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ArticleAccount of events: Rand Rebellion 1922
… hovering over the scenes where commandos were mobilizing. Boer commandos were soon on their way to fight for the … Smuts threatened a general ground…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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]…
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…
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…
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…
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. …
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…
ArticleNdebele
… encroached on the areas occupied by the Ndzundza Ndebele. Boer settlements, established between the Olifants and … the Mabhoko, war broke out between the…
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…
BiographyRobert Gabriel Mugabe
… the depressed family. Father Jerome O’Hea (the village’s Anglo-Irish headmaster) became Robert’s surrogate father and …
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…
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…