Amajuba, a Mountain in Natal
Used with Permission. “Amajuba, a Mountain in Natal” from South African History Online, www.sahistory.org.za
History
Volksrust’s Involvement in the British Concentration Camps of the South African War 1900-1902
Volksrust camp was beautifully situated, in the shadow of Majuba mountain, on the border of Natal, where the Boers had defeated the British some twenty years before, reminding them of ‘the most glorious episode in their history’, as Dr Kendal Franks noted. But Elizabeth Neethling described the place as one of the most miserable in …