The Truth About Shaka, Dingana and Piet Retief
author Credo Mutwa
Genre history
Narrator Bonolo Malevu
Language english
In this powerful and unsettling piece, Credo Mutwa re-examines the well-known story of Piet Retief, the Voortrekker leader who, in 1838, was infamously killed along with his men by King Dingane of the Zulu kingdom. For decades, this event has been used in colonial narratives to paint Dingane as a bloodthirsty despot and Piet Retief as a martyr of Boer nationhood. But Mutwa flips the script entirely.