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PlaceHeritage Route of Transvaal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga
… pastoral Afrikaner farmers called Voortrekkers , or Boers , who in the mid-1830's began to probe Northward beyond … to claim all the land between it and the…
PlaceWinburg
Winburg was founded in 1837, by Voortrekkers at the beginning of the Great Trek. It was the first town established in the Free State and served as the Capital…
Chapter 7 - ‘We Are Also People’
… name when you grow up. Indeed, your father was telling the boers listen you chaps, WE ARE ALSO PEOPLE, as indeed we are. … and told how he had been kicked in…
BiographyDaniël Francois Malherbe
Daniël Francois Malherbe was born on 28 May 1881 in Dal Josafat in the Cape Colony, to P. J. Malherbe, a founder of the Genootskap vir Regte Afrikaners …
EventThe 104mm field-gun known as 'Long Cecil' is test fired for the first time
… Station, causing considerable alarm and dismay to the Boers. 'Long Cecil' did more firing whilst in service than …
PlaceVryheid, Northern KwaZulu-Natal
… Voortrekker settlers, by the Zulu King Dinizulu. After Boers; Local farmers, had helped King Dinizulu defeat his … the banks of the Mfolozi River. On August…
PlaceKoffiefontein, Free State Province
… months and at one point the Town was looted by the Boers and the people of the Town took refuge in the Mine. …
PlaceFouriesburg
A small Town in the Eastern Free State, close to the Border to Lesotho. The start of the Town was made by a number of enterprising inhabitants who felt that a…
PlaceSpringbok, Namaqualand
… locals as ‘klipkoppie’ (stone hill) that was used by the Boers during the Second Boer War as a fort for its incredible …
EventHerero people of South West Africa, now Namibia, begin uprising
… extermination of all White people excluding the English, Boers, Namas, Basters, Berg-Damaras and missionaries in the …
EventKing Sekhukhune is defeated by the British in war
… of the Pretoria Convention signed between Britain and the Boers, and he was granted a location. Sekhukhune was murdered …
The Boerenvereenigingen: precursor to the Afrikaner Bond
… Toit to discuss the Transvaal crisis after the Transvaal Boers had gone to war against the British Empire in 1880. He …
PlaceBrandfort, Free State
It was established on the Farm in the Free State Province, named "Keerom" (which means "Turn around"). Settlers occupied the Area in the 1830's and the Town…
PlaceMasjiengebou (Machine Building), Defense Headquarters, Pretoria
… use of Artillery pieces was not completely foreign to the Boers and that they had used the few that they had to great … Organisation in the ZAR was alien to…
PlaceWitwatersrand, Johannesburg (Gauteng)
… lasted for a fairly short time before these farmers or Boers as they became known became frustrated by the … settlers and the imposition of British law…
ArticleColonial history of Bloemfontein
… other Voortrekkers also settled in the area. Because these Boers were from the Cape Colony, they were still considered … led to the Battle of Boomplaats…
PlaceDundee
… By midday more than 3 000 Zulus lay dead, with only 3 Boers wounded. At the nearby Ncome Museum – with its Zulu war …
PlaceDonkerhoek
Donkerhoek, or 'dark corner' as it directly translates into English, is where the battle of Diamond Hill took place during the Anglo Boer War. It used to be…
Say It out Loud - The 1907 Presidential Address, Outdshoorn, Cape, 7 January, 1907
… did not prohibit the franchise to the Coloured people, the Boers themselves heir translation put it "naturellen" not " gekleurde menschen " . But Boers and…
PlaceTransvaal Province
The Transvaal is a historical region and former Province of South Africa, located North of the Vaal River, that existed from 1910 to 1994. It's now part of the…
ArticleIndian South Africans: 1924-1948 Legislation and Segregation
… of black people. As one author put it, “ While the Boers and the Britons half heartedly shook hands both joined …
PlaceBethal
Established in 1880, Bethal is a small farming town, in Mpumalanga. Farming in potatoes, maize, sunflower seeds, sorghum and rye. There is also a large amount…
PlaceOttosdal and Letsopa
The Town of Ottosdal, was established as a Dutch Reformed Church on the Farm 'Korannafontein'. This occurred in 1913 and was named after its owner, GP Otto…
ArticleXhosa
… Xhosa encountered eastward-moving White pioneers or 'Trek Boers' in the region of the Fish River. The ensuing struggle …
Nelspruit the Segregated city
… Agricultural production was reorganised, pushing landless Boers off the land, forcing them to the cities. The …
PlaceDelareyville, North West
This Historical Town in the vast North West Province has a rich History that is deeply rooted in South African Culture. It was founded in 1913, after the…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1600s
… and Khoi-Khoi attack, raid and burn down farms. The trek Boers are not to be confused with the Voortrekkers, who left …
Rustenburg the Segregated city
… as Coloured. They were the offspring of the slaves of Boers from Lydenburg and other areas in the Transvaal. They …
PlaceWinterton, Kwa Zulu-Natal
Winterton is a little Town found on the banks of the Tugela River in the foothills of the Drakensberg. Close to the Second Boer War battle sites of the Battle…
‘African Gandhi’: The South African War and the Limits of Imperial Identity by Goolam Vahed
… opinions were expressed. One view was that since the Boers, like Indians, were ‘oppressed’ by the British, Indians … opinion was that Indians should remain…