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EventSekhukhune successfully resists the Boers
… Sekhukhune I, King of the Bapedi, successfully resisted the Boers during a protracted Boer/Bapedi land ownership dispute. … Sekhukhune successfully resists…
EventBoers defeat British in the battle of Ingogo (Anglo-Boer War 1)
… protection of darkness. The battle claimed the lives of 8 Boers and nearly 100 British soldiers. *Note: This battle is … Boers defeat British in the battle…
EventThe First Anglo-Boer War: Boers defeat the British at the Battle of Majuba
… Standerton and Wakkerstroom. On 27 February 1881, the Boers defeated the British at Majuba Hill. Sources differ as … approximately 200 British soldiers were…
BiographyKing Mpande kaSenzangakhona
… of Utrecht (land that Mpande ceded in 1854) and the Boers wanted to get land from the Zulu for a road from … camped on the border of the Boer Republic and…
BiographyJacobus Herculaas de la Rey
… withdraw to the Magersfontein hills, they left behind 50 Boers to the 500 British killed or wounded. De la Rey blamed … haste to have Cronje's defensive…
EventBoers occupying Magagabe Hill shell Rhodesian positions at Basuto Kop
… The action that culminated with the Boers shelling Rhodesian positions at Basuto Kop on 16 … 1900 can be traced in part by Rhodesian fears that the Boers…
BiographyJohannes Willem (Jan) Viljoen
… with Petrus Jacobus (Piet) Jacobs, W. Prinsloo and other Boers as far as Lake Ngami in 1851 and the next year … as Sekgoma) that saved him from death after…
BiographyAlfred Milner
… to Cairo’, under the rule of the Empire. The Transvaal Boers, who because of the discovery of gold were becoming a … of Germany, which had friendly relations…
BiographyEmily Hobhouse
… Hobhouse attempted to improve the living conditions of the Boers and in many cases provided them with some supplies and … about the Indian situation, and was…
BiographyJoseph Chamberlain
… with Lord Alfred Milner , pushed towards war with the Boers, which culminated in the Second Anglo-Boer War . Early … Milner was pushing for war and making…
BiographyKing Sekhukhune
… of bitter wars ending in December 1879. In 1846, the Boers, claiming to have purchased the land from the Swazis, … of Sekhukhune's authority and favourable…
BiographyKing Cetshwayo
… camped on the border of the Boer Republic and promised the Boers a strip of land on the border if they handed his brother over. The Boers were prepared to…
BiographyChief Malebogo
… Range. Malebogo became chief in 1880. He saw the Transvaal Boers as intruders who were trying to change his way of life … of June to the end of July 1894…
EventBoers and the British clash in the battle of Dalmanutha
… On 21 August 1900 the Boers and the British again clashed in what became known as … lasted six days, ending on the 27th of August when the Boers retreated…
BiographyJohannes Henricus Brand
… Free State , one of two Boer republics formed after the Boers left the Cape Colony in the Great Trek. He was … the Sotho, and Moshoeshoe’s son Molapo…
Anglo-Boer War: British forces dislodge the Boers at Talana Hill in Natal.
… Anglo-Boer War: British forces dislodge the Boers at Talana Hill in Natal. …
ArticleBlack Concentration Camps during the Second Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
… unhappy because "... they receive no rations while the Boers who are the cause of the war are fed in the refugee …
EventDinuzulu refuses British instructions to take up arms against Boers
… refuses British instructions to take up arms against Boers …
Anglo-Boer War 2: Boers are defeated by Lord Roberts at Driefontein in the Free State.
… Anglo-Boer War 2: Boers are defeated by Lord Roberts at Driefontein in the Free …
PlaceAnglo Boer War Museum, Bloemfontein
One of the most significant events in the history of South Africa was the South African War of 1899-1902. Although the protagonists were Britain and the two…
BiographyTheophilus Shepstone
… idea was not well received by the encroaching Transvaal Boers. Shepstone reasoned that by extending British rule over … in the guise of the protector of the…
BiographySir. Theophilus Shepstone
… idea was not well received by the encroaching Transvaal Boers. Shepstone reasoned that by extending British rule over … in the guise of the protector of the…
Afrikaans-speaking Boers protest that the new electorate laws favour the English-speakers, and are an example of how Boers are
… Afrikaans-speaking Boers protest that the new electorate laws favour the English-speakers, and are an example of how Boers are …
The Boers of Potchefstroom and Winburg declare their independence.
… The Boers of Potchefstroom and Winburg declare their …
ArticleFirst Anglo Boer War
… the conflict arose between the British colonizers and the Boers from the Transvaal Republic or Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR). The Boers had some help…
Anglo-Boer War 2: The British under Lord Roberts conquers the Boers in the battle of Driefontein.
… War 2: The British under Lord Roberts conquers the Boers in the battle of Driefontein. …
Anglo-Boer War 2: The British under Lord Roberts conquers the Boers in the battle of Driefontein.
… War 2: The British under Lord Roberts conquers the Boers in the battle of Driefontein. …
BiographyKing Dinuzulu
… in the Transvaal. Early in 1884, they turned to a group of Boers on the Transvaal border to aid them in ensuring the … On 5 July 1884, the uSuthu, supported…
Sekhukhune, the Bapedi king, successfully resists the Boers’ attack on his stronghold during a protracted Boer/Bapedi land owne
… Sekhukhune, the Bapedi king, successfully resists the Boers’ attack on his stronghold during a protracted …