Battlefields is in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal.
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Map of Battlefields (KwaZulu-Natal)
- 1 Dundee — a coal-mining town and the site of the Battle of Blood River in 1838
- Escort
- Greytown
- 2 Ladysmith — an industrial city at the foot of the Drakensberg mountains
- 3 Van Reenen — has an interesting 8-seat church
- 4 Newcastle — an industrial city that is a gateway to the Zulu Kingdom
- Volksrust
- Vryheid
- Weenen
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- 1 Ncome-Blood River Heritage Site, BloedRivier (just off the R33 between Dundee and Vryheid, about 43 km from Dundee), ☏ 27 34 271-8121, fax: 27 34 271-8124, ✉[email protected]. Open 08:30 to 16:30 daily, except Christmas day. Site of a major conflict on 16 December 1838 between the Zulu impi army under King Dingane and the Voortrekker forces under Andries Pretorius. On the western side of the Bloodriver is the Blood River monument and museum, commemorating the battle from a Afrikaner point of view. The monument consists of 64 full scale bronze replica oxwagons set up in a defensive circle. On the eastern side of the Bloodriver is the Ncome monument and museum, commemorating the same event from a Zulu perspective. The monument consists of a Zulu war horn formation display. 16 December is now a public holiday in South Africa, celebrated as Day of Reconciliation.
