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EventThe corner stone of the Union Buildings in Pretoria is laid
… been divided into two British colonies and two independent Boer republics, which were all unified into one country after the Anglo Boer War. The two wings of…
EventThe corner stone of the Union Buildings in Pretoria is laid.
… been divided into two British colonies and two independent Boer republics, which were all unified into one country after the Anglo Boer War. The two wings of…
PlaceNorth West
… claim to fame: Siege of Mafeking (today Mafikeng) in the Anglo-Boer War During the Anglo-Boer War , a Boer force besieged the town of Mafikeng. …
EventCaptured Gen. Cronje and his wife are shipped to St Helena
… left Cape Town for St Helena as prisoners of war during Anglo-Boer War 2 (1899-1902). Cronje surrendered his commando of 4 … Cloete, P.G. (2000). The Anglo…
EventFive power stations are blown up as tensions rise during WWII
… of the latter country's support for the Boers during the Anglo-Boer War . The pro-German or pro-Axis groups resented the …
EventThe Queen mother Elizabeth is born.
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was born on 4 August 1900. Queen Elizabeth Angela was the ninth child and daughter of Claude George Bowes-Lyon, father…
EventJan Christoffel Greyling Kemp, general during South African War, is born
… Kemp, general during the South African War (the Second Anglo-Boer War), Member of Parliament and SA minister of …
EventWomen’s Memorial is unveiled in Bloemfontein
… commemorate 26 251 women and children who died during the Anglo-Boer War 2, mainly in British concentration camps. Many … en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad:…
Margaret Thatcher's role in SA's transformation by FW de Klerk, 5 December 2016
… the Xhosas; the Zulus; and my people, the Afrikaners. The Anglo-Boer War was by far the biggest of the 50 or so wars that … - who were so admired by Europe…
EventHunting is prohibited in the area that is now the Kruger National Park
… the Sabie Game Reserve, the second reserve in Africa. The Anglo-Boer War halted further development of the reserve, but the …
PlaceDonkerhoek
… is where the battle of Diamond Hill took place during the Anglo Boer War. It used to be out in the sticks and people only … Hikes. Or it gives the chance, to…
ArticleTimeline of the Labour and Trade Union Movement in South Africa 1881 - 1919
… occasions. The union ceases to exist because of the Anglo-Boer War, but is re-established in 1902. 1890 March, The … and later has two branches in Cape Town…
PlaceFouriesburg
… in March 1900. Pushing further they trapped the major Boer forces in the Brandwater Basin and with it also the … Burger Monument of the men who lost their…
A New Date For the Founding of the South African Society of Artists, and it’s Second Annual Exhibition of 1898
… after 1898 suggests that SASA ceased to function when the Anglo-Boer War broke out. It is also interesting to note that the …
BiographyKing Sarhili kaHintsa
… ‘Sarhili’ is not a Xhosa name and came from the name of a Boer – Sarel – that had been encountered. [16] Sarhili was …
ArticleHerero Revolt 1904-1907
Present day Namibia was once a part of the imperial German empire. As was common during the scramble for Africa in the latter half of the nineteenth century,…
EventThe Table Mountain cableway, one of the biggest tourist attractions in Cape Town, is inaugurated
… proposed rack railway were delayed by the outbreak of the Anglo Boer War. In 1912 the Cape Town City Council commissioned an …
EventChief Malaboch is taken prisoner
… his release by the British authorities in 1900 during Anglo-Boer War 2. The chief returned to his people and ruled until …
PlaceWhite Horse Stones, Naval Hill, Bloemfontein
… built by British troops stationed in the area during the Anglo-Boer war, perhaps as a direction marker for troops taking …
ArticleThe History of Al-Shabaab
Origins The organisation known as Al-Shabaab originally emerged from the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) movement in Somalia. The ICU began as a loose grouping of…
EventPresident Paul Kruger and Sir Alfred Milner meet in Bloemfontein to discuss the franchise question
… the event of a war with England. The South African War, or Anglo-Boer War, broke out on 11 October 1899, and Kruger, now 74, …
EventElectrically powered units replaced Johannesburg's horse-drawn trams
… expansion of Johannesburg after the end of the Second Anglo Boer War increased to over twice it's the area to what …
PlaceEnon
… in the middle of three Cape Frontier Wars and the First Anglo-Boer War! In 1909 control of the town was ceded back to the …
PlaceLadysmith
… the early years interestingly, Ladysmith was initially a Boer settlement and was known as the Republic of Klip River. … ‘on the World Map’ at the beginning…
ArticleSouth African Constitutional Development Timeline 1902 - 1997
… 1902 31 May, The Peace Treaty of Vereeniging ends the Anglo-Boer War that began in 1899. The Treaty is signed between Boer and British leaders. 1908 12…
The Development of Indian Political Movements in South Africa, 1924 - 1946 by Essop Pahad
THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIAN POLITICAL MOVEMENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1924-1946 by ESSOP PAHAD D. Phil Thesis, University of Sussex, July 1972 GO TO…
PlaceDelareyville, North West
… . It was founded in 1913, after the tragedies of the Anglo-Boer War , and was named after General Koos De la Rey. Today, … is dedicated to some of the…
PlacePearson Conservatorium and Prince Alfred’s Guard Memorial, St Georges Park, Port Elizabeth
… Basutoland War, 1880-1881; Bechuanaland War, 1897; and the Anglo Boer War 1899 - 1902. It was declared a National Monument …
PlaceReitz
… In 1903 it became a municipal area. During the Second Anglo-Boer War the Orange Free State government temporarily stayed …
EventSir Percy Fitzpatrick, author of ‘Jock of the Bushveld’, is born
… he only served one year. At the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Boer War in 1899, Fitzpatrick acted as Official Adviser on …