25 March: International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade One of the most horrific crimes in history, slavery and the transatlantic slave trade,…
Claude M. Lightfoot: The Lessons of History “In this regard American policy makers obsessed and possessed by some theory of their superiority have learned nothing from the lessons of history.…
Inkinga wena kaNdaba iseSandlwana (The Complication, Son of Ndaba – referring to Cetshwayo – Is What Happened at Isandlwana) “… the Zulus … did what no European army can do.…
Sinking of the SS Mendi The sinking of the SS Mendi on 21 February 1917 became one of South Africa’s worst tragedies of the First World War (1914 – 1919).…
Hlubi Chief Langalibalele Imprisoned and Exiled to Robben Island On 9 February 1874, considered to be in “rebellion” against the British Empire, the Hlubi Chief, Langalibalele, was imprisoned and exiled…
On 22 January 1879, the Battle of Isandlwana was the first major encounter in the Anglo-Zulu War between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. Eleven days after the British…