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PlaceFree State Province
… sandstone Mountains in the Northeast. It was originally a Boer State and then (from 1910) one of the traditional … Lesotho borders with the Free State. When…
ArticleThe Early History of Rugby in South Africa
… that had existed between the two groups since the bloody Anglo-Boer war of 1899-1902. The English media referred to the team … thrown Afrikaners into…
Community histories of Rustenburg
… 1884 to 1899 with the outbreak of the South African War (Anglo-Boer War). In 1882, a town council was established with … It was only with the outbreak of the…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 2 - Imperialism and the Union in South Africa by Timothy Keegan
… discoveries, white-ruled societies (British colonies and Boer republics) lived side-by-side with independent African … mainly because of Boer resistance. It…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Bosman Street, Pretoria
… as ‘outspan’ during the quarterly communions. After the Anglo-Boer War the Dutch Reformed Church sold the square to the …
PlaceNederlandse Hervormde Kerkgebou, Pretoria
… stone in honour of all the Dutchmen who died in the Anglo-Boer War was erected on the eastern wall. Names such as C.V. …
PlaceDarlington Dam- Lake Mentz
… He had lost Cattle in an attack by the Boers during the Anglo-Boer War , was said to have started Darlington Farm in the …
Document 85 - E. R. Roux, “The Native Exploiters: A reply to ‘A. Z.”’, Umsebenzi,20 April 1935
… necessary to emphasise the effect of the present policy of Anglo-Boer imperialism upon the Native petty-bourgeoisie. Such …
ArticleGreat Trek 1835-1846
… to reoccupy their land, only to find themselves ousted by Boer intruders. For example, in Natal the African population, … and it was hoped that the…
ArticleAfrica Timeline
… from Natal and falls into ruins. 1837 CE The arrival of Boer settlers drive the Matabele people north of the Limpopo … Protectorate in the early 20th century…
The Struggle Over Land, The Basotho lose out
… and the Vaal rivers. This gave rise to the independent Boer Republic of the Orange Free State. No African chiefdoms … 1854, the Basotho started taking cattle…
PlaceVan Reenen's Pass, KwaZulu Natal
… away.” The Town of Van Reenen has a History steeped in the Anglo-Boer War, and a lookout point, called ' Windy Corner', about …
Prehistory of the Polokwane/Pietersburg area
… in 1854 who took refuge in a large cave to escape a Boer commando sent as reprisal for the murders of several Boer families. There are various versions of…
ArticlePolokwane/Pietersburg Timeline 1835-1995
… Delagoa Bay 1849 Treaty of Derdepoort signed by the three Boer States in Transvaal to formalise unity talks. These … as the temporary seat of Government of…
PlaceVolksrust, Mpumalanga
… The story goes that this occurred when battle-weary Boer soldiers came to this place to recover from the South … the first of three defeats on the British…
ArchiveThe 16th of December in South Africa by Wolfram Kistner
… become subjected to British rule, the two former Boer republics (“Transvaal” and “Oranje-Vrystaat”) and the … and will get them out of any tight place.’ [26]…
PlaceHeilbron, Free State
… was restricted for families whose men were on commando. As Boer activity increased, the country districts had to be … treatment is a great contrast to the…
ArticlePolitical changes from 1750 to 1835
… withdrawal to the north was because of an attack by a Boer commando with a number of Rolong supporters close to … them. Mzilikazi's stronghold was again…
PlaceDie Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerkgebou in Du Toit Street, Pretoria
… stone in honour of all the Dutchmen who died in the Anglo-Boer War was erected on the eastern wall. Names such as C.V. …
ArticleNdebele
… encroached on the areas occupied by the Ndzundza Ndebele. Boer settlements, established between the Olifants and … the Mabhoko, war broke out between the…
Dr William Fehr (1892-1968), collector of art as history
… all on the outer edge of the Cape Colony. Early in the Boer War, Burgersdorp had been the scene of serious tensions. … by an era that saw the death of Queen…
PlacePretoria Boys High School
… for very long owing to the outbreak of the Second Boer War in 1899. At the time, the building served as a … High School for Girls , founded in 1902. During…
The search for Peter Johnson’s story
In 1975, Peter Johnson, joined the ranks of the uMkhonto we Sizwe and disappeared into exile. Nearly a decade later, on the 26 October 1984, Johnson, now known…
PlaceSteytlerville Municipality, Karoo
… from Cape Town, H.H. Moon & Ledbury. During the Anglo Boer War the town was garrisoned by British Troops as a protection against raiding Boer Commandos . In…
Document 109 - G. H. Gool and J. A. La Guma, “Appeal of the National Liberation League for a National Convention of the Subject Peoples of South Africa”, The Liberator, September 1937
… present lowly position of the non-European population, the Anglo-Boer imperialists are straining every nerve to drive us still … to the unrestricted…
The National Question in Post 1994 South Africa. A discussion paper in preparation for the ANC`s 50th National Conference by Z. Pallo Jordan
… under White control and domination at the end of the Anglo-Boer War had formerly been divided amongst at least nine … decade of this century. Before and…
BiographyRobert Gabriel Mugabe
… the depressed family. Father Jerome O’Hea (the village’s Anglo-Irish headmaster) became Robert’s surrogate father and …
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Johannesburg
… to be installed a few weeks later. The ravages of the Anglo-Boer Wars (1899-1903)and World War I (1914-1918) accompanied …
The Bill of Rights
The original numbering, as it appears in the South African Constitution, has been retained here, hence it begins at Article 7. 7. RIGHTS 1. This Bill…
ArticleKasturba Gandhi timeline 1869 - 1944
… her husband has become in South Africa. 1899 October, The Anglo-Boer War is declared. December, The Natal government reverses … for Chamberlain’s visit,…