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… Eastern Cape Europeans who came to stay in South Africa first settled in and around Cape Town. As the years passed, … they sought to expand their territory. This expansion was first at the expense of the Khoikhoi and San , but later … 19th century South African History. The first frontier war broke out in 1780 and marked the beginning of the Xhosa …

… with the Tsar. In 1914 the Russian Empire entered the First World War in order to defend and advance its imperialist interests. … repeatedly exhausted and living conditions worsened as the war effort consumed most of the resources available. The …

… nations led by Egypt and Syria were involved in a bloody war in the Sinai desert and Golan Heights. The war began on the day of Yom Kippur with a surprise joint … the Arab onslaught, who made excellent progress during the first 24-48 hours. By the second week of the war, the Syrians …

… commanded by Major-General W.H. Evered Poole, entered the war in Italy in April, 1943. For the rest of the war the Sixth Division served as part of the British Eighth … troops were involved in heavy fighting. They were the first to enter Rome and cleaned up the last pockets of German …

… treat. The white settlers had defeated Native Americans in war battles for land and had had taken their land. On the … sent (ii) they wanted to claim Australia as its territory first before competing colonialists like France did. The … in Australia. The settlers together with their convicts first arrived at New South Wales (NSW), then to the Island of …

… le Roux Hostel was laid in 1899. During the Anglo-Boer War the building was used as a hospital and in 1906 it was purchased by the first Board of Trustees of the Orange Girls High School. The … was used as a hospital and in 1906 it was purchased by the first Board of Trustees of the Orange Girls High School. The …

… and the Afrikaners. On the grounds are the Dellville Wood War Memorials, which pay tribute to South African troops who died during the First World War. The terraced Gardens are magnificently laid … against the government's decision to take part in the First World War. Forty years later, in 1956, some 20 000 …

… The South African National War Memorial was opened outside the village of Longueval, … of the thousands of South Africans who fought during the First World War. The inscription was later broadened to include those … SA War Memorial is opened at Delville Wood …

… as Egypt, and Bechuanaland (Botswana). At the outbreak of war in South Africa, he was given command of the British 1st … solution was to intern them in concentration camps, the first time the term was used. It was also the first time that razor wire was used in battle. Extremely poor …

… of pioneering African political organisations. The first was the emergence a class of black African farmers who … the development of industry. Although the Second World War halted the rate of industrial expansion, it stimulated … and electronic companies.  In addition, World War II gave secondary manufacturing industry in South Africa …

… completed in February 1989, just before the South African War(Anglo-Boer War II, 1899-1902). On 16 February 1898, the first regular freight service began. After its completion to …

… to protest about the South African involvement in World War 2 on the side of Britain. Mrs H.E.C. Armstrong, one of … their request that South Africa should withdraw from the war. The first Afrikaner women march took place on 4 August 1915, to …

… an interpreter in about 1657. Since he had witnessed first hand the capacity of the Dutch to reduce indigenous … the younger leaders to join him in what he regarded as a 'war of liberation'. On a cold and drizzling day on 19 May … could not be fired in the rain with damp powder. The First Khoikhoi-Dutch War followed, which lasted almost a year …

… peoples to the four freedoms by having taken part in this war which can be converted into a war for human freedom if … the formulation of a Bill of Rights. In dealing with the first part of its work the Committee discussed the articles … standpoint of Africans within the Union of South Africa.) FIRST POINT - NO AGGRANDISEMENT Their countries seek no …

… The first South African State President C.R. Swart opens Melrose … 31 May 1902, effectively ending the Second Anglo- Boer War or Second South African War. …

… (ASCJ) is established in Cape Town, and becomes the first labour union in South Africa. This was largely a union … be stripped and searched as they leave work leads to the first mineworkers strike in the diamonds mines in Kimberley. … The union ceases to exist because of the Anglo-Boer War, but is re-established in 1902. 1890 March, The …

… colonial rule. The three major movements fighting the war, the Movimiento Popular de Liberación de Angola, (MPLA), … bases, and by the end of 1976 the ANC had established its first military base in Angola. The first group of MK soldiers was sent to a camp south of Luanda …

… is instructed to visit the goldfields. 14 September, The first large mining company on the Rand, the Witwatersrand … village of stands. The name Johannesburg was used for the first time the previous day. 5 October, Tenders to survey the … This is an important contributor to the Republican war effort. 31 May, Johannesburg surrenders to the British …

… contested the will his last wishes were respected and the first Nobel Prizes were awarded in 1901, on the 5-year … to rise up against a social system whose very essence is war, violence, racism, oppression, repression and the … advances we rely upon in the modern world. The first Nobel Prize in this category was awarded to Jacobus H. …

… and the local authorities to control their movements. The first time Pass documents were used to restrict the movement … 1709. Farmers at the Cape ran short of labour during the first British occupation of the southern tip of Africa in … regarding participation and neutrality in the Second World War and Hertzog resigned from his position as Prime Minister, …

… sends another delegation to the UK in the wake of World War I. 1921  The Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) … is expelled from the CPSA. 1943 Trevor Huddlestone is first sent to South Africa from Britain. He would later … is trained in both printing and sabotage. 16 December 1961 first action undertaken by Umkhonto we Sizw (Spear of the …

… a Memorial to 400 of Kimberley’s Men who died in the Great War (World War I) between 1914 and 1918. Designed by the local Architect … Annie Pickering, who lost both Sons in the War, fired the first shell from the Long Cecil gun, during the event. … World War Cenotaph …

… Clarification of this confusion is needed. Esme Berman's first edition of Art and Artists of South Africa (1969) gave … exhibition, however, new information came to light on the "first" SASA in the indeterminate period between 1897 and … suggests that SASA ceased to function when the Anglo-Boer War broke out. It is also interesting to note that the Press …

… had a child named Lukeni lua Nimi, who would become the first person to take the title of Mutinù (King) [ix] . Lukeni … of the Catholic Church in the Kingdom of Kongo The first meeting between Portuguese explorers and King Nzinga a … period of internal conflict a large amount of captives of war, refugees, and conquered peoples were captured by …

… during warfare. However, the events of the Second World War alerted many to the horrific consequences of war on the dignity and lives of people, including those not … on land and sea, prisoners of war and civilians. While the first and second Conventions provide for the treatment of …

… artillery to bolster British troops in the South African War. The British initially declined Canada's offer believing … Canadian assistance. Canada joined the South African War in 1899 with its first contingent of 1000 troops sailing from QuÁƒÂƒ©bec to … contingent of troops to the British in the South African War …

… and Nagasaki, Japan, were totally destroyed by the first atomic bombs used in warfare. The American government … use of the bombs by saying that they wanted to shorten the war. The bomb dropped on Hiroshima killed as many as 140,000 … Japan surrendered to the Allied Powers, ending World War II. The end of the war and introduction of the atomic …

… of the ICU in the early 1940s, the mine workers were the first to challenge not only their employers, but the racist … form of recognition. In 1942, the government introduced War Measure No 145, making strikes by Africans illegal, and … this, there were 60 strikes by African workers in the first two years after 145 was introduced. In January 1943 the …

… centuries including the Anglo-Boer Wars, the Anglo-Zulu War, World War I and II, the conflict in South West Africa … fascinating display of old weaponry, including some of the first heavy artillery guns which were used in the Anglo-Boer … and magazine-fed rifles. Artefacts dating from the first and second World Wars include armoured fighting …

… The first form of transport on land was, of course, WALKING! … on land. Around 3,500 BC, the wheel was invented. The first wheels were simply solid discs, carved from one lump of … played a very important role during the First World War. It is estimated that over 100 000 pigeons were used to …