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Stephanus Johannes Roos, Boer field-cornet in the Battle of Amajuba and in the Mapog War, is born on Kaspersnek at the Blyde Ri
… Stephanus Johannes Roos, Boer field-cornet in the Battle of Amajuba and in the Mapog …
BiographyStephen William Black
… Uitlanders (1913), Van Kalabas does his bit (1916) and A Boer’s honour (1916). During his career, he fearlessly …
Eugene Louis Jean Joseph Napoleon, the 22 year old Prince Imperial of France, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War when he and a Bri
… 22 year old Prince Imperial of France, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War when he and a Bri …
Colonial history of Rustenburg
… Mzilikazi, who Kruger accused of robbing and plundering Boer migrants. At Klein Buffelshoekthe Boers came upon Chief … leader. The Volksraad, or People’s…
BiographyMargaret Roach Killie Campbell
… his book, The Washing of the Spears, which deals with the Anglo-Zulu war of 1879. Morris wrote: "I owe the greatest …
BiographyDenis Theodore Goldberg
Denis Theodore Goldberg was born on 11th April 1933 in Cape Town, Cape Province (now Western Cape). His parents, Sam and Annie, had both been born in London,…
Francis Zaccharius Santiago Peregrino
… to all Blacks, whether in the British colonies or the Boer Republics. Peregrino, who served as secretary of both …
BiographyDr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo played an outstanding role in the South African liberation movement for over half a century - in persuading the Indian community to link…
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 6: The South African War and Union
… the ways in which the politics and culture of the Boer Republics clashed with the modernising thrust of the … resources, for advantage and for wealth. Even…
BiographyJoão Albasini
… postal service between the Delagoa Bay Portuguese and the Boer Republic. In 1859 the Transvaal Republic government …
BiographyWilliam Henry Beaumont
… Governor's office and the Executive Council. During the Anglo-Zulu War Beaumont served as District Commandant of the …
ArticleAfrica Timeline
… from Natal and falls into ruins. 1837 CE The arrival of Boer settlers drive the Matabele people north of the Limpopo … Protectorate in the early 20th century…
Constructing the Union of South Africa; negotiations & contestations, 1902-10
… the South African War of 1899-1902 (also known as the Anglo-Boer War, or Boer War), the British began focussing their … the Treaty of Vereeniging , which had…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Contextual Overview
… caused due to increasing tension between the independent Boer States (the Transvaal and the Orange Free State) and the … in Potchefstroom – leading to the…
19. Lawrence asks for exemption from discriminatory laws
… and qualification. 14.Your petitioner has served in the Anglo-Boer War, was a leader of the Indian Volunteer Ambulance …
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…
BiographyRick Turner
… earlier been to South Africa when he fought in the Second Anglo-Boer War . Rick grew up in Stellenbosch, Western Province on …
BiographyReverend Beyers Naudé
… May 1915. He was named after Christiaan Frederik Beyers, a Boer general who was close to his father, Jozua Naudé. Naudé …
ArticleA brief history of domestic service in South Africa
… and boys so they can go and work in the mines. After the Anglo-Boer war in the first ten years of the 21st century, there …
BiographyDr Alfred Bitini Xuma
Alfred Bitini Xuma was born on 8 March 1893, in Manzana, Ngcobo District, in the Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape). Xuma was the seventh child of Abraham…
BiographyTheophilus Shepstone
… had been an argument between the Boers and the Zulus about Boer occupation of Zulu territory; but in 1861, the Boers had … the British government began…
BiographySir. Theophilus Shepstone
… had been an argument between the Boers and the Zulus about Boer occupation of Zulu territory; but in 1861, the Boers had … the British government began…
Anti-Indian Legislation 1800s - 1959
… entered the country illegally (mostly at the time of the Anglo-Boer War) condoned and issued with condonation certificates. …
BiographyKasturba Gandhi
… South Africa for the visit of Chamberlain, following the Anglo-Boer War. He was part of the Indian deputation supposed to … Indian community feared that anti…
ArticleDecember 16 and the Construction of Afrikaner Nationalism
… an exaggerated kind, in which the hero was the Afrikaner Boer. He was pictured, first of all, trying to build a … Transvaal. In 1881, after the Boer victory…
EventDe La Rey is persuaded not to speak to the Burghers
… of South Africa, which was formed after the defeat of Boer Republics in the South African War. … South African History Online, ‘General Koos de la Rey, Boer…
PlacePhilippolis, Free State
… Opposite is the Emily Hobhouse memorial, a tribute to the Anglo Boer War welfare campaigner and to the central role the town … by the British and came under…
ArticleSources task: The Berlin Wall
These tasks have been broken down into smaller pieces to help you practice dealing with complex sources. The questions do not reflect the structure of the…
ArticleThe Roots of Segregation: 1860-1910
… they outstripped the productive capacity of most of the Boer farmers. In the words of Mr Hemming: "...It is an … The issue of land and labour had to be…
Man-made women: Gender, class and the ideology of the volksmoeder by Elsabe Brink
… of this concept was played in particular by the Anglo-Boer War and the emergence of Afrikaner nationalism during … to use the terms employ Anderson (1983: 15…