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BiographyEdwin Cameron
… schooling at Pretoria Boys’ High School and thanks to an Anglo-American Corporation Open Scholarship award; Cameron …
BiographyJosiah Tshangana Gumede
… defected with his followers to the British side during the Anglo-Zulu war. His district included the personal homestead … which confronted the Zulu royal…
EventBotha’s Pass in Natal is under attack by General Buller’s forces
… amid the South African War II, also known as the Second Anglo-Boer War which broke out on 9 October 1899. …
Charles William Engelhard, chairman of Rand Mines and director of Anglo American, is born in New York.
… William Engelhard, chairman of Rand Mines and director of Anglo American, is born in New York. …
Sir Ernest Oppenheimer (77), financier, mining and industrial magnate who founded the Anglo American Corporation and politician
… financier, mining and industrial magnate who founded the Anglo American Corporation and politician …
EventRailway line between Cape Town and Beira in Mozambique is completed
… in February 1989, just before the South African War(Anglo-Boer War II, 1899-1902). On 16 February 1898, the first …
Sekhukhune, the Bapedi king, successfully resists the Boers’ attack on his stronghold during a protracted Boer/Bapedi land owne
… the Boers’ attack on his stronghold during a protracted Boer/Bapedi land owne …
Native Life in South Africa, Before and Since the European War and the Boer Rebellion by Sol. T. Plaatje
… in South Africa, Before and Since the European War and the Boer Rebellion by Sol. T. Plaatje …
Gen. Benjamin (Ben) Johannes Viljoen, Boer general, war hero and author, is born in Wodehouse district, Cape Colony.
… Gen. Benjamin (Ben) Johannes Viljoen, Boer general, war hero and author, is born in Wodehouse …
Shepstone proclaims Transvaal a British colony despite Boer protests and hoists the Union Jack on Church Square in Pretoria. ;
… Shepstone proclaims Transvaal a British colony despite Boer protests and hoists the Union Jack on Church Square in …
Shepstone proclaims Transvaal a British colony despite Boer protests and hoists the Union Jack on Church Square in Pretoria.
… Shepstone proclaims Transvaal a British colony despite Boer protests and hoists the Union Jack on Church Square in …
The War
… The flag of the Boer Republic of the Orange Free State On 9 October 1899 the … and Mafeking. This war was much longer than the First Anglo-Boer War and more…
ArticleSettler Colonialism and Afrikaner Nationalism
… Dutch Settlement Treks & Land conflicts 1600s-1800s Second Anglo-Boer War 1899 - 1902 South Africa in the 1900s (1900-1917) … Colonial conquest and…
Financier and industrialist Harry Frederick Oppenheimer is born in Kimberley. He became chairperson of the Anglo American Corpo
… is born in Kimberley. He became chairperson of the Anglo American Corpo …
Anglo American chairman Gavin Relly, in his annual report, urges the government to scrap the Group Areas Act.
… Anglo American chairman Gavin Relly, in his annual report, …
The Anglo American Corporation amalgamates its administration of Orange Free State mines and forms Freegold (Free State Consoli
… The Anglo American Corporation amalgamates its administration of …
Anglo American announces its decision to invest R4 billion in the zinc-mining project in Gamsberg, Northern Cape.
… Anglo American announces its decision to invest R4 billion in …
Anglo Platinum’s corporate communications group manager Mike Mtakati, his wife Nonhlanhla and his four children are killed in a
… Anglo Platinum’s corporate communications group manager Mike …
BiographyMokgadi Caster Semenya
Mokgadi Caster Semenya was born on 7 January 1991 to her parents Dorus and Jacob Semenya. She was born in Ga-Masehlong, a village near Polokwane. As a child,…
BiographySir George Grey
… to project tactful but firm diplomatic relations with the Boer republics. Autocratic and stubborn, but with exceptional … confined to exerting diplomatic…
The Lion and the Springbok: Britain and South Africa since the Boer War by Ronald Hyam and Peter Henshaw
… Britain and South Africa since the Boer War … Lion and the Springbok: Britain and South Africa since the Boer War by Ronald Hyam and Peter Henshaw …
General Louis Botha, as chairman of the Boer committee, announces his intention of convening public meetings in Transvaal distr
… General Louis Botha, as chairman of the Boer committee, announces his intention of convening public …
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Afrikaner Response and the 1914 Rebellion
… of Afrikaner nationalism and a desire to return to the pre-Anglo-Boer War days of the independent Boer republics. In this … to increasing capitalisation of…
BiographyKing Dinuzulu
… a process of national disintegration. After the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, Sir Garnet Wolseley, British …
BiographyAndries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius
… had advanced to a position of Commandant-General in the Boer army and was asked to lead an expedition against the …
BiographyBenny (!Khoisan X) Alexander
… Khoisan X, representing Khoisan X Investment Holdings, and Boer Coetzee, representing InAfrica Safaris, signed the two …
Lord Frederick Sleigh Roberts, (Field Marshall Earl Roberts of Khartoum) commander-in-chief of the British forces during Anglo-
… Khartoum) commander-in-chief of the British forces during Anglo- …
The Rev. Wilhelm Adolph Alheit, army chaplain for the Boer forces and minister in Colesberg, Dordrecht and Ceres, is born.
… The Rev. Wilhelm Adolph Alheit, army chaplain for the Boer forces and minister in Colesberg, Dordrecht and Ceres, …
The first Thirstland Trek, exodus of Boer families through Northern Bechuanaland to Angola that started in 1874 under the lea
… The first Thirstland Trek, exodus of Boer families through Northern Bechuanaland to Angola that …
PlaceKoffiefontein, Free State Province
… and Kimberley meant that it became involved in the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). Blockhouses, which served as defensive … district saw much military…