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… On 22 January 1879, the British Army suffered its greatest defeat in Africa when 24,000 Zulu soldiers overran a British camp of 1 800 near Isandlwana Mountain. Over 1 300 of the British force were killed with over 1 000 Zulu casualties.The … Zulu army defeat British Army at the Isandlwana Mountain …

… of the Mfengu, Sir Benjamin D'Urban accepted the Mfengu as British subjects on 3 May 1835. In this letter he promised … Sir Benjamin D'Urban accepts the Mfengu as British subjects …

… A mass meeting in Cape Town requests British government to recognise British settlement in Natal. …

… serious unemployment problem. Therefore, encouraged by the British government to immigrate to the Cape colony, the first … Bay, known today as Port Elizabeth. Lord Somerset, the British governor in South Africa, encouraged the immigrants … population. This period saw one of the largest stages of British settlement in Africa, and approximately 4,000 …

… British protectorate in Ashanti, West Africa, is proclaimed a British protectorate and King Prempeh is removed. …

… The British fleet bombards Alexandria, Egypt. …

… Thomas Cook, British travel agent, dies. …

… British annex Tembuland to the Cape. …

… Italy begins occupation of British Somaliland. …

… The Swellendam Republic accepts British rule. …

… British West Africa, past and present …

… Some Notes on the British Connection …

… No British arms for South Africa …

… The Swellendam Republic accepts British rule …

… British coal strike enters fifth month …

… Forsyth escaped from her guards and took refuge in the British embassy in Luanda. She was a self-confessed SA spy of … Olivia Forsyth takes refuge in British embassy in Luanda …

… Sir John Frederick William Herschel was a British astronomer, mathematician, chemist and photographer. … Sir John Herschel, British astronomer, arrives in Cape Town …

… On this date, The British Parliament passed the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. The Act outlawed all slave trade within the British Empire, but did not abolish slavery; it only prohibited the trade in human beings. Any British naval captain who was caught transporting slaves was …

… On 11 June 1988, the British Anti-Apartheid Movement (BAAM) held an 11-hour rock … The British Anti-Apartheid Movement hosts a Concert for Mandela …

… During the Anglo-Zulu war Lord Chelmsford, commander of the British forces, took over the buildings of the Swedish … at Rorke's Drift was warned by two survivors that the British camp at Isandlwana had been wiped out by the Zulus. … attackers who got inside were fought off by bayonets. The British troops, who took shelter behind the stone walls of a …

… through violence. He went on lashing out at Reagan and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, accusing them of … Kenneth Kaunda accuses British Foreign Secretary of “kissing” apartheid …

… matter in these terms because significant sections of the British establishments have, at last and in their own … Grave misgiving are expressed about our adopting the "British model" of one person one vote in a unitary State. … our people, both black and white. Sadly, many prominent British people dismiss this perspective as "idealistic". They …

… The colony of Sierra Leone was conceived by British philanthropists and abolitionists as a home for … from other parts of the empire. Sierra Leone became a British crown colony in 1808. Throughout the 19th century, … friendship" and cessions from the local chiefs. After the British slave trade was abolished in 1807, the new colony was …

… 14 February 1900 British Withdraw from Colesburg Area during the South African War   The British withdraw from their positions around Colesberg and … British Withdraw from Colesburg Area during the South African …

… Naidoo, Billy Nair and Paul David sought refuge in the British consulate in Durban and asked the British government to intervene on their behalf. This left the British government in a difficult position. It could not … Political activists seek refuge in the British Consulate in Durban …

… during the war. As the 'scorched earth' policy of the British forces proceeded, families of the combatant burghers … camps, housing Africans who had been rounded up by British forces, was nearly as high. Defn: 'Scorched earth' … policy: In March 1901 Lord Kitchener, the commander of the British forces, decided cut off the supply of food to the …

… British Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, announced in the House of Commons that the British government has decided to impose an embargo on the … British Prime Minister Wilson announces arms embargo on South …

… On 21 August 1900 the Boers and the British again clashed in what became known as the battle of … entire Transvaal south of Delagoa Bay railway was under British control.   … Boers and the British clash in the battle of Dalmanutha …

… The British government publishes in Trade and Industry, guidelines for British companies operating in South Africa. …

… 1,000 dervishes are massacred by British troops in Somaliland. … 1,000 dervishes are massacred by British troops in Somaliland …