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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…
ArticleSudan’s Revolution
In December 2018, protesters took to the streets in response to austerity measures[i] imposed by then Sudanese president Omar al Bashir. Bashir had…
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 …
EventRudolph Lewis, South African road racing cyclist is born
Rudolph Ludewyk “Okey” Lewis was born on 12 July 1887 in Pretoria.[i] Rudolph was South Africa’s second world class athlete after Laurens S Meintjes.[ii] He…
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…
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…
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 –…
The role of Cecil John Rhodes' British South African Company in the Conquest of Matabeleland
Introduction European interest in Zimbabwe can be traced to the 18th century. This began with the arrival of Christian missionaries in 1858, who befriended…
The Battle of Square Hill
Participation as combatants in the First World War was reserved for men of “European descent”. [i] According to Article 7 of the South African Defence Force…
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…
BiographyFranco Frescura
… a Doctoral research programme, substantially funded by the Anglo and De Beers Group Chairman’s Fund, and in 1986, he was …
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. …
PlaceBeaufort West, Cape Town
… Nelspoort Estate. Nelspoort Estate has links with the Anglo-Boer War. That was: 1901,' in an effort to prevent the …
BiographyCharles Robberts (Blackie) Swart
… the board of directors of the National War Museum of the Boer Republics and of the National Women's Memorial, …