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PlaceValley of a Thousand Hills
… homeland of powerful Zulu tribes and villages. When the Boers and the British were vying for territory, though, there …
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter II - Functions of the Missionary
… are hard to subdue””there are always the Dutch (Trek Boers) to carry on with their land-grabbing, until, as a … had superior forces compared with both the…
PlaceMiddleburg, Mpumalanga
Middelburg is a modern Town situated in the Cultural Heartland of the Mpumalanga Province in South Africa. Middelburg serves as the Agricultural, Industrial…
ArticleAccount of events: Rand Rebellion 1922
David Ivon Jones was the secretary of the ISL, who had been instrumental in forming the first black trade union - the Industrial Workers of Africa (IWA) - and…
ArticleTransport on land
… with a sail and pulled by many oxen. In the wagons the Boers had all their furniture and other possessions. With …
Chapter 7 - Gumede keeps the bright fire burning, 1928-29
… at Marabastad, Pretoria, Gumede proclaimed: Understand the boers who have no where to go. When you sink down, the boers will sink down. Boers and natives…
Prehistory of the Polokwane/Pietersburg area
Prehistory of Southern Africa Two places are of particular heritage interest in the Polokwane area: the BaKoni Malapa Museum south of the stadium and…
Pedi
… over land and labour with the Afrikaans-speaking farmers (Boers) who had since settled in the region. These disputes …
ArticlePre-colonial history of Southern Africa
… Mzilikazi out of South Africa, making it possible for Boers to settle permanently north of the Vaal. This paper was …
ArticleDutch settlement, the Indian Ocean slave trade and slavery at the Cape - seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
… to set up their own farms. These people were called ‘Boers’, the Dutch word for ‘farmer’. The VOC wanted more …
PlaceLeliefontein
The pretty, Historic Village of Leliefontein is located in; the Kamiesberg Mountain Range. The turn off the Road, between Kamieskroon and Garies in the Namakwa…
PlaceLambert's Bay
Welcome to the seafood hotspot of the West Coast! Lambert’s Bay is known as the Diamond of the West Coast and the crayfish mecca of South Africa. Called this…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… and Khoi-Khoi attack, raid and burn down farms. The trek Boers are not to be confused with the Voortrekkers, who left … the inland trek of migrant stock…
"Racial Crisis in South Africa" . Address to meeting of Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, March 2, 1961
… century there was a war between the English people and the Boers, the Boers were defeated but eventually self-government was given …
Equal Rights: The treatment of Coloured People in the North, 1901
… You may recollect that Lord Kitchener offered to the Boers what are now known as the terms of Middleburg as a …
Say It out Loud - Equal Rights: The treatment of Coloured People in the North, 1901
… You may recollect that Lord Kitchener offered to the Boers what are now known as the terms of Middleburg as a …
Chapter 9 - Conclusion
… negotiations on behalf of Dinizulu to curb the Transvaal Boers' land hunger; his involvement with the petition of two …
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter V - Political role of the mission
… American mission as he had for a handful of arrogant Trek Boers under Retief. The maNdebele, also were averse to … chief, Waterboer, on the northern frontier…
ArticleA brief history of domestic service in South Africa
Colonial History of Domestic Work Since slaves were used as domestic servants in the settler colony from the middle to late 18th century, domestic…
PlaceDarters Pass, Northern Cape
Darters Pass is one of those official Passes that leaves you wondering if you're in the right place. The Pass has only one gentle curve towards it's Northern…
PlaceMooi River, a Town of the Midlands Meander- Natal
Mooi River was originally named: 'Lawrenceville'- after the Irish farmer who formalized its settlement during the 1800's. The Village took its enduring name…
PlaceLady Grey, Eastern Cape
Before 1856, Farmers in this Area attended the Church in Aliwal North. Primitive transport, bad Roads, Rivers and other obstacles made it an ordeal to go to;…
PlaceGraaff-Reinet
Set in a twist of the Sundays River, the Great Karoo town of Graaff-Reinet is one of the oldest towns in South Africa, dating back to the Great Trek, between…
BiographyRick Turner
Rick Turner [Richard Albert David Turner] was a charismatic political philosopher and theorist who was also an activist and educationist. He was highly…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 3 - The South African Constitution: Birth Certificate of a Nation by Hassen Ebrahim
… to be regarded as less than human. It even meant that the Boers (Afrikaner farmers) who resisted British rule could be … came to an end with the Anglo-Boer…
PlaceNewcastle
Deeply involved in the Anglo-Boer War, Newcastle today is the largest town in northern KwaZulu Natal and shares its name with a further 27 sister Newcastle's…
ArticleSouth African Police Services (SAPS)
The South African Police Service (SAPS) that we are familiar with today has its origin after the Second Anglo-Boer War in 1902. Prior to the war each colony or…
Four important figures in the South African Film Industry
Isadore W. Schlesinger made his home in South Africa after the Boer war, and founded several insurance companies. He pioneered the mass media in this country,…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Essay Questions
An image of bold, selfless youth in late 1970s South Africa inspired by the black radical consciousness philosophy. Image Source Essay Question: To what…
PlaceGreater Mapungubwe Heritage Site And Tour.
"As we celebrate the launch of the Greater Mapungubwe Heritage Route, we urge citizens of Limpopo Province and beyond to explore the cultural landscape and…