On 15 December 1899, General Buller advanced on the lines of defence that had been set up by General Louis Botha along the Thukela river. The purpose of this offensive was to relieve the besieged town of Ladysmith. The B...

The building housing the museum is the toll house, which was erected in 1879 on the Colenso side of the river at a cost of 300 pounds.The first man to occupy this quaint little building was W.R. Steward, the tollkeeper.I...

Pass between KZN and Free State

One of the most famous foreigners who fought with the Boer forces during the second Anglo-Boer war was captain Leo Pokrowsky, a Pole who was an officer in the Russian army. He was killed in a skirmish on Christmas Day 1...

Coniston was built in 1906 by Talbot, the first licensed pharmacist in northern Natal, who lived here until 1960. The building was declared a national monument in 1988.

The convent was completed in 1897. In the direct line of fire, it was struck several times before 6 November 1899, when the nuns were hastily evacuated by train to the recently established Intombi Neutral Camp Hospital...

Negotiations between president Paul Kruger and Sir Hendry Loch, British High Commissioner for South Africa, took place here in November 1894 to discuss Swaziland and related matters. The conference table inside the coach...

The Coolamgause building is a national monument. General dealer in the town of Weenen.

This house was the home of the local head master, originally built as a cottage hospital and used as a military hospital for British wounded during the battle of Talana.

This was the second courthouse built in Eshowe. It was erectedaround 1895 and later extended.This was the centre of Eshowe at the turn of the century.