A massacre in KwaZulu-Natal
On the night of the 16th and morning of the 17th February 1838, thousands of assegai-wielding Zulus overwhelmed scattered Boer laagers in today’s Colenso and Estcourt districts of KwaZulu-Natal. Arguably the most ferocious attacks befell the families that had outspanned along the Bloukrans River, which is why the killings have become known collectively as the Bloukrans Massacre.
