The Shaka Memorial is a provincial heritage site in Stanger in the

KwaZulu-Natal KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province were merged. It is locate ...

province of

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. It marks the resting place of the Zulu King Shaka near the site where he was

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by his half-brothers

Dingane Dingane ka Senzangakhona Zulu (–29 January 1840), commonly referred to as Dingane or Dingaan, was a Zulu chief who became king of the Zulu Kingdom in 1828, after assassinating his brother Shaka. He set up his royal capital, uMgungundlovu, a ...

and

Mhlangana Mhlangana (died 1828) (also known as Umhlangana ka Senzangakhona) was a Zulu prince - the son of Senzangakhona, a brother of Shaka, and half-brother of Dingane and Mpande. He assisted Dingane and Shaka's induna (advisor) Mbopha in Shaka's a ...

while sitting on a rock near the

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at his capital Dukuza. According to the 1938

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, the monument was made in

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and erected in 1932 on the site of King Shaka's grave. Adjacent to the memorial is the rock on which King Shaka was alleged to be sitting at the time of his

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on 24 September 1828. It was rolled across the street from its original site to where it now lies. The date is commemorated by a gathering at the memorial in honour of King Shaka led by the

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, his warriors and dignitaries.King Shaka Da
celebrations
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References

External links

A History of King Shaka Zulu

Information on the memorial and visitor center
Monuments and memorials in South Africa Buildings and structures in KwaZulu-Natal Buildings and structures completed in 1932 {{SouthAfrica-struct-stub