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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, …
EventKing Sekhukhune is defeated by the British in war
… When the Transvaal again became independent after the Anglo-Boer War 1 in 1881, he was freed under article 23 of the …
PlaceCalvinia
… theologian and reformer: ' John Calvin '. During the Anglo Boer War in 1901 the Village was attacked by raiding Boer Commandos. Abraham Esau, a patriotic…
EventSA colonies meet to consider and adopt the South Africa Act, which leads to the Union of South Africa
… In the aftermath of the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902), Britain annexed the South African …
EventBambatha Rebellion
… tax on top of existing hut and dog taxes. After the Second Anglo-Boer War and before the unification of South Africa mining …
EventC James reports that South Africa is a poor market for produce
… He undertook this voyage during the South African War (Anglo-Boer War). As a produce distributor (Providore), he needed to …
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…
PlaceWierda Bridge, Six Mile Spruit, Pretoria
… the Burghers through Pretoria over this Bridge, during the Anglo-Boer War. Also known as the Sesmylspruit Bridge, close to the …
EventPresident Paul Kruger (78), dies of heart failure in Clarens, Switzerland
… a position held until 1898, before the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War. As British forces advanced on Pretoria, Kruger left …
EventLord Alfred Milner, British Colonial Secretary, and architect of the Union of South Africa dies
… South African War of 1899 to 1902 (also referred to as the Anglo- Boer War). His mission was to reconcile the British and the …
PlacePrieska
… than a few churches. Then, during the devastation of the Anglo-Boer War , Afrikaners spread throughout the area now known as … soldiers that were killed in…
PlaceLaingsburg, Karoo
… Memorabilia", which is about the Great Trek and the Anglo-Boer War and the ancient tools and implements used by the … the: 'Blockhouse Route', because of its…
PlaceSpringbok, Namaqualand
… (stone hill) that was used by the Boers during the Second Boer War as a fort for its incredible vantage point. "Views … mIne - Springbok’s first mine, and…
Article1946 Mine Workers Strike timeline 1867-1987
… South Africa, mainly from Mozambique and Malawi. 1970 Anglo American became the biggest mining group in southern … Africa. It had a high commercial profile,…
PlaceJansenville, Eastern Cape
… offers enough to keep one occupied. If you are a fan of Anglo-Boer War forts, one lies on the pinnacle of a Hill, just …
PlaceHugh Eksteen Photographic Museum, Polokwane-Limpopo
… photographed a variety of Historic events, including the Anglo-Boer War. Self-taught photographer Hugh Eksteen lived to the …
EventGeneral Barry Hertzog, former South African Prime Minister, dies
… of the Orange Free State (OFS), and at the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War in 1899, served as a legal advisor to the forces of …
ArticleTransformation in Southern Africa Timeline 1700-1800
… the present-day Warmbaths in northern Transvaal. 1836 A Boer commando led by Andries Hendrik Potgieter attacks … tribe had split into two after repeated…
ArticleThe history of Migrant Labour in South Africa
… enterprise, but they were turned down [35] . After the Anglo-Boer war, Randlords exercised power through the state as the … a result, the challenging periods…
PlaceVryheid, Northern KwaZulu-Natal
… the South African Republic, but at the end of the Second Boer War; the Town and its surrounding Area was absorbed into … was moreover intrinsically involved…
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. …
PlaceBotshabelo
… an indigenous language. Their work was interrupted by the Anglo Boer War and, even more so, the World Wars when access to …
PlaceFort Schanskop
… were gradually reduced during the course of the Second Anglo-Boer War. On the premises one can find a scale model replica …
PlaceSouth African National Museum of Military History
… as the Supermarine Spitfire. This Hall also presents the Anglo Boer War Exhibits, Medal Collections and a look at South …
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 …
PlaceNieu-Bethesda
… plays were written. On 6 August 1901, during the Second Anglo Boer War , Boer forces under Commandant Hans Lotter entered Bethesda …
PlaceOld Presidency
… Government abandoned the Orange River Sovereignty and the Boer Republic then took over the residence. This independence … of Field-Marshal Lord Roberts…
PlaceOttosdal and Letsopa
… a Garden of Remembrance for the soldiers killed during the Anglo-Boer War ; the Old Water Mill built in 1860 that is a … and an Old Farm Guest House, that is…
BiographyPieter Willem Botha
… fought as a commando against the British in the Second Boer War (1899–1902). During the war his mother was interned …