notes the death of Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, the Queen of the United Kingdom, and the ceremonial...