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The Zulu Kingdom (/ ˈ z uː l uː / ZOO-loo; Zulu: KwaZulu), sometimes referred to as the Zulu Empire, was a monarchy in Southern Africa.During the 1810s, Shaka established a standing army that consolidated rival clans and built a large following which ruled a wide expanse of Southern Africa that extended along the coast of the Indian Ocean from the Tugela River in the south to the Pongola ...
Cetshwayo Blue Plaque at 18 Melbury Road in Kensington, London. By 1882, differences between two Zulu factions—pro-Cetshwayo uSuthus and three rival chiefs led by Zibhebhu—had erupted into a blood feud and civil war. In 1883, the British government tried to restore Cetshwayo to rule at least part of his previous territory, but the attempt ...
In the 1820s a branch of the Zulu led by Mzilikazi split from the main tribe to form the Ndebele people. Their people moved west from Zululand and settled near present-day Pretoria. They would eventually move slightly north to present day Zimbabwe causing territorial pressure with the Shona people. Conflict with the British colonials erupted in ...
The name kwaZulu translates roughly as Place of Zulus, or more formally Zululand. In March 1996, two years after South Africa's transition to majority rule, the trial of The State v.
After the Ndwandwe's defeat, the Zulu clan's dialect gained prominence, and the region eventually became known as Zululand. By the time missionaries arrived, the dialects and land were closely associated with the Zulu clan. As a result, when they encountered the Ngoni language, they referred to it as a variant of isiZulu or a dialect of isiZulu.
The department also requested $1.4 million USD for improvements to Queen MaMchiza's palace. [18] The government had already budgeted around $6.9 million USD for the royal family during 2012, not for the first time prompting accusations of lavish spending; in 2008, opposition parties criticised King Zwelithini's wives for spending around $24,000 ...
The British and colonial troops were armed with the modern [16] Martini–Henry breechloading rifle and two 7-pounder mountain guns deployed as field guns, [17] [18] as well as a Hale rocket battery. The Zulus had a vast disadvantage in weapons technology, [ 19 ] but they greatly outnumbered the British and ultimately overwhelmed [ 20 ] them ...
[17] [18] During the Italian campaign some AAPC relieved British field artillery units of their duty. [19] On 1 May 1943, British troopship SS Erinpura was torpedoed and sunk, resulting in the loss of 694 men from AAPC's 1919th and 1927th Basuto Companies; the unit's worst loss of life during the war. [ 17 ]