Britain imposes a peace settlement on the Zulu Kingdom

After the victory at Isandlwana, a Zulu reserve force attacked the British post at Rorke's Drift. The garrison held the position after an overnight battle.

Zulu forces attacked Evelyn Wood's troops at Hlobane and drove the British from the mountain. The engagement preceded the larger battle at Kambula.

The British defensive position at Kambula inflicted heavy losses on the Zulu army. The defeat weakened the kingdom's capacity to resist the invasion.

The British burned the royal capital after defeating the Zulu army. The battle destroyed the kingdom's military power and opened the way for its political fragmentation.

Cetshwayo was captured in the Ngome forest after the defeat of the Zulu Kingdom. Colonial authorities imprisoned and exiled him.

After a combined British and allied assault on the Pedi stronghold, Sekhukhune surrendered and was imprisoned. His defeat ended a major centre of African resistance to settler and imperial expansion.

Sekhukhune was killed by supporters of his rival Mampuru after his release from prison. His death occurred amid colonial intervention and internal conflict created by the struggle over Pedi...

Cetshwayo died after returning to a fragmented Zululand. His final years were shaped by British intervention and civil war following the destruction of Zulu sovereignty.

Railway officials removed Mohandas Gandhi from a first-class compartment at Pietermaritzburg after a white passenger objected to his presence. The incident became part of his developing opposition...

The Cape Parliament enacted the Glen Grey Act, limiting African landholding and using taxation to push African men into wage labour. The law foreshadowed later national segregation.