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Shaka Zulu Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 1986 - 1986
Episode 1
Episode 1
Fri, Oct 24, 1986 60 mins
A 10-part dramatization of the life of the great Zulu warrior (1787-1828) whose military innovations helped build a nation he ruled through tyranny. In Part 1, the British send an emissary to Shaka, hoping to intimidate him into an alliance and cancel the threat to their colony at Cape Town. Shaka: Henry Cele. Farewell: Edward Fox. Bathurst: Christopher Lee. King George IV: Roy Dotrice.
Episode 2
Episode 2
Sat, Mar 16, 2013 60 mins
Part 2. Vegte (Alex Heyns) arrives at Shaka's capital and meets the king. While the others are en route, Fynn (Robert Powell) saves a girl who was believed dead, giving the Zulus the impression he has magical powers. Shaka: Henry Cele. Farewell: Edward Fox. Mgobozi: Vuyisile Bojana.
Episode 3
Episode 3
Sat, Mar 16, 2013 60 mins
Part 3. Fynn (Robert Powell) chronicles the love affair between Shaka's parents, Prince Senzangakona (Conrad Magwaza) and Elangeni maiden Nandi (Dudu Mkhize), and the divine prophecy for their illegitimate child. Young Shaka: Khubulani Cele. Mkabayi: Gugu Nxumalo. Shaka: Henry Cele.
Episode 4
Episode 4
Fri, Nov 7, 1986 60 mins
Part 4. Senzangakona makes Nandi a royal wife, but his later humiliation of her brings a death threat from the teenage Shaka (Glen Gabela). Mudli: Patrick Ndhlovu. Senzangakona: Conrad Magwaza. Jama: Sam Williams. Nandi: Dudu Mkhize.
Episode 5
Episode 5
Fri, Nov 14, 1986 60 mins
Part 5. Shaka (Henry Cele) rejects an overture from his father (Conrad Magwaza) and aligns himself with the Mtwetwa tribe, where he clashes with the general Bhuza (Bingo Bentley) over fighting techniques. Dingiswayo: Simon Sabela. Pampata: Tu Nokwe. Nandi: Dudu Mkhize. Mkabayi: Gugu Nxumalo.
Episode 6
Episode 6
Sat, Mar 16, 2013 60 mins
Part 6. Shaka (Henry Cele) instills a tough training regimen to prepare the Mtwetwas for a battle with the Zulus, which precedes the death of Senzangakona and Shaka's ascension to the Zulu throne. Nandi: Dudu Mkhize. Pampata: Tu Nokwe. Mkabayi: Gugu Nxumalo. Dingiswayo: Simon Sabela.
Episode 7
Episode 7
Sun, Mar 17, 2013 60 mins
Part 7. Shaka cedes Port Natal to Farewell and his men after Fynn (Robert Powell) helps him recover from an assassination attempt. Meanwhile, Farewell's wife learns that both Shaka and Farewell (Henry Cele, Edward Fox) have been declared dead. Somerset: Trevor Howard.
Episode 8
Episode 8
Sun, Mar 17, 2013 60 mins
Part 8. Fynn traces the history of Shaka and the Ndwandwe king Zwide (Khukekani Magubane) after Shaka orders the Britons to help fight Zwide, who was responsible for the death of Dingiswayo (Simon Sabela). Pampata: Tu Nokwe. Simpson: Robert Whitehead. Ogle: Ron Smerczak. Fynn: Robert Powell.
Episode 9
Episode 9
Mon, Apr 16, 2018 60 mins
Part 9. Shaka (Henry Cele) agrees to help build a boat to carry Farewell and a Zulu delegation to Cape Town, where they are imprisoned by Somerset (Trevor Howard); Shaka is furious that Pampata has borne him a son. Farewell: Edward Fox. Pampata: Tu Nokwe. Elizabeth: Fiona Fullerton.
Episode 10
Episode 10
Mon, Apr 23, 2018 60 mins
Conclusion. Nandi's death sends Shaka (Henry Cele) into a frenzy of destruction; Farewell (Edward Fox) and the Zulu delegation are banished from the colony after Somerset learns Shaka's troops are advancing on the Cape. Elizabeth: Fiona Fullerton. Somerset: Trevor Howard. Pampata: Tu Nokwe.
