JOHANNESBURG — Mourners have gathered for the funeral of veteran South African politician and Zulu chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi. He has been granted a state funeral in honor of his contribution to the ...

(The Conversation) — The memoir of Nathaniel Isaacs, a Jewish merchant who found himself shipwrecked in what is now South Africa, influenced Shaka’s long-lasting fame abroad. (The Conversation) — ...

Phakelumthakathi Ndabandaba, the leader of the Zulu regiments in Nongoma, says no one may enter the town without bathing first. He is running a campaign with other local men to clean up Nongoma and ...

Gales tore at the Mary’s sails, and surf crashed across the brig’s deck. Seventeen-year-old Nathaniel Isaacs tied himself to a railing to avoid being washed overboard. The Mary’s rudder soon ...