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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 …
Grade 4 Term 2 Timeline: Mahatma Gandhi
… ambulance corps of 1100 men during his service in the Boer War 1906 He organizes stretcher-bearer corps that serves …
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…
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. …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
ArchiveAfrica puts the West on trial
… Nations Security Council's debate on South Africa and the Anglo-American accord influence on this debate …
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…
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…
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…
ArticleMatabele Wars 1836-1896
… warriors proved strong enough to repel them. In 1852, the Boer government in Transvaal entered into a peace agreement …
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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 …
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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 …