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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:…
EventHunting is prohibited in the area that is now the Kruger National Park
… the Sabie Game Reserve, the second reserve in Africa. The Anglo-Boer War halted further development of the reserve, but the …
PlaceDonkerhoek
… is where the battle of Diamond Hill took place during the Anglo Boer War. It used to be out in the sticks and people only … Hikes. Or it gives the chance, to…
EventRailway line between Cape Town and Beira in Mozambique is completed
… in February 1989, just before the South African War(Anglo-Boer War II, 1899-1902). On 16 February 1898, the first …
PlaceFouriesburg
… in March 1900. Pushing further they trapped the major Boer forces in the Brandwater Basin and with it also the … Burger Monument of the men who lost their…
ArticleTimeline of the Labour and Trade Union Movement in South Africa 1881 - 1919
… occasions. The union ceases to exist because of the Anglo-Boer War, but is re-established in 1902. 1890 March, The … and later has two branches in Cape Town…
A New Date For the Founding of the South African Society of Artists, and it’s Second Annual Exhibition of 1898
… after 1898 suggests that SASA ceased to function when the Anglo-Boer War broke out. It is also interesting to note that the …
BiographyKing Sarhili kaHintsa
… ‘Sarhili’ is not a Xhosa name and came from the name of a Boer – Sarel – that had been encountered. [16] Sarhili was …
EventThe Table Mountain cableway, one of the biggest tourist attractions in Cape Town, is inaugurated
… proposed rack railway were delayed by the outbreak of the Anglo Boer War. In 1912 the Cape Town City Council commissioned an …
EventChief Malaboch is taken prisoner
… his release by the British authorities in 1900 during Anglo-Boer War 2. The chief returned to his people and ruled until …
PlaceWhite Horse Stones, Naval Hill, Bloemfontein
… built by British troops stationed in the area during the Anglo-Boer war, perhaps as a direction marker for troops taking …
PlaceKoffiefontein, Free State Province
… and Kimberley meant that it became involved in the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). Blockhouses, which served as defensive … district saw much military…
EventPresident Paul Kruger and Sir Alfred Milner meet in Bloemfontein to discuss the franchise question
… the event of a war with England. The South African War, or Anglo-Boer War, broke out on 11 October 1899, and Kruger, now 74, …
EventElectrically powered units replaced Johannesburg's horse-drawn trams
… expansion of Johannesburg after the end of the Second Anglo Boer War increased to over twice it's the area to what …
PlaceEnon
… in the middle of three Cape Frontier Wars and the First Anglo-Boer War! In 1909 control of the town was ceded back to the …
PlaceLadysmith
… the early years interestingly, Ladysmith was initially a Boer settlement and was known as the Republic of Klip River. … ‘on the World Map’ at the beginning…
PlaceDelareyville, North West
… . It was founded in 1913, after the tragedies of the Anglo-Boer War , and was named after General Koos De la Rey. Today, … is dedicated to some of the…
PlacePearson Conservatorium and Prince Alfred’s Guard Memorial, St Georges Park, Port Elizabeth
… Basutoland War, 1880-1881; Bechuanaland War, 1897; and the Anglo Boer War 1899 - 1902. It was declared a National Monument …
PlaceReitz
… In 1903 it became a municipal area. During the Second Anglo-Boer War the Orange Free State government temporarily stayed …
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 …
ArticleSouth Africa and the Olympic Games
… to participate. One of the events at the Fair was an “Anglo-Boer War Historical Libretto”. This revue re-enacted scenes from the Anglo-Boer War (1899 –…
BiographyFranco Frescura
… a Doctoral research programme, substantially funded by the Anglo and De Beers Group Chairman’s Fund, and in 1986, he was …
PlaceNoupoort
… who were stationed at Noupoort during the Second Boer War (1899-1901). The troops were repatriated before they … to other towns like Rosmead. Noupoort also…
EventThe “Ossewabrandwag” is founded
… that Britain had invaded the Republics during the Second Anglo-Boer War. In that war Germany had actually supported the …
EventThe South African War: The lifting of the siege of Mafeking
… was an important battle in the South African War (Second Anglo-Boer War). The war began in late 1899; President Kruger … 11 May 2010]|North West Province. …