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Fri Feb 12, 2016 3:17 pm
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Thank you for the good advice. I look forward to an excellent read.

Wed Feb 10, 2016 5:52 pm
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I just recently ordered the book How Can Man Die Better? The Secrets of Isandlwana revealed. By Col. Mike Snook. Looking forward to a great read! How'd everybody else like this book? Heard it's intere ...

Fri Jan 22, 2016 2:34 pm
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Today marks the:

137th anniversary of the battle of Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift (January 22, 1879)

52th anniversary of the world premier of Zulu (January 22, 1964)

Let me know if I left out a ...

Fri Dec 25, 2015 6:53 pm
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Bah, humbug!

Just kidding. Merry Christmas to all! I love that new image on the homepage of rorkesdriftvc.com by the way... Cool

Tue Dec 15, 2015 10:08 pm
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Yebo

Mon Dec 14, 2015 8:55 pm
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akazange yini ukusebenzisa Google Translate? Wink

Fri Dec 11, 2015 10:17 pm
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Love it! Smile

Fri Dec 11, 2015 10:14 pm
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Smile Thanks.

So, by the looks of it, nobody can speak Zulu here, or whatever language this song is in.

Thu Dec 10, 2015 9:07 pm
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Interesting. Don't know if this is just me, but I can almost hear him saying "Say you'll meet Pakisona(Someone's name)" Ooh. Oh no. Zulu." in the song. Anybody else here it, too? (Keep ...

Mon Dec 07, 2015 6:31 am
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Hi all,

I just recently stumbled upon the song "Zulu Stamp" for the 1964 Zulu Soundtrack, which was originally an extra additional score added on to the soundtrack album record by John Ba ...

Mon Nov 09, 2015 3:22 pm
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Thanks, Rusteze. Smile

Thu Nov 05, 2015 8:45 pm
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Thanks John. That answers the first part of my question.

Alan, so you said you were confused on the fact that there being no survivors other than those on horse, so your saying not a single man on ...

Tue Nov 03, 2015 9:34 pm
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John, I think I understand. So just to clarify, there was some 24th infantrymen survivors attached to the Rocket Battery who were redcoats, along with the mounted infantry, who's uniforms may have bee ...

Sun Nov 01, 2015 9:51 pm
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So were any of these 24th survivors redcoat infantry?

Thu Oct 29, 2015 12:05 am
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Thanks, Alan. Very helpful resource!

So, according to the book, it seems that the only survivors of the 24th at Isandlwana was from the No 3 column, which was Privates Bickley and Wilson, who were ...
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