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Thu Apr 12, 2018 5:21 pm
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Agree John ad mentionedAmafa is the custodian of a defined heritage site. What ever happens on the outside has nothing to do with them. A lodge over looking the site is an example. If I want to build ...

Thu Apr 12, 2018 6:24 am
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Alan with all due respect my point is to create an understanding that all should be invloved/approached. I have visited several historical sites through out the world and by comparison I would say tha ...

Wed Apr 11, 2018 5:00 pm
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For the record I support any improvement that will or will not attract more interest�i.e. a tarred access road�more busses, more jobs. New centres, facilities, etc. including monuments in any form�i.e ...

Sat Jul 29, 2017 10:20 am
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Alan
I find your comments regarding recent political rhetoric interesting and may or may not be a factor.
I would like to add to your thinking by reminding ourselves of the �Zulu civil war 1882-1884 ...

Thu Jul 27, 2017 4:34 pm
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You want to do what?�build a theme park�where?�Isandlwana. Sounds like a good idea, who is going to build it and how? The king but he does not have any money. Besides the sentiment attached to this hi ...

Wed Jul 26, 2017 3:13 pm
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Sitting at my desk writing this post with the view of Isandlwana in the distance made me smile. True this story has been bouncing around for more than 8 years. The smile comes from interesting times i ...

Sat Aug 15, 2015 9:35 am
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I previously mentioned time...a somewhat heated debate. The current model I use comes from Keith Smith's papers...Dead was Everything. A question of time. Although there is no specific mention about t ...

Fri Aug 07, 2015 3:19 pm
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The event that Ken is referring to could have been the tropical storms (cyclones) in the seventies
Feb. 1972 Caroline,
Feb. 1972 Eugenie,
Jan. 1976 Danae,
Feb. 1977 Emilie.
The last major even ...

Fri Aug 07, 2015 2:56 pm
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Flood...defined by when a river rises higher than normal. Those who were present on the day would not have knowledge of what was normal and what was not. So at best the river was at good spate, being ...

Tue Jun 30, 2015 4:15 pm
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Based on the response from this thread I can only assume that it is not a great issue.
Therefor, I will continue to question whether the river was actually in flood as I know it to be.
At best it wa ...

Tue Jun 30, 2015 4:02 pm
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Dewi, it was my pleasure.
Regards
Paul

Mon Jun 22, 2015 10:13 am
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Thank you Alan point noted and I will refer it as such "Fugitives' Drift" and not Sothondose's as mentioned.

Mon Jun 22, 2015 8:23 am
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The reason why I am raising this point is because I find it interesting that those who cross the river earlier on the day (22nd) do not mention anything regarding difficulties. Smith-Dorrien x 2, Char ...

Sun Jun 21, 2015 8:37 pm
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I am of the opinion that the river (Buffalo) was not in flood on the day 22 Jan 1879. Having known the area for more than 15 years those who crossed in a very short space of time an amounted to more t ...

Sat May 20, 2006 5:38 am
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From our records....average daily max 26 deg...highest recorded 37. Avg daily min 12 deg lowest recorded 4 deg. Avg monthly rainfall 77mm...highest recorded in 24hrs 76mm...so it is the start o ...
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