The treaty under which the Voortrekkers received land from Dingane was signed on 6 February 1838. During the course of the final entertainment before the Voortrekkers was to leave, Dingane ordered his soldiers to kill the Voortrekkers. They were dragged to the Hill of Execution, KwaMatiwane, where they were clubbed to death. In the follow-up after the defeat of the Zulu nation at Blood River on 16 December 1838, the Voortrekkers marched to attack uMgungundlovu. Dingane left and had it set alight and when the Voortrekkers arrived they found it in flames and deserted.

The Drakensberg
Geology The Drakensberg Mountains had their onqm some 200 million years. ago when a vast landmass...