A hundred and twenty years ago, seven thousand Zulu mineworkers walked from the gold mines in Johannesburg to Natal, covering a distance of five hundred kilometres over ten days. This journey was their longest march. It is 1899 and Philippa’s fiancé Nduku has just broken off their engagement. Author and journalist Fred Khumalo began a long march on Monday to commemorate 7,000 Zulu men, women and children who walked from Johannesburg to Durban during the Anglo-Boer war.

Guest: Fred Khumalo – Author of The Longest March