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EventGeneral De Wet is defeated by British forces
… events in the history of South Africa. On 31 March 1900 De Wet dealt the British a severe blow when he defeated …
EventDinuzulu refuses British instructions to take up arms against Boers
… borders against Boer invasions since the 31st of January 1900. …
EventAnnexation of the Orange Free State is announced
… At the begging of May 1900, the British Army, under Field Marshal Lord Roberts, …
ArticleThe 1st Johannesburg Biennale
… Ivor Powell, ‘Africus Another Planet’, Mail & Guardian, 05 May 1995 ↵ [8] Kay Hassan cited in Sean O’Toole, ‘Bowie in …
Document 24 - De Klerk’s reply to Nelson Mandela
… Executive Committee met in a special session today. (04.05.96) The Executive Committee received a report on the …
Article1946 Indian Passive Resistance Timeline
… indicate collusion on their part. Whites arrive again at 9.05 pm. and assault the resisters. Batches led by Dr Naicker, … group— to Resistance Camp. This…
PlaceCaledon Museum, Eastern Cape
… or two.) This House has ancient artefacts from 1840 to 1900. Then at the second Building, which is the Masonic Lodge …
PlaceMiddle Campus, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch
… summer home to author Rudyard Kipling and his family from 1900 – 1907. …
EventThe battle of Donkerhoek (Diamond Hill) marks the continuation of the South African War
… On 11 June, 1900, Boer commandos and British forces clashed at Donkerhoek …
PlaceCape Town, Western Province
… not be educated together! In Juta’s Cape Town Directory of 1900 the addresses of all Whites in each street were listed … of "freedom of association" existed…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Source-Based Questions and Answers
Based on the 2012 Grade 10 NSC Exemplar Paper: Grade 10 Past Exam Paper Grade 10 Source Addendum Grade 10 Past Exam Memo Source A: Source…
EventBoers and the British clash in the battle of Dalmanutha
… On 21 August 1900 the Boers and the British again clashed in what became …
ArticleThe Zulu kingdom and the colony of Natal
The need for a controlled labour force: Indentured Labourers There is an indentured labour gallery on the SAHO site, webteam please select an image from there…
ArticleBoipatong massacre - 17 June 1992
On 17 June 1992 the Joe Slovo Informal settlement in Boipatong outside Vereeniging was attacked by a group of about 300 armed men from Kwa Madala Hostel in…
EventNigerian political campaigner, women’s rights activist and traditional aristocrat, Funmilayo Ransome Kuti is born
… was born Francis Abigail Olufunmilayo Thomas on 25 October 1900 in Abeokuta, Nigeria. Kuti founded a women’s … Cafe Africana Funmilayo Ransome Kuti (1900…
EventCaptured Gen. Cronje and his wife are shipped to St Helena
… 4 000 men to British forces at Paardeberg on 28 February 1900 and was banished to St Helena, an island in the Atlantic …
Chapter 7 - Defining the process
Codesa's first plenary session boosted the chances of a speedy resolution to South Africa's conflict and of substantive negotiation towards democracy. By now,…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 4 Essay Questions and Answers
Shaka Zulu Legacy Essay questions on Shaka Zulu’s legacy will be asked as 8-mark questions where students have to use sources to answer the question. The…
EventSouth Africa concludes an agreement with the Marconi Company for a high
… but five Marconi installations on naval cruisers in 1900 proved successful. By 1912, there were Marconi stations …
EventCongo Free State becomes the Belgian Congo
King Leopold II of Belgium handed over the Congo to the Belgian state on this date. Previously he held it as a private project undertaken to extract rubber and…
PlaceOld Presidency
… 1888. Presidents F.W. Reitz (1888–95) and M.T. Steyn (1896-1900) also resided in the building until the British occupation of Bloemfontein on 13 March 1900…
EventGen. Louis Botha, soldier, statesman and first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, is born.
… army in the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) from March 1900, and he was one of the architects of the Union of South …
BiographyKasturba Gandhi
… decision was the result of different reasons. Kasturba, by 1900, had given birth to four sons, and the childbirths were …
EventM.K. Gandhi is forcibly removed from a whites-only train carriage
On 7 June 1893, M.K Gandhi, later known as "The Mahatma" or "Great Soul" was forcibly removed from a whites-only carriage on a train in Pietermaritzburg, for…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… 1899 Outbreak of the South African War Timeline: Cape Town 1900-1959 1901 Outbreak of plague at Cape Town Township of … with Dr. P. Koornhof. 20 March, A…
ArticleChieftaincy and Kingship in South Africa
… and the Concept of Articulation: South Africa ca. 1900-1950, Beinhart states: It is widely recognized that the … and the Concept of Articulation: South…
ArticleEarly hominid discoveries in South Africa and East Africa
Evolution refers to the slow process of human adaptation over millions of years. The roots of humanity are believed to lie in South Africa, where the earliest…
EventEquatorial Guinea gains Independence from Spain
… mainland of Equatorial Guinea became a Spanish colony in 1900. With increasing nationalist sentiment and escalating …
EventThe cornerstone of Cape Town City Hall is laid
… Ball, laid the corner stone of the City Hall on 29 August 1900, but the hall was only opened in 1905. It was designed …
EventBoers occupying Magagabe Hill shell Rhodesian positions at Basuto Kop
… shelling Rhodesian positions at Basuto Kop on 16 February 1900 can be traced in part by Rhodesian fears that the Boers …