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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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
Document 89 “People’s Front and the Cry for Unity in South Africa”, The Spark, 2, 4, April 1936
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 89 "People's Front and the Cry for Unity in…
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 …
PlaceChad
Chad is the fifth largest country in Africa[i]. Chad is estimated to be one of the areas for where the human species originated[ii]. The area which is now…
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…
ArticleForced Removals in South Africa
Forced removals refer to the moving of people from their homes against their will. This may not always involve physical threat or force, but sometimes coercion…
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…
PlaceRepublic of Griqualand West or the Digger's Republic
… Ownership of the diamond fields was contested by the Boer republics of the; Orange Free State and the Transvaal … President Andries Pretorius declared the…
PlaceNiewoudtville
… it as a kerkplaats (church farm). On 20 June 1901 Boer forces entered the village and ransacked its post … to its establishment. Five months later, on 25…
PlacePosthuys
… 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…
Margaret Thatcher's role in SA's transformation by FW de Klerk, 5 December 2016
… 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…
PlaceWindybrow, Pietersen Street, Parktown, Johannesburg
… 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,…
EventThe Battle of Kambula takes place
… On 29 March 1879, the Anglo-Zulu War Battle of Kambula took place. The battle …
EventBritain proclaims Natal a British colonial territory
… 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…
EventField-Cornet Jan Potgieter’s commando burns Chief Sikhobobo’s kraal at Qulusini
… 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…
EventField-Cornet Jan Potgieter's commando burns Chief Sikhobobo's kraal at Qulusini
… kilometres north of Vryheid. The impi surrounded the Boer laager intending to surprise them but a premature shot …