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PlaceReitz
… In 1903 it became a municipal area. During the Second Anglo-Boer War the Orange Free State government temporarily stayed there …
EventSir Percy Fitzpatrick, author of ‘Jock of the Bushveld’, is born
… he only served one year. At the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Boer War in 1899, Fitzpatrick acted as Official Adviser on South …
Community histories of Rustenburg
… of Rustenburg. On that day an important meeting of the War Council took place in the vicinity, giving official … 1884 to 1899 with the outbreak of the South…
PlacePrieska
… than a few churches. Then, during the devastation of the Anglo-Boer War , Afrikaners spread throughout the area now known as the …
ArticleAfrica Timeline
… the second of the wars (also known as the Hannibalic War) was one of the most famous of the Carthaginian military … from Natal and falls into ruins. 1837 CE…
EventGeneral Barry Hertzog, former South African Prime Minister, dies
… of the Orange Free State (OFS), and at the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War in 1899, served as a legal advisor to the forces of the …
PlaceBeaufort West, Cape Town
… Nelspoort Estate. Nelspoort Estate has links with the Anglo-Boer War. That was: 1901,' in an effort to prevent the Northbound …
EventSA colonies meet to consider and adopt the South Africa Act, which leads to the Union of South Africa
… In the aftermath of the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902), Britain annexed the South African Republic …
EventBambatha Rebellion
… tax on top of existing hut and dog taxes. After the Second Anglo-Boer War and before the unification of South Africa mining …
PlaceBotshabelo
… an indigenous language. Their work was interrupted by the Anglo Boer War and, even more so, the World Wars when access to funding …
PlaceLaingsburg, Karoo
… Memorabilia", which is about the Great Trek and the Anglo-Boer War and the ancient tools and implements used by the …
PlaceWierda Bridge, Six Mile Spruit, Pretoria
… the Burghers through Pretoria over this Bridge, during the Anglo-Boer War. Also known as the Sesmylspruit Bridge, close to the Old …
PlaceOttosdal and Letsopa
… in the Province. There is also: a British Fort; ancient War Trenches and cemeteries; a Garden of Remembrance for the soldiers killed during the Anglo-Boer…
ArticleThe Zulu kingdom and the colony of Natal
… Indian in Natal, to read his report click here . The Anglo-Zulu wars In the 1870s settler and colonial … This policy was set to bring the various British…
PlaceVryheid, Northern KwaZulu-Natal
… the South African Republic, but at the end of the Second Boer War; the Town and its surrounding Area was absorbed into the … was moreover intrinsically…
PlaceFrankfort
… church was burnt down by the British troops during the Anglo-Boer War. After the war it was rebuilt and inaugurated in 1918. …
PlaceBrandfort, Free State
… 60 km North East of Bloemfontein. It commemorates the Boer women and children (and also farm workers) who died in … the Brandfort concentration camps during…
ArticleThe history of Migrant Labour in South Africa
… enterprise, but they were turned down [35] . After the Anglo-Boer war, Randlords exercised power through the state as the state …
PlaceCalvinia
… theologian and reformer: ' John Calvin '. During the Anglo Boer War in 1901 the Village was attacked by raiding Boer … force of 70 locals to defend the Town,…
Women at the start of the 20th century
… had no vote, nor were white women enfranchised. The Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902 (also called the South African War) had …
PlaceJansenville, Eastern Cape
… offers enough to keep one occupied. If you are a fan of Anglo-Boer War forts, one lies on the pinnacle of a Hill, just outside …
PlaceHugh Eksteen Photographic Museum, Polokwane-Limpopo
… photographed a variety of Historic events, including the Anglo-Boer War. Self-taught photographer Hugh Eksteen lived to the age …
EventWomen's Memorial is unveiled in Bloemfontein
… commemorate 26 251 women and children who died during the Anglo-Boer War 2, mainly in British concentration camps. Many …
BiographyPatric Tariq Mellet
… William Huntley was an English soldier during the Boer war, who was hospitalised in Mthatha where his grandmother … struggle over 20 months of hell he won…
PlaceBurgersdorp, E.C.
… Triumph of the Dutch Language'). Badly damaged during the Anglo-Boer War, Lord Milner had it removed. A replica was made and … Triumph of the Dutch Language'…
PlaceWinterton, Kwa Zulu-Natal
… in the foothills of the Drakensberg. Close to the Second Boer War battle sites of the Battle of Vaal Krantz and Spioenkop, … of Monuments and Memorials…
ArticleANC Origins and Background
… of South Africa, their treatment after the South African War and numerous laws that controlled and restricted black movement and labour. The end of the South…
PlaceMatjiesfontein
… international cricketers, fortification during The Anglo-Boer War, as headquarters of the Cape Command, refuge for Jamieson …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1800s
… districts of the Cape in what becomes known as the Third War of Dispossession between the Khoi-San of the colonial … entities competing with each other and…
PlaceFort Schanskop
… were gradually reduced during the course of the Second Anglo-Boer War. On the premises one can find a scale model replica of …