Nongqawuse’s millennial prophecy was that the Xhosa nation must burn all livestock and crops as sacrifice so that the mighty Xhosa ancestral spirits will rise concealed by the strength of a mighty ...

A story of a young orphan girl and a catastrophic historic calamity… At the centre of this disturbing, ruinous tale is a young orphan girl whose intriguing spiritual prophecy “captures” her community, ...

IN 1856 in what is today the Eastern Cape, a teenage prophet called Nongqawuse prophesied that the spirits had, in a vision, told her that her people should destroy their crops and kill their cattle.

Johannesburg — AT A recent dinner at Wits University, Moeletsi Mbeki, deputy chairman of the South African Institute of International Relations, likened the current political situation in South Africa ...

A newly launched book in Rosebank is offering a fresh perspective on one of South Africa’s most painful historical events. Dr Treive Nicholas’s In Search of Nongqawuse explores the tragic story of a ...

Nongqawuse’s millennial prophecy was that the Xhosa nation must burn all livestock and crops as sacrifice so that the mighty Xhosa ancestral spirits will rise concealed by the strength of a mighty ...