Date: 28 November, 1879

The British under Sir Garnet Wolseley defeats Sekhukhune, Pedi paramount chief in the Battle of Sekhukhune Mountain and imprisons him in Pretoria. When the Transvaal again became independent after Anglo-Boer War 1, he was freed.

References

• Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau
• Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 9, p. 576.