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President Jacob Zuma arrives in Moscow to attend the commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War
… Moscow for the 70th anniversary of the end of the World War 2. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Jacob Zuma had … of the 70th Anniversary of Victory in…
BiographyIssy Heymann
… Workers Club. Issy Heymann fought during the Second World War and when the war ended, he became a member of the Springbok Legion. After …
BiographyConstance Stuart Larrabee
… Col. E. G. Malherbe, appointed her to cover the war for Libertas magazine. During this time she covered … in Johannesburg and published Jeep Trek, an…
EventPresident Jacob Zuma arrives in Moscow to attend the commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
… Moscow, for the 70th anniversary of the end of the World War 2. Russian President, Vladimir Putin, and President Zuma … of the 70th Anniversary of Victory in…
BiographyFrederick Timpson I’Ons
… in November 1834, just before the sixth Frontier War broke out. I'Ons participated in the war as a volunteer, but also began to draw a set of cartoons … to…
More than 300 people are killed in renewed fighting as Angola slides back into civil war.
… in renewed fighting as Angola slides back into civil war. …
More than 300 people are killed in renewed fighting as Angola slides back into civil war.
… in renewed fighting as Angola slides back into civil war. …
Japan offers to surrender in World War 2 if Emperor Hirohito is permitted to keep his throne.
… Japan offers to surrender in World War 2 if Emperor Hirohito is permitted to keep his throne. …
World War II: North Africa. Tobruk (Torbruk) is bombed by the German and Italian air forces.
… World War II: North Africa. Tobruk (Torbruk) is bombed by the …
World War II: France surrenders to Germany eight days after the German forces invaded the country.
… World War II: France surrenders to Germany eight days after the …
WWI: The second battle of Artois ends the war. There were huge losses on both sides.
… WWI: The second battle of Artois ends the war. There were huge losses on both sides. …
French and Algerian rebel delegations in Evian-les-Baine, France, sign ceasefire agreement in Algerian War.
… France, sign ceasefire agreement in Algerian War. …
A Springbok on the Somme: Joe Samuels, a South African Veteran of the Great War by Bill Nasson
… Somme: Joe Samuels, a South African Veteran of the Great War by Bill Nasson …
The War Museum at the ‘Vrouemonument’ (Women’s Memorial) in Bloemfontein is officially inaugurated by Gen. Hertzog.
… The War Museum at the ‘Vrouemonument’ (Women’s Memorial) in …
Egypt and Saudi Arabia announce agreement of peaceful settlement of two-year-old Yemeni civil war.
… of peaceful settlement of two-year-old Yemeni civil war. …
5,580 Egyptian prisoners of war are exchanged for four Israelis held by Egypt following the
… 5,580 Egyptian prisoners of war are exchanged for four Israelis held by Egypt following …
ArticleThe Union of South Africa: Movement towards Republic
… however was short-lived, and by 1902 at the end of the Anglo-Boer or South African War, the Afrikaners had once again lost their republics and …
BiographyMax Gordon
… Union.In May 1940,before the Soviet Union entered World War Two against Germany,Gordon was interned by the Smuts … for that city's high rate of unionization…
BiographyPieter Arnoldus Beyleveld
… farm schools. He joined the army at the outbreak of World War II, when many of his neighbours were violently opposed to South African participation in the…
A bomb blast damages Melrose House in Pretoria, where the peace treaty between the two Boer Republics and Britain was signed in
… House in Pretoria, where the peace treaty between the two Boer Republics and Britain was signed in …
In an attempt to unite the two Boer republics, the commandoes of the Free State and Transvaal (Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek) con
… In an attempt to unite the two Boer republics, the commandoes of the Free State and …
The Boer generals report back in Pretoria after a campaign in Europe to procure aid for the reconstruction of the country after
… The Boer generals report back in Pretoria after a campaign in …
The Battle of Wagon Hill (Platrand), south of Ladysmith, takes place, in which the Boer forces make an unsuccessful attempt to
… Cloete: The Anglo-Boer War | SESA, v.11, p. 308 | SA National Museum of Military History. (1999). Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902, Johannesburg: The Museum. … …
BiographyRobert Gabriel Mugabe
… the depressed family. Father Jerome O’Hea (the village’s Anglo-Irish headmaster) became Robert’s surrogate father and … of 1961, Mugabe publicly discussed…
BiographyEulalie Doreen Stott
… working at the censorship department during Second World War . After the war she went back to Cape Town and got a job as Manager of … of Citizenship. The…
BiographyMakhanda Nxele
… Makhanda, but in 1827 conducted thorough research on the war-doctor and produced it in ‘New Monthly Magazine’ and … historians attribute to the employment of…
Anglo-South African driver Pat Fairfield dies of injuries sustained in a crash in the Le Mans 24 Hour race in France.
… Anglo-South African driver Pat Fairfield dies of injuries …
Lord Salisbury negotiates an Anglo-French agreement on West Africa and ends the Niger crisis. It defines the border between Nig
… Lord Salisbury negotiates an Anglo-French agreement on West Africa and ends the Niger …
An Anglo-French plan to give Italy economic concessions if they renounce their claims for Ethiopia are rejected by Italy during
… An Anglo-French plan to give Italy economic concessions if they …
EventSouth African President Thabo Mbeki hails Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf for making history by becoming Africa’s first elected woman president in post-war elections
… by becoming Africa's first elected woman president in post-war elections. Mbeki said Sirleaf's election signalled a "new … has been brought to its knees by…