Ernst Roets

Then the Zulu people, King Shaka developed or had a different approach to using the spear as a weapon. He made the stick or the staff end much shorter so that you don't throw away your spear because he became concerned that you go to war and then you throw away your weapon and then what do you do? And so he said, we shouldn't throw away our weapons.

We should have big shields so that when they throw spears at us, we should be able to defend ourselves. And then our spear is something that we can use to stab and then we still have it. And just that one thing had a massive consequence in terms of Zulu dominance in South Africa.

We should have big shields so that when they throw spears at us, we should be able to defend ourselves. And then our spear is something that we can use to stab and then we still have it. And just that one thing had a massive consequence in terms of Zulu dominance in South Africa.

We should have big shields so that when they throw spears at us, we should be able to defend ourselves. And then our spear is something that we can use to stab and then we still have it. And just that one thing had a massive consequence in terms of Zulu dominance in South Africa.

Yes. Isn't it the space odyssey story with, I think there's reference to the ancient primates and the one group is able to pick up a stick, a bone. And the fact that one group is able to do that and the other isn't just means- That was a big deal. The other group gets obliterated.

Yes. Isn't it the space odyssey story with, I think there's reference to the ancient primates and the one group is able to pick up a stick, a bone. And the fact that one group is able to do that and the other isn't just means- That was a big deal. The other group gets obliterated.

Yes. Isn't it the space odyssey story with, I think there's reference to the ancient primates and the one group is able to pick up a stick, a bone. And the fact that one group is able to do that and the other isn't just means- That was a big deal. The other group gets obliterated.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

It's the equivalent of the atomic bomb. It's a game changer. Exactly. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Absolutely.

It's the equivalent of the atomic bomb. It's a game changer. Exactly. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Absolutely.

It's the equivalent of the atomic bomb. It's a game changer. Exactly. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Absolutely.

Right. It's the Dutch legal principle of res nullius is a piece of land or property that doesn't belong to anyone because there's no one there. Right. And so a res nullius is something that you can occupy. But that's not the narrative. That's not the mainstream narrative. I think there are very few historians who actually push this mainstream narrative.

Right. It's the Dutch legal principle of res nullius is a piece of land or property that doesn't belong to anyone because there's no one there. Right. And so a res nullius is something that you can occupy. But that's not the narrative. That's not the mainstream narrative. I think there are very few historians who actually push this mainstream narrative.

Right. It's the Dutch legal principle of res nullius is a piece of land or property that doesn't belong to anyone because there's no one there. Right. And so a res nullius is something that you can occupy. But that's not the narrative. That's not the mainstream narrative. I think there are very few historians who actually push this mainstream narrative.

I think most historians who are worth their salt now that the history of land ownership in South Africa is much more complex?

I think most historians who are worth their salt now that the history of land ownership in South Africa is much more complex?

I think most historians who are worth their salt now that the history of land ownership in South Africa is much more complex?

That is a very good question, and I think it deserves a long answer, and I might not have the full answer. Because I think it ties in with a lot of the problems that the West has in terms of this deep-rooted sense of guilt that Westerners have about their own history, about their own past.