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PlaceEswatini (formerly Swaziland)
… which was under British control following the Second Anglo Boer War . This arrangement continued until 1906, when the …
Chapter 2 - No equality under the Union Jack, 1900 - 1910
… 1900-1910 Gumede’s hopes that the British victory in the Anglo-Boer war would result in the removal of the oppressive … to attend this inaugural meeting. His…
Document 51 - W. P. van Schoor, “The Origin and Development of Segregation in South Africa A. J. Abrahamse Memorial Lecture, Cathedral Hall, Cape Town, 5 October 1950
… of brutal aggression, robbery and rapine, the frontier Boer took fright and fled from his protector and defender, … and Smuts. The Afrikaner victims of the…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1900-1909
… prevents any spread of the disease. 1902 31 May, the Anglo-Boer War/South African War ends with the signing of the … dossier of all anti-Indian measures that…
PlaceGreater Mapungubwe Heritage Site And Tour.
… a number of very significant incidents during the Anglo-Boer War. …
EventThe Rembrandt Tobacco Corporation was founded in South Africa
… rand group that was at one point second only in size to Anglo American, currently; this business empire encompasses … way as the Oppenheimers were the family…
ArchiveEmily Hobhouse - Beloved Traitor by Elsabe Brits(The Heritage Portal), 14 September 2016
… ago I reviewed Rob Eales’ book on Emily Hobhouse and the Boer War published by UCT Press in 2015 (The Compassionate … I was drawn to that book because it…
EventBirth of Paul Kruger
… at age 57. Thereafter he became known as the face of the Boer resistance against the British during the South African / Second Boer War (1899-1902).The…
EventBoeremag bomb blasts rock Soweto and Bronkhorstspruit
… 'We also declare that it is the end of suppression of the Boer nation, and for that we honour only God. For this reason … ANC must also know that it is not…
PlaceColesberg, Northern Cape
… 2,668, of whom 1,188 were literate. On 14 November 1899 a Boer force of 700 men under the joint command of Chief … British troops under Major-General John…
EventZulu assault at Holkrantz
… district of Vryheid, a Zulu Chief, Sikobobo, attacked a Boer regiment after the latter had stolen their cattle, … a British raiding force under Col…
Remembering Sol Plaatje as South Africa’s original public educator (The Conversation), 05 October 2016
… times of tumultuous change in South Africa, including the Anglo Boer War and the creation of the Union of South Africa. He …
ArchiveAfrica puts the West on trial
… Nations Security Council's debate on South Africa and the Anglo-American accord influence on this debate …
ArticleRight to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
… or "inboekselings". These are mainly labourers in the Boer settlements that spread in the interior of South Africa, particularly in areas that were to become…
EventPretoria receives city status
… in 1910 with the merger of the Transvaal Colony (former Boer Republic of the ZAR), the Orange Free State Colony (former Boer Republic of the Orange Free…
PlaceIrene Concentration Camp and Gravesite
… that it would be one of the camps that would house Boer woman and children, driven from their land by the … policy dictated the destruction of the farms and…
EventEmily Hobhouse receives a reply to her request to be included in the Ladies Commission
… the British concentration camps in South Africa built for Boer women and children during the Second Boer War. … South African History Online timelines. Boer…
1. The Way to Fox Street
… farmers were so strong that when Africans began raiding Boer cattle at the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War in 1899, Jane objected to breaking the…
ArticleMatabele Wars 1836-1896
… warriors proved strong enough to repel them. In 1852, the Boer government in Transvaal entered into a peace agreement …
ArchiveLetter from Sipho Buthelezi, Secretary General of the Black Peoples Convention to Dr Boraine
… of the Black Peoples Convention, to Dr Alex Boraine of Anglo American Corporation appealling for financial …
ArticleNelspruit Timeline 1815-1996
… are defeated by the Boers, and many end up working on Boer farms. 1884 Barberton is established, with the discovery … turn their hostility against the Boers…
ArticleNewspaper article: "The Coolies Here from the Natal Mercury", Thursday, November 22, 1860
… "The past week will long be memorable amongst Anglo Natalians. At last, after the discussion of years and …
ArticleGandhi and the Passive Resistance Campaign 1907-1914
… about 30,000 indentured workers in Natal, and before the Anglo-Boer War a few thousand had moved to the Transvaal. … the first campaign After the victory of…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 17 February 1977, Volume 108
… Willem Hendrik du Toit, Personnel Consultant for Anglo American Corporation and others, to the Commission of …
PlaceMiddleburg, Mpumalanga
… Church. The English Fort and Armoury: Remnants of the Anglo-Boer War (ABW), 1899-1902, if you are interested in ABW … it is understandable how this Fort…
EventThe 104mm field-gun known as ‘Long Cecil’ is test fired for the first time
… Cecil John Rhodes, was test fired for the first time at Boer forces during the Siege of Kimberley. Rhodes, who had … round landed and burst in the middle of…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - The glitter of gold by Emilia Potenza
… of the Transvaal. Before 1886 it was a poor, struggling Boer republic but ten years later, it was the richest gold … system was turned into a cheap one. The…
A brief history on South African prisons and prisoners
… - Pretoria Central On 3 March 1873, the Volksraad (the Boer Republic parliament) approved the decision to build a … escaping. [2] The third prison - Pretoria…
EventZach de Beer is elected as leader of the PFP
… The 59 year old executive of Anglo American, Dr Zach de Beer, was elected as leader of the …
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Before the mineral discoveries by Emilia Potenza
… material on the Transvaal Background information Trekker (Boer) parties went to the Transvaal as part of the Great Trek … working for the Boers. It soon…