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PlaceLaingsburg, Karoo
… Memorabilia", which is about the Great Trek and the Anglo-Boer War and the ancient tools and implements used by the … the: 'Blockhouse Route', because of its…
Congo gains its independence from Belgium
The colonization of Congo was precipitated by the persistently violent and cunning efforts of King Leopold II as well as the European explorer, Henry Morton…
ArchiveA death warrant for Afrikaans by Hermann Giliomee, 11 November 2019
… The Boers took on the might of the British Empire in the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902. The valour of the Boer bittereinders in the last two years of the war…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
… volunteers to serve in the British army in the Second Anglo-Boer War . When the war ends, he stays on and settles in … in South Africa which calls for one…
ArticleNguni Stick Fighting
Introduction This article looks at the history of an indigenous Nguni sport known as Stick Fighting, which was popular in the Nguni ethnic group (Zulu). It…
PlaceSpringbok, Namaqualand
… (stone hill) that was used by the Boers during the Second Boer War as a fort for its incredible vantage point. "Views … mIne - Springbok’s first mine, and…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Contextual Overview
A cartoon illustrating the process of getting to the idealised “American Dream" Image Source Introduction Like communism in Russia, American capitalism…
Article1946 Mine Workers Strike timeline 1867-1987
… South Africa, mainly from Mozambique and Malawi. 1970 Anglo American became the biggest mining group in southern … Africa. It had a high commercial profile,…
PlaceJansenville, Eastern Cape
… offers enough to keep one occupied. If you are a fan of Anglo-Boer War forts, one lies on the pinnacle of a Hill, just …
PlaceHugh Eksteen Photographic Museum, Polokwane-Limpopo
… photographed a variety of Historic events, including the Anglo-Boer War. Self-taught photographer Hugh Eksteen lived to the …
EventGeneral Barry Hertzog, former South African Prime Minister, dies
… of the Orange Free State (OFS), and at the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War in 1899, served as a legal advisor to the forces of …
EventThe Afrikaner Broederbond is formed
On 5 June 1918 disaffected Afrikaners were brought together in a new organisation called Jong Suid-Afrika (Young South Africa). In 1919 the organisation…
ArticleTransformation in Southern Africa Timeline 1700-1800
… the present-day Warmbaths in northern Transvaal. 1836 A Boer commando led by Andries Hendrik Potgieter attacks … tribe had split into two after repeated…
ArticleCouncil of Non-European trade unions (CNETU)
During the 1930s there were attempts by African workers to organise and reconstruct all fragmented African trade unions into a large federation of non-racial…
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… , the magnate controlling the giant conglomerate Anglo American Corporation, was the main donor. However, …
ArticleThe history of Migrant Labour in South Africa
… enterprise, but they were turned down [35] . After the Anglo-Boer war, Randlords exercised power through the state as the … a result, the challenging periods…
ArticleThe Empire of Mali (1230-1600)
The Empire of Mali was one of the largest empires in West African History, and at its height, it spanned from the Atlantic Coast to central parts of the Sahara…
PlaceVryheid, Northern KwaZulu-Natal
… the South African Republic, but at the end of the Second Boer War; the Town and its surrounding Area was absorbed into … was moreover intrinsically involved…
EventAfrikaner women march to the union buildings in protest of SA's involvement in WW2
… 1915, to request the release of Gen. C.R. de Wet, an Anglo-Boer War 2 hero. …
EventEmperor Menelik II, emperor of Ethiopia dies
Menelik II was emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 to his death on 12 December 1913. Menelik gained great fame and respect for defeating the Italian colonizers. He…
PlaceFort Schanskop
… were gradually reduced during the course of the Second Anglo-Boer War. On the premises one can find a scale model replica …
PlaceSouth African National Museum of Military History
… as the Supermarine Spitfire. This Hall also presents the Anglo Boer War Exhibits, Medal Collections and a look at South …
EventWomen's Memorial is unveiled in Bloemfontein
… commemorate 26 251 women and children who died during the Anglo-Boer War 2, mainly in British concentration camps. Many …
Grade 12 - Topic 4 - The end of the Cold War and a new global world order 1989 to present
There were many reasons why apartheid collapsed. You can read about the crisis of Apartheid in the 1980s in section 5 of the grade 12 material. The collapse of…
41. Statement of Indians to the Transvaal Constitution Committee, 1906
… have been very largely neglected. HISTORY OF BOER ANTI-INDIAN LEGISLATION There is in the Transvaal, at … by Her late Majesty's Government, addressed to the…
ArticleGrade 11 - What were the consequences when pseudo-scientific ideas of Race became integral to government policies and legislation in the 19th and 20th centuries?
Theories and Practice Scientific Racism These ideas about race were pided into two main theories, scientific racism and social Darwinism. Scientific…
PlaceNieu-Bethesda
… plays were written. On 6 August 1901, during the Second Anglo Boer War , Boer forces under Commandant Hans Lotter entered Bethesda …
PlaceOld Presidency
… Government abandoned the Orange River Sovereignty and the Boer Republic then took over the residence. This independence … of Field-Marshal Lord Roberts…
ArticleA History of the Springbok Legion
The Springbok Legion (SL) was a leading organisation formed in 1941 to fight for the rights of soldiers during World War II and in the post-war period. Over…
PlaceOttosdal and Letsopa
… a Garden of Remembrance for the soldiers killed during the Anglo-Boer War ; the Old Water Mill built in 1860 that is a … and an Old Farm Guest House, that is…