The Zulu Rebellion 1906 - Forces War Records.
A History of the Zulu Rebellion 1906 by J. Stuart, 1913. The Zulu people of southern Africa rose up against British rule in the Bambatha Rebellion. The uprising took place in 1906 in Zululand, a traditional region in what was then the British colony of Natal and is now the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.It was led by Bambatha kaMancinza, who was also known as Bhambada or Bambata.The Natal Native Rebellion Medal was a South African campaign medal. It was authorised on 9 May 1907, for service in the Bambatha Rebellion in Natal in 1906. To qualify for the medal, a soldier or policemen must have served in the field for at least twenty days between 11 February 1906 and 3 August 1906. Those who served for fifty days or longer qualified for a clasp with the medal. The medal.The Zulu uprising in Natal during 1906 was the result of a series of culminating factors and misfortunes; an economic slump following the end of the Boer War, simmering discontent at the influx of White and Indian immigration causing demographic changes in the landscape, a devastating outbreaks of rinderpest among cattle and a rise in a quasi-religious separatist movement with a rallying call.
Military History Journal Vol 12 No 4 - December 2002 THE 'DEATH' OF BHAMBATHA ZONDI A recent discovery. By Ken Gillings, Westville, Durban. In 1906, following the Anglo-Boer War, the Colony of Natal was plunged into rebellion when several tribes refused to pay a Poll Tax that was introduced by the Colonial Government, headed by Prime Minister The Hon Charles Smythe, to help reimburse the.Military History Journal Vol 8 No 1 - June 1989 THE BAMBATA REBELLION OF 1906: NKANDLA OPERATIONS AND THE BATTLE OF MOME GORGE, 10 June 1906. by K.G.Gillings, JCD. The Battle of Mome Gorge broke the back of an uprising which has had its parallels in this country on more than one occasion since 1906.
At the biggest battle, at Mome Gorge, many soldiers including Bambatha were mowed down with machine guns; they were fighting only with spears and shields. Bambatha's head was cut off and displayed it to show that the leader of the rebellion was dead.
