South African “Shaka Zulu” actor Henry Cele died in a Durban hospital Nov. 2, two weeks after being admitted with a chest infection. He was 58. Cele shot to fame in 1986 when he played the Zulu king ...

(The Conversation) — The memoir of Nathaniel Isaacs, a Jewish merchant who found himself shipwrecked in what is now South Africa, influenced Shaka’s long-lasting fame abroad. (The Conversation) — ...

SHAKA kaSenzangakhona is universally recognised as the founder of what would become known as the “Zulu nation”. He ruled from about 1817 until he was assassinated by his half-brothers in 1828. He’s ...

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Cape Town – M-Net has added a historical drama series, Shaka-Ilembe, produced by Bomb Productions, that will explore the precolonial Southern African kingdoms and characters that had an influence on ...