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Anglo-Boer War 2: The Orange Free State Volksraad meets in Kroonstad for its last formal session.
BiographySimon Petros (Peter) Matseke
Simon Peter Matseke was born in Pretoria in 1878, but little is known about his early life except that he was a member of the Bakgatlo tribe. He was drafted as…
EventSelf government is granted to the Transvaal
… the parliamentary franchise to Black South African's. The Boers decided not to, and Blacks were excluded from the vote. …
Grade 7 - Term 4: Co-operation and conflict on the frontiers of the Cape Colony in the early 19th century
… interior, these Dutch settlers, also called Trekboers or Boers, made contact with indigenous people. In 1806, the …
Chapter 8 - Survivors
… were broken and a torch was shone into our room. The boers said; 'there's nobody here' it was so hot, that we … out, if you don't', we will shoot you." There…
EventBritish establish first ‘refugee’ camps during the South African War
… these camps was to provide protection to the families of boers who had surrendered voluntarily during the war. As the …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Glossary
… to fighting to the bitter end and directly refers to the Boers who kept fighting the British in the war after the annexation of the Transvaal and Orange Free…
PlaceConcordia
… sand local police, obligingly laid down their weapons. The Boers remained in occupation until early in May. When news of …
ArticleSouth Africa before and in the build up to 1899
… the outbreak of the war because political tension between Boers and British subjects in the Transvaal became worse. …
ArticleTreks & Land conflicts timeline 1602-1966
… in detention. 1867 Most of Moshoeshoe's land is overrun by Boers from the Orange Free State and he appeals to the British for protection. 1868 The Boers from…
PlaceuMnambithi was called Ladysmith
… were faced with the defence of a besieged town, whilst the Boers saw this as a strategic move that could topple Great …
Afrikaner
… War as an official war artist on the side of the Boers. As early as 1898, Anton van Wouw had started work on … farmers, also known as itinerant ('trek')…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Contextual Overview
… mostly consisted of Uitlanders because most of the Boers or Afrikaaners did not have the capital or knowledge to … below) implemented by British officials…