Die Trekkers wat oorgebly het na die moorde van 17 Februarie, het hulle voorgeneem om Dingaan te straf vir sy onmenslike dade. Die eerste strafekspedisie by Italeni het wel misluk, maar die Voortrekkers was beslis om nie te rus voordat Dingaan se mag gebreek is nie. Dit het gelei die Slag van Bloedrivier op 16 Desember.
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Voortrekker Monument
Brief History of South Africa, from prehistoric to post apartheid
Explore the fascinating and extraordinary history of South Africa, from its earliest inhabitants to the post apartheid era.
Andries Pretorius
Andries Pretorius, Voortrekker leader, co-founder of the Natalia Republic and the original South African Republic (comonly known as the Transvaal), and first Chairman of the United Volksraad of the latter. Pretoria, the main capital of South Africa, is named for him.