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… 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 became difficult for Boer farmers to obtain enough African labour. This led to a … from the Swazi. These children were 'apprenticed' to Boer farmers or ingeboek . They became known as inboekselings …

… kilometres north of Vryheid. The impi surrounded the Boer laager intending to surprise them but a premature shot … By A de V Minnaar ‘ZULULAND AND THE ANGLO-BOER WAR (1899-1902)’ , in the SA Military History Journal  …

… kilometres north of Vryheid. The impi surrounded the Boer laager intending to surprise them but a premature shot …

… residence, until it was restored with funds from the Anglo American Corporation. Evidence exists that the site … additions to the structure and in turn sold it to the Anglo American Corporation in 1969. It was recognized as a … Battle of Muizenberg done shortly after the battle. The Anglo-American Corporation restored the building in the early …

… the power of the volksraad finally came to an end. In the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 the British defeated the Zulus under … South African History Online, ‘Anglo-Zulu Wars 1879-1896’ , [online], available at …

… The village of Geluk was occupied by Boer forces in October 1899. …

… 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 governments (both Boer and British) and the mine owners worked together to … 1899-1902 : The South African War (previously called the Anglo-Boer War) broke out and lasted for three years. An …

… 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 the British in the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902), Indians in the Transvaal had …

… declared war on France in September 1798 and facing an Anglo-Turkish alliance, Napoleon decided the strike first and … army landed at Aboukir, transported south from Acre by an Anglo-Turkish fleet. Inexplicably, the Ottoman force under …

… During his career he had been chairman of both the Anglo-American Corporation and De Beers Consolidated Mines …

… Different articles on NUM, as Anglo American Corporation yesterday appeal to the National …

… This fort was the site of a Boer siege in 1880, where 140 soldiers were held for 104 …

… Transvaal (now Limpopo) who led his followers in the Boer-Gagananwa war of 1894, dies in Bochum-Blouberg, Northern …

… from British-controlled territory. Some 12,000 of these Boer emigrants moving Northward from the Cape crossed the … to the Transvaal when Great Britain annexed the nascent Boer Republic of Natal (1843) and established the Orange … and also strengthened a defensive alliance with its sister Boer republic, the Orange Free State . War between the two …

… via officers mess of General French’s staff in the Anglo Boer War, back to family Home, through several changes in … Tudor style” and the Interior Décor, said to have been Anglo-Moorish; the detail evident in the Circular Turret with …

… the Xhosas; the Zulus; and my people, the Afrikaners.  The Anglo-Boer War was by far the biggest of the 50 or so wars that … - who were so admired by Europe and America during the Anglo-Boer War - had become the most universally condemned …

… attractions but because a major battle of the Second Boer War took place here. In fact, it was one of the few … the recent rains'. The war began two days earlier when the Boer army had occupied the railway station at Elandslaagte, …

… Towards an African Literature ii, Dr. A.C. Jordan. Anglo-Saxon Dreams, Michael Picardie. High Fence, Michael …

… approved the unilateral official cancellation of the Anglo-Egyptian Alliance Treaty of 1936 and appointed Crown …

… The Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 and the subsequent war with the South …

… The Anglo-Zulu War Battle of Gingindlovu took place on 2 February …

… Political party in South Africa has called for a statue of Boer leader Paul Kruger to be pulled down and replaced by one … speech for singing anti-White songs including ;'Shoot the Boer'. Kruger was President of the South African Republic … and 1900 and the Opponent of Britain, during the Second Boer War. Buried a Hero by supporters, he is however seen by …

… and Britain and France came on the same day when the Anglo-French ultimatum was handed to Egypt and Israel before …

… 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 a safe and quiet Boer laager at the Intermediate Pumping Station, causing …

… Fourteen Streams to Kimberley, and the following day a Boer force under field-cornet Bosman marched into the … the village was returned to the Cape on 6 May 1900 when Boer troops under Gen SP du Toit retreated before a British …

… was an ardent believer in colonialism, declaring that the Anglo-Saxon race was the first race and therefore should …

… magnate, Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, who founded the Anglo American Corporation, died in Johannesburg at the age …

… the British troops in a non-combatant capacity during the Anglo-Boer War and was granted residence in the Transvaal. He went … Africa, was in the ambulance corps led by Gandhi during Anglo-Boer War. He was one of the most active passive …

… where the cottage stood where Jameson surrendered to the Boer forces after the Jameson Raid (previously marked by a …

… on 10 May 1915. He was named after C.F. Beyers, a Boer general who was close to his father, Jozua Franchoise …