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ArticleThe Establishment of the Afrikaner Broederbond in May 1918.
… found themselves in the period after the First World War. With the end of the war, the boom conditions for South African agriculture came … economic and…
ArticleTimeline on the defacing of statues
… V is defaced for the second time. 2 April, The Uitenhage War Memorial which is a statue of a soldier mounted on a … Library gardens in Polokwane. 20 April, A…
ArticleDecember 16 and the Construction of Afrikaner Nationalism
… Mzilikazi – an apparent threat that the Boers would wage war if their requirements were not met. At the meeting, on … Transvaal. In 1881, after the Boer…
ArticleUnion, Segregation, apartheid and Democracy: From Union to non racial democracy
… Afrikaner interests still bitter about the outcome of the Anglo Boer War of the previous decade, and what was perceived as British … South African, with…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Contextual Overview
… Labour System Emergence of Classes The South African War 1. Discovery of Gold in the Witwatersrand: During the … in Potchefstroom – leading to the almost…
ArticleA list of South African Shipwrecks
… came into service in 1903. In 1914, during the First World War, she was commissioned as an auxiliary cruiser in the 10th … forces against the Boer republics…
ArticleSS Mendi
… ever suffered in South Africa. During the First World War , there was a shortage of labourers, which despite the … African Steam Navigation Co Ltd. She is…
Afrikaans community 1820-1899
… cosmopolitan character before the South African War (Anglo-Boer War) can be ascribed to the various … other businesses in Bloemfontein in the period before…
South Africa in the 1900s (1900-1917)
… to the founding of the first Boer Republic in Natal. The Anglo-Boer War The Voortrekkers in Natal moved northeast after they were … the two Boer republics…
ArticleTreks & Land conflicts timeline 1602-1966
… meets and President James Madison decides to declare war on Britain for Canadian territory. 1812 The Anglo American War breaks out. 1814 The British war…
ArticleRand Rebellion 1922
… during a period of economic depression following World War I, when mining companies were faced with rising costs and … in the price of gold.... Build-up to…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline 1850-1889
… valid. 1899 October 11, The outbreak of the South African War , the Second Anglo-Boer War, forces the majority of Indian, Chinese and other British …
African People’s Organisation (APO)
… and economic rights of Coloureds. However, after the Anglo-Boer War/South African War when the possibility of a white … Britain had conquered the two Boer…
ArticleThe Influenza epidemic
… months of 1918 and the beginning of 1919. The First World War, while not the direct cause of its outbreak, contributed … were constantly being moved between…
ArticleThe Zulu kingdom and the colony of Natal
… Indian in Natal, to read his report click here . The Anglo-Zulu wars In the 1870s settler and colonial … Note: Conflicting start dates for the beginning of…
ArticleSouth Africa and the Olympic Games
… to participate. One of the events at the Fair was an “Anglo-Boer War Historical Libretto”. This revue re-enacted scenes from the Anglo-Boer War (1899 –…
Afrikaner
… celebrated annually even before the South African War (Anglo-Boer War). The centenary of the Great Trek in 1938 … and overtime became Afrikaners. Oerder took…
ArticleSouth African Police Services (SAPS)
… we are familiar with today has its origin after the Second Anglo-Boer War in 1902. Prior to the war each colony or Boer republic had its own law enforcement …
ArticleThe Union of South Africa: Movement towards Republic
… however was short-lived, and by 1902 at the end of the Anglo-Boer or South African War, the Afrikaners had once again lost their republics and … Kruger,…
Community histories of Rustenburg
… of Rustenburg. On that day an important meeting of the War Council took place in the vicinity, giving official … 1884 to 1899 with the outbreak of the South…
ArticleTimeline of the Labour and Trade Union Movement in South Africa 1881 - 1919
… occasions. The union ceases to exist because of the Anglo-Boer War, but is re-established in 1902. 1890 March, The … and later has two branches in Cape Town…
ArticleThe Roots of Segregation: 1860-1910
… labour from the land. Finally, after the South African War and conquest of the Boer republics in 1902, the process … The issue of land and labour had to be…
ArticleAfrica Timeline
… the second of the wars (also known as the Hannibalic War) was one of the most famous of the Carthaginian military … Protectorate in the early 20th century…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 3: The Scramble for Africa: late 19th century
… and France had beenin a dispute since the Hundred Year’s War. These countries became involved in a race to acquire … time. European troops entering Kumane…
Colonial history of Polokwane
… a problem for both the Boers and the British. A bloody war between the Boers, British and Pedi broke out on 28 … unhappy with British domination, rallied and…
ArticleThe Bambatha Rebellion begins
… of 1906 (Bhambatha Rebellion) and some also during the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902. The photograph, with its diagrammatic key and …
In summary: Factors resulting in the crisis
… of Cuito Carnavale) | click here The SADF also fought a war in Mocambique and supported Renamo against Somora … no longer beneficial for their profits. Big…
A New Date For the Founding of the South African Society of Artists, and it’s Second Annual Exhibition of 1898
… after 1898 suggests that SASA ceased to function when the Anglo-Boer War broke out. It is also interesting to note that the Press …
Article2014 South African platinum strike: longest wage strike in South Africa
… from major platinum producers such as Impala Platinum, Anglo American Platinum and Lonmin Platinum Mines based in … the strike be hired again. The union also…
ArticleThe history of Migrant Labour in South Africa
… enterprise, but they were turned down [35] . After the Anglo-Boer war, Randlords exercised power through the state as the state … a result, the challenging…