An article with some quotes from Brian and Shelagh Spencer: http://bookslive.co.za/blog/2016/04/11/the-anglo-zulu-war-battlefields-then-and-now-road-to-ulundi-reboot/ A classic of Anglo-Zulu War Africana featuring frontline sketches from a serving British officer has been revisited and republished with photographs of the actual sites as they are today. By Stephen Coan The ruin of many a poor bibliophile, the Abebooks website, currently offers for sale three copies of...

Born c. 1812, ?Dublin, Ireland. Died 1869, Byrne Valley, Richmond District, Natal. Barrister, farmer. 1812c. b. Calculated from age given in document requesting land grant. (CSO 2249, no.390 of 27.10.1859). Sixth son of Brabazon Smith Stafford (ST) and brother of H.H. Flood* and B.B. Talbot*. For further family information see entry for H.H. Flood. (SO’BS Vol.6, pp142-145) 1839 The list...

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Volume 8 is out! Pictures and ordering information to follow.

Happy New Year! This picture shows Dr Spencer, her daughter and granddaughter.

December 7 2015 at 07:10am By Bongani Hans Durban – King Goodwill Zwelithini praised the apartheid era during an event in Nongoma at the weekend. The National Party, he said, had built a powerful government with the strongest economy and army on the continent, but then came “this so-called democracy” in which black people started destroying the gains of the...