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Fort Nongquai, Eshowe: Zululand Museum

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Post date: 07/08/2012
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History: This late nineteenth century fort is situated on the south-eastern edge of the town of Eshowe.
In 1873 the Hlubi tribe under Chief Langalibalele who lived among the foothills of the Drakensberg under the shadow of the mighty Champagne Castle and Cathedral Peak, came into conflict with the Natal Government. After the rebellion the Government instituted the Natal Mounted Police, a mixed force of Whites and non-Whites known to the Zulus as the Nongqai.
This body of police played an important part on various occasions. Twenty-five of its members accompanied Sir Theophilus Shepstone in 1877 on his journey to the Transvaal to annex that territory and from 1883 to 1888 they helped to quell the unrest in Zululand that followed on the return of Cetshwayo and his death. In 1894 the Natal Mounted Police became the Natal Police which later took an active part in the Anglo-Boer War and in suppressing the Bambata Rebellion of 1906.
A detachment of this force served as a bodyguard for the Resident Commissioner of Zululand, Sir Melmoth Osborne, and the Nongqai fort was built by the Imperial Government to accommodate these men. It was built of brick and provided with loopholes, and at the corners there were towers, three storeys high, on which guns could be mounted.
After the Nongqai had been disbanded the building was used for a long time as a depot by the Road’s Department of the Natal Provincial Administration. More recently it has been converted into a most interesting historical museum by the Municipality of Eshowe.
Visual Description: It was built of brick and provided with loopholes, and at the corners there were towers, three storeys high, on which guns could be mounted.
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Significance: ... a unique and well preserved 18th Century village from a tradition very different to that of the present occupants of the area. It is regarded as good representation of settlement patterns from the period prior to the upheavals of early 19th Century.

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On the Gingindlovu - Melmoth road bypass of Eshowe take the turn-off to the east to Gezinzela township. Situate on Lot No.415, Eshowe Township, Situate in the County of Zululand, Province of Natal.
 
 

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