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EventArrival of Chinese labourers in South Africa
… in 1904. This situation, in part, was the result of the Anglo-Boer War (South African War) of 1899-1902, that had displaced … plans to further development in…
EventBuilding of Delagoa Bay railway line is completed
… line was completed a few years after the end of the first Anglo-Boer War (also called Anglo-Transvaal War) and the restoration of the Transvaal …
EventEmily Hobhouse travels to South Africa
… for her exposure of conditions in concentration camps for Boer women and children during the Second South African War/ Anglo Boer War 2, set sail for South…
EventHunter and politician Johannes Viljoen dies
… forces between Rustenburg and Pretoria. He led a Boer commando in the First South African War (First Anglo-Boer War) against Montshiwa. Sources: (Wallis, F. …
EventGen. Louis Botha, soldier, statesman and first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, is born.
… is born near Greytown, Natal (now kwaZulu Natal). A Boer general and statesman, he was leader of the Transvaal army in the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902)…
PlaceRhodes
… a party of Boers occupied the village during the Second Anglo Boer War. On 2 December 1899 they were joined by a second group under General J H Olivier. On…
PlaceMelrose House, Jacob Mare Street, Pretoria
… museum. Melrose House played an important role during the Anglo-Boer Wars. In June 1900 British troops invaded Pretoria and … wrought iron conservatory…
ArticleSouth Africa’s electoral history timeline 1910-2009
1910 First general election that followed the establishment of the Union of South Africa. Only White males had the right to vote. 1915 Second general…
PlaceRichmond
… 1,602 were literate On 25 June 1901, during the Second Anglo Boer War , Boer forces under General P H Kritzinger attacked … is Karoo history. There are…
ArticleA history of the South African Constitution 1910-1996
… the Treaty of Vereeniging of 31 May 1902, which ended the Anglo-Boer War and laid the basis for the adoption of South … up a final Constitution. The birth of…
BiographyMohandas Karamchand Gandhi
… fourth and last son was born in Natal. In 1899 the Second Anglo-Boer (South African War) war broke out. Though Gandhi’s …
The Centenary Celebration of the February Revolution 8-12 March 2017
In 1917 ordinary workers and rank and file soldiers overthrew the Tsarist autocracy that had been in power in Russia since the late 1400s. This became known as…
EventKruger repudiates execution of cattle–herds
… of Mafeking (presently known as Mafikeng) in the Second Anglo-Boer War, two Black cattle-herds were captured and summarily … Cloete, P.G. (2000). The Anglo…
EventJan Smuts is born
… the South African Army. He also participated in the Second Anglo-Boer War (South African War). …
EventBritish establish first ‘refugee’ camps during the South African War
… Pretoria and Bloemfontein during South African War (Second Anglo-Boer War) by a military notice. The initial aim of the … British forces, decided cut off…
EventMelrose House opens as a Museum
… on Saturday 31 May 1902, effectively ending the Second Anglo- Boer War or Second South African War. …
PlaceAirlie, a Railway Station near Waterval Onder
… was killed in the Battle of Diamond Hill during the Second Anglo-Boer War, on 11 June 1900. …
Sierra Leone’s Pre-colonial and Colonial era military and security forces
The study of armed forces in Africa tend focus on the contemporary peculiarities with little understanding of or regarding for the history of the nations,…
PlaceAmajuba, a Mountain in Natal
… of Newcastle. The scene of a Historic Battle in the First Anglo-Boer War. The name is derived from Zulu and means 'hill of … Peter E Raper https://www…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Rustenberg
… of the building were delayed by the outbreak of the Anglo Boer War . During the war it was used by the British, as a …
EventFirst Black-owned newspaper is published
… order during the Second South African war (or Second Anglo-Boer War) from August 1901 until 1902. Imvo was discontinued …
PlaceAmsterdam, Mkhondo Local Municipality
… and out of gratitude for Dutch sympathy, during the First Anglo Boer War (1880-1881). …
EventZulu army returns to Nongoma
… to arm by Col. Bottomley to assist the British during the Anglo-Boer War, marched back to Nongoma. Two Zulus were killed in … Cloete, P.G. (2000). The Anglo…
EventSt. John Broderick claims concentration camps are improving
… war, the Second South African War also known as the Second Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902. … Camps: 1899 – 1902’ , 21 May, [online], available at www.boer.co.za …
EventKitchener’s opinion on Concentration Camps
… During Anglo-Boer War 2 (also called South African War) between the two former Boer Republics (the South African Republic and the Orange … Source: Carver:…
EventSouth African War: Thousands of Black men and women forced to walk home
… With the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Boer War (or South African War) imminent, thousands of Black … of being arrested for vagrancy, being shot at by Boer…
EventField Marshal Lord Roberts is appointed British supreme commander in South Africa
… Africa came after a series of failed campaigns against Boer Commandos in the South African War (Second Anglo-Boer War). The Commandos mounted pre-emptive…
EventErmelo is founded
… to a single standing house by the British during the Anglo-Boer War 2. Ermelo is the crossroads of three national …
ArticleSouth African Police Services (SAPS)
… we are familiar with today has its origin after the Second Anglo-Boer War in 1902. Prior to the war each colony or Boer republic had its own law enforcement…
ArticleLesotho Timeline
Pre-1804 Khoisan hunter gatherers are the first inhabitants of the region, before Sotho-Tswana peoples colonized the general region between the third and…