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ArticleAfrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB)
… came into prominence in the 1970s. It aimed to create a Boer state based on the old Afrikaner republics. … [Schweizer-Reneke] is where we ended and the third…
ArticleThe Influenza epidemic
… included the death of 26 000 women and children in the Anglo-Boer War, the failure of the 1914 Rebellion , and the growth …
PlaceConstitution Hill Museum, Johannesburg
… built in the 1890s to house prisoners of war during the Anglo-Boer Wars (1899-1902); the Number Four Prison Block, a …
PlaceKimberley, Northern Cape
… many memorials and sites of some important battles of the Anglo-Boer war , most notably the ' Siege of Kimberley', in 1899 … between 14 th October 1899 and…
PlacePretoria Correctional Service Museum
… But construction only took place in earnest after the Anglo-Boer War, when the company 'Prentice and Mackey' started work …
EventCharles Robberts (Blackie) Swart, first state president of South Africa, is born
… his childhood was spent in a concentration camp during the Anglo Boer War. This did not deter him from excelling academically. …
PlaceFrankfort
… church was burnt down by the British troops during the Anglo-Boer War. After the war it was rebuilt and inaugurated in …
PlaceBurgersdorp, E.C.
… Triumph of the Dutch Language'). Badly damaged during the Anglo-Boer War, Lord Milner had it removed. A replica was made and … There is also a Memorial to…
Political changes from 1750 to 1820
… the dry regions of the Great Karoo. The San were raided by Boer commandos, who killed the men and captured the children … Natal, India and other parts of the…
PlaceBrandfort, Free State
… 60 km North East of Bloemfontein. It commemorates the Boer women and children (and also farm workers) who died in … concentration camps were erected in early…
PlaceWinterton, Kwa Zulu-Natal
… in the foothills of the Drakensberg. Close to the Second Boer War battle sites of the Battle of Vaal Krantz and … of Monuments and Memorials connected to the…
PlaceForts Around Pretoria
… such as Pretoria. and Johannesburg, etc. The claim that a Boer father would hand a twelve-year old a musket and one … expect him to shoot his supper! This…
ArticleIndian South Africans: 1924-1948 Legislation and Segregation
… The 1902 Treaty of Vereeniging between the British and the Boer republics ended the Second Anglo Boer War . This period saw a cordial relationship being ……
ArticleRole of Black people in the South African War
… an indispensable part in military operations. On the Boer side Republican law forbade the carrying of arms by … meant an employee going along with his…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Glossary
… South Africa of 1956 (The British Cape Colony and the two Boer Republics: The Transvaal and the Orange Free State). … of the Transvaal and Orange Free State…
Labour and Mining Revolution 1886-1940s
… Cape Colony in 1867 and of gold in the Afrikaner “Boer” controlled Transvaal Republic transformed the … Southern Africa through the use of war and conquest…
BiographyNthato Harrison Motlana
… a big slice of Johnnie, created from the unbundling by Anglo American of Johannesburg Consolidated Investments. …
PlaceKranskop, KZN
… Claridge and Dalton. From Battlefield sites of the Anglo-Boer War to historical churches, outdoor wilderness, …
ArticleThe Union of South Africa 1910
… over all the inhabitants of annexed territories. The Boer Republics, however, were chiefly concerned by British … Finally, denying the franchise to…
PlaceNorthern Cape
… all over the World come to Namaqualand to see the flowers! Anglo-Boer War battles The Northern Cape was very important in the Anglo-Boer War . One of the…
PlaceBethal
… The town's Memorial Square is the site of the burial of Boer soldiers who were killed in battle. One source lists several burghers (Boer soldiers) who fell…
ArticleColonial History of Port Elizabeth
… in the Transvaal, and the outbreak of wars against the Boer Republics, were all to benefit Port Elizabeth. As a … into South Africa by the British military…
PlaceMatjiesfontein
… international cricketers, fortification during The Anglo-Boer War, as headquarters of the Cape Command, refuge for …
EventRugby player Breyton Paulse is included in the national team after the ANCYL challenged the decision to omit him
… that a temporary cease-fire was called for during the Anglo-Boer War so that a match could be played between the British …
PlaceDundee
… leading up to the famous battle between Zulu impis and the Boer Voortrekkers. The most interesting feature of the Blood … and horse trails, are all on offer…
PlacePhilippolis, Free State
… Opposite is the Emily Hobhouse memorial, a tribute to the Anglo Boer War welfare campaigner and to the central role the town … by the British and came under…
Document 83 “Native Bourgeoisie as a Class”, Umsebenzi, 16 February 1935
… restricted by the oppression and strong competition of Anglo-Boer capital cannot be denied. But this does not mean that …
ArticleCo-operation and conflict on the Highveld
… The Boer Republics, and the Basotho kingdom (a case study) … and the Vaal rivers. This gave rise to the independent Boer Republic of the Orange Free State…
PlaceMiddleburg, Eastern Cape
… are scattered in the old section. It dates back to the Anglo-Boer War . The History of Grootfontein dates back to 1781 …
PlaceUniondale
… produces aloe crystal, gel and health drinks and the six Anglo Boer War forts - one of which has been restored to its …