The day the British army took on the Basotho

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This week marks 170 years since Cape governor George Cathcart tried to bring the Basotho nation to heel with the largest British army mustered in Southern Africa. It would end with both armies in retreat.

The story of King Moshoeshoe I, leader of the Basotho nation, is perhaps one of the most remarkable in Southern African history.

The son of a very minor chief, he gathered a small band of people left destitute by the rise of the population, colonialism and the Zulu nation in the 1820s ...If you have already registered or subscribed, please sign in to continue.

 

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