Ncome.2FBlood River monument Battle of Blood River

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laager @ blood river memorial


a church, called church of vow , built in natal town of pietermaritzburg in 1841, pretorius settled on farm welverdient (english: rightly earned ), gift trekkers.


a monument erected on site of battle in 1947, consisting of ox wagon executed in granite sculptor coert steynberg. in 1971 laager of 64 ox wagons cast in bronze (by unifront foundry in edenvale — fanie de klerk , jack cowlard) erected, , unveiled on 16 december 1972.



a stone representation @ voortrekker monument of laager formed @ battle of blood river


the ncome monument on east side of river commemorates fallen zulu warriors. while blood river memorial associated afrikaner nationalism, ncome monument intended symbol of reconciliation, has become connected zulu nationalism.


at 16 december 1998 inauguration of recent version of monument, zulu politician , minister of home affairs, mangosuthu buthelezi, apologized afrikaner nation death of piet retief , subsequent suffering. @ same time buthelezi noted suffering of zulu under british colonial , afrikaner rule during apartheid. stressed south africans needed consider day new covenant binds shared commitment of building new country.


today 2 complexes mark battle site: ncome monument , museum complex east of ncome river, , blood river monument , museum complex west.








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