Basically as a form of fatal punishment, victims were thrown on to the rocks in front of the crashing waves. Even if they survived the initial impact, and could swim well enough to get through the pounding waves, the nearest beach they could get out of the water was about 1km away, and the executioners could easily walk it faster than an injured person could swim.
Whilst I was horse riding in Swaziland, I was shown their version of death by large rock. This mountainous rock is known as the Rock of Execution.
There was no second chance possibility here, unless they sprouted wings on the way down.
Elsewhere in the Drakensberg Mountains of Sth Africa there was this ...
Speaks for itself really. (Photo: Claire Norton)
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