Issue number 39
December 2009

Contents Page EDITORIAL  iv PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED ARTICLE Visits to the dentist - 1873 style Extracts from the diary of Nelly Shire  1 REPRINT From metropolis to village  7 ARTICLES   'The general appearance of things is as of old': The Colenso homestead at Bishopstowe Brian Kearney  9 The causes of the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 Damian 0 'Connor  28 The war-readiness and military effectiveness of the Zulu forces in the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War John Laband  37 Social control and communal resistance: African football in Pietermaritzburg, 1920-74 Christopher Merrett.  47 Stella Aurorae: Establishing KwaZulu-Natal's first university Bill Guest  65 Memory, identity and inheritance amongst Zululand traders Debbie Whelan  79 NOTES AND QUERIES  94 OBITUARIES Peter Francis Steven Edward Piper Brian Roy Stuckenberg 109 111 113 BOOK REVIEWS AND NOTICES  115 SELECT LIST OF RECENT KWAZULU-NATAL PUBLICATIONS  125 NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS  129