King Cetshwayo kaMpande, who is globally renowned for having led his nation to the historic victory over the British army in the Battle of Isandlwana on 22 January 1879. This year marks 140 years ...

The Pietermaritzburg-based KwaZulu-Natal Museum has dedicated 2024 to commemorating the life and legacy of King Cetshwayo kaMpande, a celebrated figure of Zulu resilience and leadership.

The king's palace, the jewel of the Zulu people, was burnt to ashes and Inkosi Cetshwayo KaMpande was arrested and exiled. AllAfrica publishes around 500 reports a day from more than 100 news ...

King Cetshwayo kaMpande. One takes a characteristically gleeful delight in writing about a king of sheer personal courage.

His Majesty King Cetshwayo KaMpande. Surrounded by magnificent dune forest, hundreds of community members and leaders assembled at the site to rediscover history on Saturday. Culture, history and ...

King Cetshwayo kaMpande, depicted in the classic film Zulu, has now been commemorated by English Heritage with a blue plaque at the Kensington house where he stayed in 1882. But Cetshwayo was ...

The great Shaka had a half-brother called Mpande, who succeeded him as king of the Zulus. Mpande’s son was Cetshwayo, and his road to the throne was littered with corpses. In 1856, he fought and ...

Frere was convinced that the only obstacle to confederation and the subjugation of the Zulu nation, was King Cetshwayo kaMpande. Sir Frere actually said, "The Zulu power must be broken once and ...

In 1879 the British government, on the flimsiest of excuses, illegally invaded Zululand and the kingdom of Cetshwayo kaMpande. On January 22, at a hill known as Isandlwana 20km inside the kingdom ...

Name change for Melmoth as a proposal of honouring 19th century Zulu King Cetshwayo kaMpande is being considered PHOTO: Supplied A NAME change for the town of Melmoth is on the cards as a proposal ...

The Zulu armies had been defeated at the battle of Ulundi in July 1879, but their leader, King Cetshwayo kaMpande, was still on the run. Read Today's Paper Tributes. Rewards. Subscribe.