Rock 75
Feb 03, 2020
2 minutes
MIKE BURGESS
Rock 75, along the upper Bushman’s River near Giant’s Castle, received its name from the number 75 carved into it by the cook of a detachment of the British 75th Regiment.
The incident occurred during retaliatory operations after Chief Langalibalele’s Hlubi defeated British colonial forces on 4 November 1873.
THE ROAD TO CONFLICT
Born in 1818, Langalibalele (‘The Sun is Boiling Hot’) would rule the
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