A little less than three years after George Armstrong Custer’s “Last Stand” in the battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana, a British army suffered a similar fate in Africa. Just as the United States ...

On January 22nd, 1879, Zulu tribesmen slaughtered British forces at the Battle of Isandlwana, in present-day South Africa.Zulu Dawn, a 1979 film that dramatizes the events, stars Peter O’Toole and ...

Thousands of Zulu men, called "amabutho", participate in a reenactment of the battle of Isandlwana. The battle was the first engagement in the Anglo-Zulu war on the 22 of January 1879 and was the ...

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Senzo Mchunu has hailed His Majesty for convening the most inclusive and successful commemoration of the Battle of Isandlwana. The commemoration which took place over the weekend ...

A series of cultural, historical and commemorative events have been scheduled ahead of the 147th anniversary of the Battle of Isandlwana, which will be observed on January 22 in Nquthu, northern ...

Ian Knight still has vivid memories of his first visit to Isandlwana, where 1,300 British troops and their African allies were killed in a devastating battle with the Zulu army. It was 1979, Knight ...

KZN Premier, Thami Ntuli, King Misuzulu KaZwelithini and dignatories at the battle of Isandlwana commemoration, January 22, 2026. Photo: KZN Dept Arts and Culture. KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli, ...

The KwaZulu-Natal government has described this year’s annual Battle of Isandlwana commemoration as a rallying call for unity in addressing the province’s social challenges. This year’s event honoured ...

The battle of Isandlwana on 22 January 1879, the first major encounter in the Anglo-Zulu War, witnessed the worst single day's loss of British troops between the battle of Waterloo in 1815 and the ...

'The Real Story of Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift With Historian Saul David' In this video, Dan Snow talks to Saul David - historian, broadcaster and author - about what was arguably the most brutal and ...

Christianity was used by the British army as a tool to invade Zulu land and break local culture before the 1879 battle of Isandlwana. This is revealed in a book by veteran journalist Nomavenda Khumalo ...