His Majesty King MisuZulu kaZwelithini officiated over the commemoration of the Battle of Isandlwana, which was held in the battlefield of the mountain Isandlwana in the Nquthu area of KwaZulu-Natal in memory of the Zulu army's bravery and resilience. The battle was part of the series of the Anglo-Zulu War, fought between the Zulu and British armies in 1879.