Danskraal

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Danskraal | other_name = Daimana | pushpin_map = South Africa KwaZulu-Natal#South Africa | coordinates = {{coord|28.537|S|29.795|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[South Africa]] | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = [[KwaZulu-Natal]] | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = [[Uthukela District Municipality|Uthukela]] | subdivision_type3 = Municipality | subdivision_name3 = [[Alfred Duma Local Municipality|Alfred Duma]] | subdivision_type4 = Main Place | established_title = Established | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | population_total = | population_density_km2 = auto  | demographics_type1 = | demographics1_title1 = [[Bantu peoples of South Africa|Black African]] | demographics1_info1 = | demographics1_title2 = [[Coloureds|Coloured]] | demographics1_info2 = | demographics1_title3 = [[Indian South African|Indian]]/[[Asian South African|Asian]] | demographics1_info3 = | demographics1_title4 = [[White South African|White]] | demographics1_info4 = | demographics1_title5 = Other | demographics1_info5 =  | demographics_type2 = | demographics2_footnotes = | demographics2_title1 = | demographics2_info1 = | demographics2_title2 = | demographics2_info2 = | demographics2_title3 = | demographics2_info3 = | demographics2_title4 = | demographics2_info4 = | demographics2_title5 = | demographics2_info5 =   | timezone1 = [[South African Standard Time|SAST]] | utc_offset1 = +2 | postal_code_type = [[List of postal codes in South Africa|Postal code]] (street) | postal_code = | postal2_code_type = [[Post-office box|PO box]] | postal2_code = | area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in South Africa|Area code]] }}

'''Danskraal''' is a historic site some 5 km north-east of [[Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal|Ladysmith]] in the former [[Kliprivier, Uthukela|Kliprivier]] district, said to be the place where the [[Voortrekkers]] camped a week before the famous [[Battle of Blood River]] on 16 December 1838 and where the first vow was taken which led to the [[Day of the Vow|Day of the Covenant]]. The name means 'village of dancing'; it was here that the Voortrekker commando was entertained with ceremonial dances by the Zulus of [[Matowan]] or [[Nodotta]].<ref name=dosapn>{{cite book|last=Raper|first=Peter E.|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names|url=https://archive.org/stream/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames/SaPlaceNames#page/n128/mode/2up|publisher=Internet Archive|accessdate=28 August 2013|page=128|year=1987}}</ref>

The South African Railways has locomotive workshops at Danskraal, which was still known as Daimana in c. 1935.<ref name="SAR&H Apr 1946">Espitalier, T.J.; Day, W.A.J. (1946). ''The Locomotive in South Africa - A Brief History of Railway Development. Chapter VII - South African Railways (Continued).'' South African Railways and Harbours Magazine, April 1946. p. 296.</ref> ==References== {{reflist}}

[[Category:Populated places in the Alfred Duma Local Municipality]]