The Last Stand Against Colonial Forces
In a region drenched with the blood and tears of history, Giant's Castle in KwaZulu-Natal has seen more action than most. It was here that rebellious Zulu Chief Langalibalele made his last stand against the colonial forces.
It was here too that the last known 'wild' Bushman in South Africa was shot. It all started in 1873 when Chief Langalibalele refused to pay taxes to the colonial government. Some skirmishes in the lowlands drove the chief with his people and cattle onto the high ground to make a stand - and their eventual escape — up one of the traditional Bushman cattle raiding passes.
A detachment of the 75th Carbineers Regiment under Major Durnford was dispatched to deal with the intransigent chief. The names of the nominally victorious major, the five Carbineers who lost their lives in the skirmish, as well as the rebellious chief, were thereafter immortalized in these mountains.
Walking from Giants Castle to Bannerman Hut
