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EventErmelo is founded
… to a single standing house by the British during the Anglo-Boer War 2. Ermelo is the crossroads of three national …
ArticleSouth African Police Services (SAPS)
… we are familiar with today has its origin after the Second Anglo-Boer War in 1902. Prior to the war each colony or Boer republic had its own law enforcement…
PlaceIndian Army Memorial
… members of the Indian Army that lost their lives in the Anglo Boer War . Sadly the years and vandals have taken their toll … members of the Indian Army that…
EventThe British attack in the battle of Colenso
… During Anglo-Boer War 2, the British troops under General Redvers Buller … SA National Museum of Military History. (1999). Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 ,…
EventTransvaal Republic tries Chief Malebogo
… return to his people during the South African War (Second Anglo Boer War). …
EventDundee and Glencoe are retaken by General Sir Redvers Buller troops during the South African War II
… Buller troops as the South African War II 1899-1902 (Anglo-Boer War II 1899-1902) intensified. The area west of Glencoe … Gillings, K. ‘After the Siege: The…
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,…
EventThe Vereeniging peace conference begins
… After the Second Anglo-Boer War (South African War), which had started on 11 October … meetings with them in their respective territories. The 60 Boer…
EventGideon Scheepers executed
… Commandant Gideon Scheepers, Boer scout and commanding officer during the Second Anglo-Boer War (South African War) was executed by a firing squad …
EventThe siege of Mafeking starts
… During the first week of Anglo-Boer War 2 , Boer forces besieged the small town of Mafeking (now … Cloete, P.G. (2000). The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology,…
PlaceRooigrond
… Valleifontein, a neighbouring farmer, took over the farm. Boer commando raids forced local communities such as the … post at Rooigrond in 1873, but was…
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. …
PlaceThe Old Presidency Museum, Bloemfontein
… when the city fell to the British Empire during the Second Anglo-Boer War. A trekboer family with the Surname of Brits … of Field-Marshal Lord Roberts,…
EventSimon Petros Matseke, prominent in African social and political life, dies in Pretoria
… Peter Matseke was born in 1878 in Pretoria. When the Anglo-Boer War broke out, he was drafted as driver for Boer Commandos. Through that experience, he…
EventBattle of Vaalkrans begins
… Among the reasons for the South African War (Anglo- Boer War), 1899 - 1902, was that the Afrikaners attempted to … battles fought on the European mainland…
PlacePaardekraal Monument, Market Street, Krugersdorp
… often informally known as the Transvaal Republic or Boer Republic, was an independent Boer-ruled country in Southern Africa during the second half … to the…
EventGeneral De Wet is defeated by British forces
… At the height of the South African War 1899-1902 (Anglo-Boer War), General Christiaan Rudolph De Wet was defeated at … Anglo Boer War Museum , ‘Anglo Boer…
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, … shafting. Within twenty-four days…
EventAlfred Milner becomes High Commissioner and Governor of the Cape Province
… role in events leading up to the Second South African War (Anglo-Boer War 2). He assisted in negotiating a peace treaty that …
EventAfrikaner women march to the union buildings in protest of SA’s involvement in WW2
… 1915, to request the release of Gen. C.R. de Wet, an Anglo-Boer War 2 hero. …
ArticleRand Rebellion 1922
… in the price of gold.... Build-up to the rebellion The Anglo-Boer/South African War of 1899 to 1902 caused extreme … were introduced under the Milner regime…
EventSA troops invade East Africa in their confrontation with German forces in World War I
… Britain had fought the Boer settlers in South Africa in the Anglo-Boer wars (1880-1, 1899-1902), so in 1914 many Afrikaaners …
Afrikaner
… celebrated annually even before the South African War (Anglo-Boer War). The centenary of the Great Trek in 1938 was the … and overtime became Afrikaners…
PlaceSA Army College, Roberts Heights, Pretoria
… The Complex was founded around 1905, just after the 2nd Anglo Boer War by the British Army to garrison the City of … and the overall Commander of British…
EventEdward Roworth, SA landscape painter, dies in Somerset West
… to South Africa in 1902 with the British forces during the Anglo-Boer war. At the end of the war Roworth decided to stay in …
EventSouth Africa begins occupation of South-West Africa
… Few years after the Second Anglo-Boer War (11 Oct 1899 – 31 May 1902), the European continent …
ArticleThe Bambatha Rebellion begins
… of 1906 (Bhambatha Rebellion) and some also during the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902. The photograph, with its diagrammatic key …
ArticleSS Mendi
… towards the British over actions during the Anglo-Boer Wars . While in certain areas of the country such as …
ArticlePaul Kruger Timeline 1825-1904
… promise that fighting would stop if this happens. When the Anglo-Boer War I is successfully concluded, a triumph in Kruger's … and embarks on a voyage to…
EventThe corner stone of the Union Buildings in Pretoria is laid
… been divided into two British colonies and two independent Boer republics, which were all unified into one country after the Anglo Boer War. The two wings of…