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King Cetshwayo, the last great ruler of Zululand, is captured by the British following his defeat in the British-Zulu War. He w
as subsequently sent into exile. Cetshwayo’s defiance of British rule in southern Africa led to Britain’s invasion of Zululand
in 1879.
In 1843, Britain succeeded the Boers as the rulers of Natal, which controlled Zululand, the neighboring kingdom of the Zulu peo
ple. Boers, also known as Afrikaners, were the descendants of the original Dutch settlers who came to South Africa in the 17th
century. Zulus, a migrant people from the north, also came to southern Africa during the 17th century, settling around the Tuge
la River region. In 1838, the Boers, migrating north to elude the new British dominions in the south, first came into armed con
flict with the Zulus, who were under the rule of King Dingane at the time. The European migrants succeeded in overthrowing Ding
ane in 1840, replacing him with his son Mpande, who became a vassal of the new Boer republic of Natal. In 1843, the British too
k over Natal and Zululand.
In 1872, King Mpande died and was succeeded by his son Cetshwayo, who was determined to resist European domination in his terri
tory. In December 1878, Cetshwayo rejected the British demand that he disband his troops, and in January British forces invaded
Zululand to suppress Cetshwayo. The British suffered grave defeats at Isandlwana, where 1,300 British soldiers were killed or
wounded, and at Hlobane Mountain, but on March 29 the tide turned in favor of the British at the Battle of Khambula.
King Cetshwayo was subsequently captured and sent into exile, but in 1883 he was reinstated to rule over part of his former ter
ritory. However, because of his defeats he was discredited in the eyes of his subjects, and they soon drove him out of Zululand
. He died in exile in the next year.
In 1887, faced with continuing Zulu rebellions, the British formally annexed Zululand, and in 1897 it became a part of Natal, w
hich joined the Union of South Africa in 1910.
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