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… Sultanate in 1896 is most notable for being the shortest war in recorded history, lasting less than three-quarters of … morning to vacate the palace or face a declaration of war. Khalid refused and when the ultimatum expired the … during the British campaign in East Africa during the First World War and allowed to live in Mombasa on condition …

… Moshoeshoe expected them to support him and his people in war. In this way, Moshoeshoe built up his chiefdom from 25 … It was into this fertile valley that the Boers moved. At first, the Boers and the Basotho lived peacefully with each … had defeated the Xhosa on the Cape Eastern Frontier. The first boundary line In 1843 Napier, who was the Cape …

… camps by the British forces during Anglo-Boer War 2 (1899-1902). The first two of these camps (refugee camps) were established to … As result of a military notice on this date, the first two 'refugee' camps are established at Pretoria and … The Anglo-boer War Museum site: A History of the Boer Nation | Cloete, P.G. …

… districts of the Cape in what becomes known as the Third War of Dispossession between the Khoi-San of the colonial … London Missionary Society establishes southern Africa's first printing press in the Tyhume Valley. Materials … in 1834, a printing press is built in Genadendal, the first Moravian missionary settlement. It is still operational …

… is given two heifers. 1920 Kotane attends school for the first time at the age of 15, he feels ashamed when he is … to Kotane that he should join the Communist Party. At first Kotane refuses, saying he is too busy with the trade … the fight against the fascists during the Second World War. He is later released and all charges dropped when it is …

… United States of America. This rivalry was called the Cold War . The content of the new history curriculum is structured … technologies. In the Space Race, the USSR sent the first man into space, and the USA reached the moon first. The Sixties The 1960s is the decade from 1960 to 1969. …

… Voortrekkers and forced to flee across the Limpopo. 1840 First permanent White inhabitants arrive in the Pretoria … is established. 1853 16 November, Establishment of the first Volksraad. MW Pretorius purchases the farms Elandspoort … independent at Paardekraal. 1881 Battle of Majuba; the war ends with the restoration of the Transvaal Republic under …

… for South Africa. The SAP also had to govern while World War I was being fought from 1914 to1918 and had to deal with … personal jealousies, but it nevertheless was a significant first initiative at forming a united black political front. … allies to safeguard themselves in case of a war. At first, Hertzog and Smuts agreed to disagree on SA’s right to …

… of the Council of Non-European Trade Unions. World War II In 1941 African workers continued to maximise their … Africa largest trade union federation at the time. The first group, the Joint Committee of African Trade Unions was … CNETU joined unions around the world in establishing the first progressive International Trade Union Centre (ITUC). …

… When? The first recognised cases of AIDS occurred in the USA in the … Aids and HIV has puzzled scientists ever since the illness first came to light. For years it has been the subject of … Aids made the jump from animals to people by 1940 during a war in the West African country of Guinea-Bissau . A plasma …

… the Afrikaners had already been defeated in the Boer War (1899-1902) , but the British acted to appease the Boers … of the most lucrative industry, mining. This task first fell to the South African Party that prevailed in the Union’s first general election in September 1910, with Louis Botha as …

… century’ and the ‘World around 1600’. Did you know? As a first name for both males and females, 'America' means 'Land … Empire of Mexico held many riches. The Aztecs were the first great Native American civilisation with which the … This blood was supplied by victims were captured during war. The Aztecs therefore went to war continuously. Those who …

… Africans to view themselves as South Africans. After World War I nationalists fostered moves for self-determination. As … West Indian who had moved to the United States during the First World War. Preaching the unity of all blacks, he claimed that …

… The South African War To this day the reasons for this conflict remain the … debate ( read more ). Regardless of who provoked the war, conflict in southern Africa would have been inevitable … upon the later history and development of the town. The first was that of the Uitlander community, which moved to the …

… to engage in the mining industry. Before the South African War (Anglo-Boer War 2), these foreigners were treated as … Slums An earlier feature of these developments was that at first the poor were racially mixed and lived in the same … Moving to Klipspruit made life even more intricate. First, to maintain a 'respectable' distance between whites …

… anyone who disagreed with their policies. During the Cold War, there was a contest for influence in Africa, between the … voted into office just months earlier in the territory's first-ever democratic election. Washington, who was … in Africa. When Mobutu visited Washington for the first time in May 1963, President Kennedy stated: 'General if …

… 19th and early 20th Centuries. After the South African War of 1899-1902 (also known as the Anglo-Boer War, or Boer … Square in Johannesburg, crowds await the result of the first Parliamentary election of the Union of South Africa … under direct rule from Britain. General Louis Botha, the first Prime Minister of the Union, introduced the policy of …

… Dutch Batavian government in 1803. When the Napoleonic War broke out for the second time, the British feared that … origin in Cape Town. John Bardwell Ebden established the first joint stock private bank known as the Cape of Good Hope … in the 1860s and gold in the 1880s, set the stage for war between the British and the Afrikaner republics.  A war …

… celebrated annually even before the South African War (Anglo-Boer War). The centenary of the Great Trek in 1938 … and statues of Afrikaner heroes. J.E.A. Volschenk was the first Afrikaner to become a professional painter. He … published as early as 1905 and in 1915, Totius became the first recipient of the Hertzog Prize for Literature. In 1914, …

… in the 1960s. The Congo was used as a tool in the Cold War. This left a legacy that continues today. Tanzania … European powers towards  full political independence . The first country to gain independence was Liberia  ( 26 / 07 / … Interhamwe militiamen complicit in the genocide 1996-1997 First Congo War 1996 Rwandan forces invade Congo to protect …

… 'general strike' and passive resistance 22 September, The first batch of Indian passive resisters, consisting of 12 men … Gen. J.C. Smuts and Mahatma Gandhi. 20 January, The first group of Transvaal Indian women satyagrahis are … Gandhi leaves South Africa for London. August, World War I begins. Revolt by anti-war Afrikaner nationalists. John …

… Cape. Seven years later in 1510, Francis de Almeida the first viceroy of Portuguese Indies, also sailed into Table … between 1654 and 1659 resulted in open conflict in the first Khoi-Dutch war from 1659-60. By the 1660s, the settlement showed growth …

… and by 1902 at the end of the Anglo-Boer or South African War, the Afrikaners had once again lost their republics and … purpose. This policy was known as indirect rule. Among the first indications of a brewing rebellion was the killing of a … Botha. Thus, it was decided that Botha would form the first government as Prime Minister. On the 31 May 1910, …

… the 10* January 1879 as the beginning of the Anglo-Zulu war, while others claim that the 12 January 1879 (first attack) or the 22 January 1879 (first decisive battle of Isandlwana) marked the beginning of …

… The 1940s opened with the devastating Second World War in full swing. This decade also marked the gradual … Committee of the Communist Party. Josie Palmer is the first person on the right in the front row. 1945. © Communist … as a sub-section of the ANC, with Madie Hall-Xuma as its first president. All female members of the ANC thus became …

… removals in the apartheid era, Homeland politics In the first general election of the Union, held on 15 September … Minister of the Transvaal from 1907 to 1910, became the first Prime Minister of the Union. Hendrik Mentz of the SAP … Union was interrupted by global developments when World War I broke out in August 1914. The foreign policy of the …

… or pacifist reasons. Then in the early 1980s came the first overtly "political" objectors - Billy Paddock and Pete … road accident in the 1990s. The Committee on South African War Resistance (COSAWR) was founded by political exiles in … during this period). In August 1988 the ECC became the first white organisation in more than 20 years to be outlawed …

… services in support of the South African Second World War effort. The depleted Natal Indian Congress (also known as … the All African Convention (AAC). It coincides with the first meeting of the Non-European Unity Movement (NEUM). The … formally launch the national structure of the ANCYL. The first National Executive members are Anton Lembede president, …

… or People's Organisation (APO) as it was later known. Its first president was W. Collins. The APO, although it … rights of Coloureds. However, after the Anglo-Boer War/South African War when the possibility of a white minority state was first discussed, the APO focused its attention on the …

… Portuguese explorers rounded southern Africa for the first time about 500 years ago in their search for a sea … 19 th century passenger and mail shipping services, and First and Second World War shipping. Coastal vessels connected to fishing, whaling, …