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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…
Congo gains its independence from Belgium
The colonization of Congo was precipitated by the persistently violent and cunning efforts of King Leopold II as well as the European explorer, Henry Morton…
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. …
A brief history on South African prisons and prisoners
… - Pretoria Central On 3 March 1873, the Volksraad (the Boer Republic parliament) approved the decision to build a … escaping. [2] The third prison - Pretoria…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
PlaceNorth West
… claim to fame: Siege of Mafeking (today Mafikeng) in the Anglo-Boer War During the Anglo-Boer War , a Boer force besieged the town of Mafikeng. …
EventCaptured Gen. Cronje and his wife are shipped to St Helena
… left Cape Town for St Helena as prisoners of war during Anglo-Boer War 2 (1899-1902). Cronje surrendered his commando of 4 … Cloete, P.G. (2000). The Anglo…
EventFive power stations are blown up as tensions rise during WWII
… of the latter country's support for the Boers during the Anglo-Boer War . The pro-German or pro-Axis groups resented the …
EventJan Christoffel Greyling Kemp, general during South African War, is born
… Kemp, general during the South African War (the Second Anglo-Boer War), Member of Parliament and SA minister of …
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 … en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad:…
ArchiveA death warrant for Afrikaans by Hermann Giliomee, 11 November 2019
… The Boers took on the might of the British Empire in the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902. The valour of the Boer bittereinders in the last two years of the war…