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ArticleKwaMsiza - A Ndebele village
… ZAR-Ndzundza War of 1882 , when a commando of some 2000 Boers attacked the Ndebele capital of Namashaxelo. As a …
BiographyAndries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius
Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius was born on 27 November 1798 near Graaff-Reinet in the Cape Colony. He was educated by travelling teachers and became an…
BiographyRichard Feetham
Richard Feetham was born on 22 November 1874, Penrhos Monmouthshire, England. His father was the Reverend William Feetham, Vicar of Penrhos, Raglan, England…
BiographySidney Percival Bunting
Sidney Percival Bunting was born on 29 June of 1873 in London, the son of Sir Percy William Bunting, the founder and editor of the Contemporary Review. His…
BiographyBenny (!Khoisan X) Alexander
Benny Alexander, the third child of Estelle and Johann Alexander, a labourer, was born on 4th of March 1955 in Kimberley, where he also grew up. Following…
PlaceRailway Administration Building, bounded by Maitland-, Hanger, St Andrew and Harvey Streets, Bloemfontein
… became a major point of strategic fighting between the Boers and the British Army, led by General Roberts. The …
PlacePretoria, now known as Tshwane
… Peace Agreement document, ending the war between the Boers and the British , was signed at Pretoria’s gracious; …
PlaceMelrose House, Jacob Mare Street, Pretoria
… war offices. For 18 months, the war effort against the Boers was strategised from 275 Jacob Mare Street. The Peace …
BiographyEnoch Mgijima
When government police ordered Mgijima's followers to remove their settlement from crown lands, they resisted and police opened fire, killing approximately 200…
PlaceDarlington Dam- Lake Mentz
… seller of goods). He had lost Cattle in an attack by the Boers during the Anglo-Boer War , was said to have started … Farm in the Jansenville district. He…
Document 109 - G. H. Gool and J. A. La Guma, “Appeal of the National Liberation League for a National Convention of the Subject Peoples of South Africa”, The Liberator, September 1937
… AN IMPERI- AJJSM WITHIN AN IMPERIALISM. In 1901 we saw the Boers conquered by Britain, with the economic and political … passing into the hands of the…
Chapter 1 - Striking a balance between Tribalism and Christianity
… In May 1884 Dinizulu accepted an offer from the Transvaal Boers to drive Zibhebhu from his district. Neither Shula … government on 9 May 1884 which…
De Beers SA, the world’s largest producer of diamonds, agrees to pay $250m to settle four US class-action lawsuits that accused
PlaceRust en Vreugd, Buitenkant Street, Cape Town
… that it was built, in its present form, by Willem Cornelis Boers, the notorious Cape Fiscal, who owned the estate between 1777 and 1782. Boers was reputed to…
PlaceDefence Force HQ, Pretoria- Artillery Barracks
… and can scarcely believe when told it was erected by the Boers for the use of their soldiers. The entrance to the …
PlaceArtillery Road Barracks at the H.Q. of South African Defence
… and can scarcely believe when told it was erected by the Boers for the use of their soldiers. The entrance to the …