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EventEmily Hobhouse is born
… Women and Children Distress Fund to collect money for Boer families. As the secretary of the South African … at the situation. Concerned with the plight of…
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…
EventEmily Hobhouse addresses public meetings in Britain on the concentration camps
… 1901. Lord Kitchener used this policy to wipe off the Boer families from their homes including 3000 thousands farms … put on these camps. Some of the…
EventLord. Roberts arrives at the Cape
… of the British forces in South Africa during the Second Anglo Boer War . … 3 December 2013]| SAHO South African War 1899-1902 Second Anglo-Boer War [online]…
EventFormer Prime Minister H.F. Verwoerd is born
… his wife, Anje Strik. Driven by a strong sympathy for the Boer cause in Anglo-Boer War 2, the family immigrated to South Africa in 1903. …
PlaceCanadian Monument, Bloemfontein
… to the Canadian soldiers who fell during the Second Anglo Boer war. …
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 … plans to further development in…
EventBuilding of Delagoa Bay railway line is completed
… line was completed a few years after the end of the first Anglo-Boer War (also called Anglo-Transvaal War) and the restoration of the Transvaal …
EventEmily Hobhouse travels to South Africa
… for her exposure of conditions in concentration camps for Boer women and children during the Second South African War/ Anglo Boer War 2, set sail for South…
EventHunter and politician Johannes Viljoen dies
… forces between Rustenburg and Pretoria. He led a Boer commando in the First South African War (First Anglo-Boer War) against Montshiwa. Sources: (Wallis, F. …
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)…
PlaceRhodes
… a party of Boers occupied the village during the Second Anglo Boer War. On 2 December 1899 they were joined by a second group under General J H Olivier. On…
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…
PlaceMelrose House, Jacob Mare Street, Pretoria
… museum. Melrose House played an important role during the Anglo-Boer Wars. In June 1900 British troops invaded Pretoria and … wrought iron conservatory…
PlaceRichmond
… 1,602 were literate On 25 June 1901, during the Second Anglo Boer War , Boer forces under General P H Kritzinger attacked … is Karoo history. There are…
BiographyMohandas Karamchand Gandhi
… fourth and last son was born in Natal. In 1899 the Second Anglo-Boer (South African War) war broke out. Though Gandhi’s …
EventKruger repudiates execution of cattle–herds
… of Mafeking (presently known as Mafikeng) in the Second Anglo-Boer War, two Black cattle-herds were captured and summarily … Cloete, P.G. (2000). The Anglo…
EventJan Smuts is born
… the South African Army. He also participated in the Second Anglo-Boer War (South African War). …
EventBritish establish first ‘refugee’ camps during the South African War
… Pretoria and Bloemfontein during South African War (Second Anglo-Boer War) by a military notice. The initial aim of the … British forces, decided cut off…
EventMelrose House opens as a Museum
… on Saturday 31 May 1902, effectively ending the Second Anglo- Boer War or Second South African War. …
PlaceAirlie, a Railway Station near Waterval Onder
… was killed in the Battle of Diamond Hill during the Second Anglo-Boer War, on 11 June 1900. …
PlaceAmajuba, a Mountain in Natal
… of Newcastle. The scene of a Historic Battle in the First Anglo-Boer War. The name is derived from Zulu and means 'hill of … Peter E Raper https://www…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Rustenberg
… of the building were delayed by the outbreak of the Anglo Boer War . During the war it was used by the British, as a …
EventFirst Black-owned newspaper is published
… order during the Second South African war (or Second Anglo-Boer War) from August 1901 until 1902. Imvo was discontinued …
PlaceAmsterdam, Mkhondo Local Municipality
… and out of gratitude for Dutch sympathy, during the First Anglo Boer War (1880-1881). …
EventZulu army returns to Nongoma
… to arm by Col. Bottomley to assist the British during the Anglo-Boer War, marched back to Nongoma. Two Zulus were killed in … Cloete, P.G. (2000). The Anglo…
EventSt. John Broderick claims concentration camps are improving
… war, the Second South African War also known as the Second Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902. … Camps: 1899 – 1902’ , 21 May, [online], available at www.boer.co.za …
EventKitchener’s opinion on Concentration Camps
… During Anglo-Boer War 2 (also called South African War) between the two former Boer Republics (the South African Republic and the Orange … Source: Carver:…
EventSouth African War: Thousands of Black men and women forced to walk home
… With the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Boer War (or South African War) imminent, thousands of Black … of being arrested for vagrancy, being shot at by Boer…
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…