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BiographyAlexander Lionel Boraine 'Alex'
… Boraine then became an Employment Practices Consultant for Anglo American, focusing on training Black workers and …
EventZAR’s last Cruesot ‘Long Tom’ dynamited
… During the Anglo-Boer War II, the fourth and last Creusot 'Long Tom' of the … from the advancing enemy. Source: Cloete, P.G. (2000), The Anglo-Boer War…
BiographyKing Moshoeshoe I
… In 1854 the Orange Free State (OFS) became an independent Boer republic. As with the British, border conflict broke out …
ArchiveIsivumelwano se democrasi noxolo kwimigodi ye Anglo American Corporation (article written in Xhosa language)
… Isivumelwano se democrasi noxolo kwimigodi ye Anglo American Corporation (article written in Xhosa language) …
Britain recognises Kingdom of Egypt under Fuad I, with joint Anglo-Egyptian sovereignty over Sudan.
… recognises Kingdom of Egypt under Fuad I, with joint Anglo-Egyptian sovereignty over Sudan. …
The Turkish-Egyptian fleet is conquered by the Anglo-French-Russian armada at Navarino.
… The Turkish-Egyptian fleet is conquered by the Anglo-French-Russian armada at Navarino. …
Sir Ernest Oppenheimer establishes the Anglo American Corporation of SA with a capital of £1 million.
… Sir Ernest Oppenheimer establishes the Anglo American Corporation of SA with a capital of £1 million. …
Former Anglo American and De Beers chairman, Harry Oppenheimer (91), dies after a short illness.
… Former Anglo American and De Beers chairman, Harry Oppenheimer (91), …
BiographyMichael Guthrie Scott
This article was written by Ben Forstate and forms part of the SAHO Public History Internship Michael Guthrie Scott was born on 30 July 1907 in the village…
BiographySam Tambani
… he worked for seven years. In 1979, he was employed at Anglo American Corporation as a security guard. He was then …
BiographyLeleti Khumalo
… Cetshwayo and the Battle of Isandlwana, fought during the Anglo Zulu War . Khumalo also appeared in the television …
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 …
The First South African side to play in the sub-continent: Boer Prisoners of War in 1901 (Part 1 of 2) by Arunabha Sengupta (Cricket Country), 12 October 2015
… The Colts from Colombo and the Boer prisoners-of-war who played a two-day match in July … the Indian sub-continent. Oddly enough, this was a team of Boer…
BiographyJotello Festiri Soga
… returned to private practice in 1900. Following the second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902), Dr Soga was employed by Carl H …
EventGeneral Lord Roberts marches on Pretoria
… In the middle of the South African War II (Anglo-Boer War II), General Lord Roberts left Bloemfontein and … [Accessed: 11 April 2013]| Anglo-Boer War Museum,…
BiographyKing Sekhukhune
… detained a wagonload of wood belonging to one Jankowitz, a Boer farmer who had trespassed on Dinkoanyane's land to cut … annexed the Transvaal on the pretext…
Anglo American announces that it is transferring its main listing to the London Stock Exchange.
… Anglo American announces that it is transferring its main …
U.S.S.R. vetoes U.N. approval of the Anglo-French proposal for control of the Suez Canal.
… U.S.S.R. vetoes U.N. approval of the Anglo-French proposal for control of the Suez Canal. …
BiographyDr Mamphela Aletta Ramphele
… Democratic South Africa (IDASA) and a board member to the Anglo-American Corporation and Transnet. Mamphela Aletta … in South Africa (IDASA) and as a board…
BiographyNgoako David Thebehali
… of the Soweto College of Education, a project funded by Anglo American, and took part in the re-location of Vista …
BiographyCecil Edwin Frans Skotnes
… 1985-6: 1820 Settlers Monument. Collections: Anglo American Corporation New York, USA; Ann Bryant Art …
BiographyEdward 'Eddie' John Daniels
… Namibia) in the Consolidated Diamond Mines a subsidiary of Anglo-American. He went to work after primary school and …
BiographySamuel Makama Martin Masabalala
… years in Rhodesia and served in an African unit in the Boer War. Thereafter he worked at various times as a teacher, …
BiographyAhmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada
Ahmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada was born on 21 August 1929, to Indian immigrant parents in Schweizer Reneke, a small town in Western Transvaal [now North West…
EventPresident Paul Kruger and Commandant General Louis Botha issue a proclamation in Pretoria
… made during the second South African War (also known as Anglo Boer War II), which broke out on 9 October, 1899. The … another, serving as a vital source of…
Lourens Jacobus (Louw) Wepener, Boer commandant during the second Basotho War, is born in Graaff-Reinet.
… Lourens Jacobus (Louw) Wepener, Boer commandant during the second Basotho War, is born in …
Ulrich Gerhard Lauts, founder of the pro-Boer association in the Netherlands, is born in Amsterdam.
… Ulrich Gerhard Lauts, founder of the pro-Boer association in the Netherlands, is born in Amsterdam. …
BiographySimon Petros (Peter) Matseke
… of the Bakgatlo tribe. He was drafted as a driver for the Boer commandos during the South African War. During his time … Driver for the Boer commandos during…
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…
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…