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Tourism to South Africa: South Africa is a world-class tourist destination. These podcasts are a way to create interest in South Africa as a holiday and travel destination. We highlight interesting and cool history, explain monuments and memorials, put the history into context, and we hope to make your road trip through South Africa more interesting! Road Trip SA is a mobile app to help tourists find monuments, museums, statues and thousands of POI's. All the listings on the app have a photo, a brief description and some history of that spot. We hope to encourage downloads so clients can explore our history and culture. The narrator of the podcast has a tour and safari company called "Touch Africa Safaris"- http:///www.touch-africa-safaris.com

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Road Trip's Podcast - Travel, Touring and Holidays in South Africa using the Road Trip mobile app

Zululand - Some early Zulu history and The Battle of Blood River

October 27, 2021 • Road Trip • Season 3 • Episode 11

The central areas of Zululand stretching from Ulundi to the Drakensberg Mountains really is the crucible and the "Battle Field" of South Africa. Conflicts between Zulu and Voortrekker, Voortrekker and British, the British and the Zulus, the Boers and the British - all came into conflict for various reasons in this area.

In this episode we explore the formation of the Zulu nation, as well as the culmination of the conflict between the Zulus and the Voortrekkers resulting in the pivotal & iconic Battle of Blood River.

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This is a recording of a radio show - Radio Ecohealth

The Road Trip SA app is available for download

Do you want to visit and explore South Africa? Touch Africa Safaris