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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 –…
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 …
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…
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…