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ArticleTimeline of the German and Herero, Nama War and Genocide
1904 6 January, The settler Frau Sonnenberg tells German soldiers stationed at the Waterberg, including the Sergeant in charge, Sergeant Rademacher, that…
PlaceIndian Army Memorial
… members of the Indian Army that lost their lives in the Anglo Boer War . Sadly the years and vandals have taken their toll … members of the Indian Army that…
EventThe British attack in the battle of Colenso
… During Anglo-Boer War 2, the British troops under General Redvers Buller … SA National Museum of Military History. (1999). Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 ,…
ArticleBlack South African literature
The origins of Black South African literature in English lie in the Eastern Cape. The Glasgow Missionary Society founded the school of Lovedale at Alice in the…
EventTransvaal Republic tries Chief Malebogo
… return to his people during the South African War (Second Anglo Boer War). …
EventThe Vereeniging peace conference begins
… After the Second Anglo-Boer War (South African War), which had started on 11 October … meetings with them in their respective territories. The 60 Boer…
EventGideon Scheepers executed
… Commandant Gideon Scheepers, Boer scout and commanding officer during the Second Anglo-Boer War (South African War) was executed by a firing squad …
EventThe siege of Mafeking starts
… During the first week of Anglo-Boer War 2 , Boer forces besieged the small town of Mafeking (now … Cloete, P.G. (2000). The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology,…
PlaceRooigrond
… Valleifontein, a neighbouring farmer, took over the farm. Boer commando raids forced local communities such as the … post at Rooigrond in 1873, but was…
PlaceThe Old Presidency Museum, Bloemfontein
… when the city fell to the British Empire during the Second Anglo-Boer War. A trekboer family with the Surname of Brits … of Field-Marshal Lord Roberts,…
Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948
South Africa enters the War General Smuts signing the agreement at the first meeting of the UN General Assembly. Source: P. Joyce (2000), Suid-Afrika in die…
BiographyWinnie Madikizela-Mandela
Early YearsNomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela was born, the fifth of nine children, in the village of Mbongweni, Bizana, in the Transkei on 26 September 1936…
EventSimon Petros Matseke, prominent in African social and political life, dies in Pretoria
… Peter Matseke was born in 1878 in Pretoria. When the Anglo-Boer War broke out, he was drafted as driver for Boer Commandos. Through that experience, he…
EventBattle of Vaalkrans begins
… Among the reasons for the South African War (Anglo- Boer War), 1899 - 1902, was that the Afrikaners attempted to … battles fought on the European mainland…
PlacePaardekraal Monument, Market Street, Krugersdorp
… often informally known as the Transvaal Republic or Boer Republic, was an independent Boer-ruled country in Southern Africa during the second half … to the…
EventGeneral De Wet is defeated by British forces
… At the height of the South African War 1899-1902 (Anglo-Boer War), General Christiaan Rudolph De Wet was defeated at … Anglo Boer War Museum , ‘Anglo Boer…
EventLabram, manufacturer of 'Long Cecil' is killed by shell from 'Long Tom'
… Beers' workshop in Kimberley, was killed by a shell from a Boer 'Long Tom' cannon during the siege of Kimberley. Labram, … shafting. Within twenty-four days…
The Liberation Struggle in South Africa
The Liberation Struggle in South Africa homehomepolitics & governanceliberation struggleemerging…
EventAlfred Milner becomes High Commissioner and Governor of the Cape Province
… role in events leading up to the Second South African War (Anglo-Boer War 2). He assisted in negotiating a peace treaty that …
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. …
Grade 12 - Topic 2 - Independent Africa
In 1884, at the Berlin Conference, the European powers carved up Africa amongst themselves. By 1914 all of Africa, except Liberia and Ethiopia, was under…
ArticleRand Rebellion 1922
… in the price of gold.... Build-up to the rebellion The Anglo-Boer/South African War of 1899 to 1902 caused extreme … were introduced under the Milner regime…
Afrikaner
… celebrated annually even before the South African War (Anglo-Boer War). The centenary of the Great Trek in 1938 was the … and overtime became Afrikaners…
EventSA troops invade East Africa in their confrontation with German forces in World War I
… Britain had fought the Boer settlers in South Africa in the Anglo-Boer wars (1880-1, 1899-1902), so in 1914 many Afrikaaners …
PlaceSA Army College, Roberts Heights, Pretoria
… The Complex was founded around 1905, just after the 2nd Anglo Boer War by the British Army to garrison the City of … and the overall Commander of British…
ArticleThe Bambatha Rebellion begins
… of 1906 (Bhambatha Rebellion) and some also during the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902. The photograph, with its diagrammatic key …
ArticleSS Mendi
… towards the British over actions during the Anglo-Boer Wars . While in certain areas of the country such as …
EventEdward Roworth, SA landscape painter, dies in Somerset West
… to South Africa in 1902 with the British forces during the Anglo-Boer war. At the end of the war Roworth decided to stay in …
EventSouth Africa begins occupation of South-West Africa
… Few years after the Second Anglo-Boer War (11 Oct 1899 – 31 May 1902), the European continent …
ArticlePaul Kruger Timeline 1825-1904
… promise that fighting would stop if this happens. When the Anglo-Boer War I is successfully concluded, a triumph in Kruger's … and embarks on a voyage to…