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ArticleSS Mendi
… ever suffered in South Africa. During the First World War , there was a shortage of labourers, which despite the … towards the British over actions during…
PlaceStaats Model School, Van der Walt Street, Pretoria
… when, for a time it was used to House Prisoners-of-War, during the Anglo-Boer War . Single-storied red brick with ochre dressings. …
EventMilner proposes conditional voting rights for ‘non-Whites’ in SA
… the Treaty of Vereeniging, which signalled the end of the Anglo-Boer War 2, the British High Commissioner to South Africa, Lord … African History,This day in…
PlaceDitsong National Museum of Military History, Johannesburg
… has been involved in through the centuries including the Anglo-Boer Wars, the Anglo-Zulu War, World War I and II, the conflict in South West Africa …
EventGeneral Sir Redvers Henry Buller’s troops relieve British forces at Ladysmith
… a month after the outbreak of the Second South African War (also known as Second Anglo-Boer War), which broke out in October 1899. Ladysmith was not ……
EventKitchener succeeds Roberts as Commander-in-Chief
… Commander-in-Chief of the British forces during the second Anglo Boer War (1989-1902). He received the local rank of general around … Cloete, P.G. (2000)…
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…
EventPresident Paul Kruger and Commandant General Louis Botha issue a proclamation in Pretoria
… The proclamation was made during the second South African War (also known as Anglo Boer War II), which broke out on 9 October, 1899. The … History Online, …
EventNegotiators representing Afrikaner Republics travel to Pretoria to present terms of surrender
… At the end of the South African War (also known as the Anglo-Boer War) of 1899-1902, negotiators for the Afrikaner … (Accessed: 24 April 2012)| Spartacus…
EventGeneral De la Rey releases General Lord Methuen after his wounds are treated
… Towards the end of the Second South African War (Anglo-Boer War 2), General De La Rey released General … South African History Online , ‘Anglo-Boer War 2:…
EventDelagoa Bay railway line is officially opened
… a few years after the end of the first South African War (Anglo-Boer War) and the restoration of the Transvaal Republic after …
PlaceuMnambithi was called Ladysmith
… farming district became the centre of attention during the Anglo Boer War. After it it fell under siege from October 1899 to March …
EventBritish reinforcements arrive at Ladysmith
… at Ladysmith after a siege of 4 months, during the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). Ladysmith was not the only town to be under …
EventEmily Hobhouse addresses public meetings in Britain on the concentration camps
… of the Concentration camps during the South African War. These campaigns were aimed at raising awareness about … 1901. Lord Kitchener used this policy to…
EventNicolaas Jacobus Smit, Vice-President of the ZAR, is born in Graaff-Reinet.
… Netherlands, arriving at the Cape prior to 1688. Smit, a Boer general in the Anglo-Transvaal War and Vice-President of the South African Republic (SAR), …
PlaceMahaking, formerly known as Mafikeng
… From 1899 to 1901 (217 days) Mafikeng was besieged by the Boer forces during the second Anglo Boer War (South African War) . At the time of the siege, people…
PlaceNaval Hill
… The Naval Brigade took the canons with them after the Anglo-Boer war ended. The only visible evidence of Naval Hill's war …
EventSiege of Kimberley is raised
… During the Second Anglo-Boer War between the two Boer republics and Britain, Gen. French relieved Kimberley … Trolley Scan," The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 "…
EventLabram, manufacturer of ‘Long Cecil’ is killed by shell from ‘Long Tom’
… Beers' workshop in Kimberley, was killed by a shell from a Boer 'Long Tom' cannon during the siege of Kimberley. Labram, … when Kimberley was under siege by…
EventPaul Kruger is elected president
… place after a prolonged liberation struggle waged by the Boer republic against the British in the 19th century. The … as a British colony. In 1880 the Boers…
EventArrival of Chinese labourers in South Africa
… in 1904. This situation, in part, was the result of the Anglo-Boer War (South African War) of 1899-1902, that had displaced …
EventLouis Botha becomes Union’s first Prime Minister
… representing the Vryheid district in 1897 and also Boer general during Anglo-Boer War 2 , Louis Botha, was instructed by Governor-General …
EventHunter and politician Johannes Viljoen dies
… White person to see the Victoria Falls. During the civil war in the Transvaal in 1863-64, his people's army was … forces between Rustenburg and Pretoria. He…
EventGen. Louis Botha, soldier, statesman and first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, is born.
… is born near Greytown, Natal (now kwaZulu Natal). A Boer general and statesman, he was leader of the Transvaal army in the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902)…
EventAfrikaner patriot Danie Theron is killed
… patriot believing in the just and divine right of the Boer to stand against British interference, died during the Second Anglo-Boer War in an inferno of…
EventSt. John Broderick claims concentration camps are improving
… The British Secretary for War, St. John Broderick, told the House of Commons that every … of South Africa. The country was experiencing yet another war, the…
PlaceQueens Fort Military Museum, Bloemfontein
… to the present. The Fort was originally erected in 1848 by Boer forces to help withstand attacks by local Basotho … The Military Museum has many interesting…
Afrikaner
… celebrated annually even before the South African War (Anglo-Boer War). The centenary of the Great Trek in 1938 was the …
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 …
EventField Marshal Lord Roberts is appointed British supreme commander in South Africa
… Africa came after a series of failed campaigns against Boer Commandos in the South African War (Second Anglo-Boer War). The Commandos mounted pre-emptive…