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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…
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 …
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…
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 …
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…
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 …
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 …
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…
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 …
BiographyFranco Frescura
… a Doctoral research programme, substantially funded by the Anglo and De Beers Group Chairman’s Fund, and in 1986, he was …
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…
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 …
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…
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 –…
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 …
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…
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…
BiographyCharles Robberts (Blackie) Swart
… the board of directors of the National War Museum of the Boer Republics and of the National Women's Memorial, …