'' King 's Gold '' is a novel by South African author Glenn Macaskill , published in 2003 by Crest Publishing . It contains graphic ( though fictional ) references to the Gukurahundi , the occupation of Matabeleland by Zimbabwe 's Fifth Brigade in the 1980s . The majority of the book is centred on two main plotlines : The political efforts of the Zimbabwe African People 's Union , and the discovery and subsequent extraction of an ancient treasure , a solid gold bird statue created at the whim of King Mzilikazi some 180 years before
Gukurahundi
Gukurahundi
King's Gold