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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 …
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…
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…
BiographyNthato Harrison Motlana
… a big slice of Johnnie, created from the unbundling by Anglo American of Johannesburg Consolidated Investments. …
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…
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 ……
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
PlaceKranskop, KZN
… Claridge and Dalton. From Battlefield sites of the Anglo-Boer War to historical churches, outdoor wilderness, …
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…
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 …
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…
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…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 2: The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… and how important their skills were to the gold mines. The Anglo Boer War led to the closing of the gold mines for two years. … the country illegally, mostly…