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BiographyOliver Tambo
… was due to the efforts of Gavin Relly, a director at Anglo American. At this meeting Tambo explained the ANC’s …
Bernard Shaw and May Morris
… about the purpose for it. I was a combatant myself in the Anglo-Boer War, but I was then an Imperial regular soldier and was …
EventCecil John Rhodes, South African statesman, is born
… was an ardent believer in colonialism, declaring that the Anglo-Saxon race was the first race and therefore should …
EventMining Magnate Oppenheimer dies
… magnate, Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, who founded the Anglo American Corporation, died in Johannesburg at the age …
PlaceGreytown, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… of note. There are lots of scenic drives reflecting; Boer History . (Greytown originally enjoyed a fair amount of … Botha, the Country’s first Prime Minister…
PlaceStump Memorial, near Doornkop
… where the cottage stood where Jameson surrendered to the Boer forces after the Jameson Raid (previously marked by a … where the cottage stood where Jameson…
EventAnti-apartheid activist, Beyers Naude is born
… on 10 May 1915. He was named after C.F. Beyers, a Boer general who was close to his father, Jozua Franchoise …
EventLondon hosts an international conference on the protection of the African elephant and rhinoceros
… Ireland, Egypt, Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, and the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. This convention was put into force on …
EventZulu army defeat British Army at the Isandlwana Mountain
… victory for the Zulu kingdom, led by King Cetshwayo The Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 ended on July 4 at the last ritual …
Chapter 2 - Jewish Trade Unions in Cape Town 1903-1907: A Socio-Historical Study
… into two distinct language and cultural groups: the Anglo-German Jews on the one hand; and the Yiddish-speaking of the other. The well-established Anglo…
EventUnion of South Africa is inaugurated
… Following delegates of the Boer Republics' agreement by 54 to 6, to accept the British …
ArticleA Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… the expense of the indigenous people. The struggle between Boer and Briton, the mining revolution, the struggles of the …
EventCanada offers a second contingent of troops to the British in the South African War
… [Accessed 21 October 2010] Anon, The Boer War from Canadian Soldiers, [online] Available at … 21 October 2010] Robert Marshall & Inigo Gilmore, (1999), Boer…
PlaceVryburg, Bophirima Region
… citizens regarded themselves as 'free'. The Republic was a Boer Republic that, though small, played a pivotal role in … The Building was sold to MC Genis,…
PlaceRooihuiskraal Battlefield, Pretoria
… (1880-81). During the war, Pretoria was besieged by Boer forces for a period of 100 days. This battle was the …
PlaceBlockhouse in Hekpoort, Krugersdorp
… The Building was erected during the South African Boer War by the British Military, under the guidance of …
Control: 1910 - 1948
… and Australia, and displaced Boers from the farms and the Anglo-Boer war. Another source of labour was indentured labour from …
ArticleA history of Soweto
… in the mining industry. Before the South African War (Anglo-Boer War 2), these foreigners were treated as outsiders ( …
ArticleBloemfontein the Segregated city
… areas 1846-1996, with special reference to the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902. University of the Free State. MA …
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…
PlaceSt Michael and All Angels Anglican Church, Boksburg
… was a change from Sir Herberts use of the pointed arches (Anglo Gothic), and was one of the last designed by the …
EventZulu King Cetshwayo Dies
… poisoning rumored at the time. For further reading on the Anglo-Zulu war of 1879, click here. … Mr Chadwick, G.A, (1979), The Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 , from…
EventBritain and the Zulu Nation sign a peace treaty
… not bring peace to the war-torn area. Links: Feature: The Anglo-Zulu War. …
ArchiveSouth Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 1 : Socialist Pilgrims to Bolshevik Footsoldiers 1919-1930 edited by A. Davidson, I. Filatova, V. Gorodnov and S. Johns
… ECCI, 3 November 1926 Document 39 Report by J. La Guma to Anglo-American Secretariat, ECCI, 10 March 1927 [Extract] … [October 1927] Document 48 Minutes of…
PlaceRorke's Drift, KZN
… . Is the site of one of the most famous battles of the Anglo-Zulu War . Years later in 1847, an Irishman named; Jim … Buildings at Rorke’s Drift were…
PlaceNational Women’s Monument
… van Wouw , was put up in 1913 in remembrance of the 26 370 Boer women and children who died in prison camps during the … The monument honors women and…
EventDe La Rey is persuaded not to speak to the Burghers
… of South Africa, which was formed after the defeat of Boer Republics in the South African War. … South African History Online, ‘General Koos de la Rey, Boer…
Say It out Loud - The Coloured People and the Franchise, 1906
… will be mainly concerned with the question of whether Boer or Briton shall get possession of the reins of … in South Africa, and it will be seen how far the…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s Satyagraha, Durban
… during the South African War, otherwise referred to as the Anglo-Boer War. During this War, Gandhi and other leaders of the … of new experiences and gave me…
Death of a lion of the law, Arthur Chaskalson by Rebecca Davis, 3 December 2012
… more particularly what General CR de Wet, the hero of the Boer forces during the Anglo-Boer war, had done in 1914,” Bizos said. Fischer was duly …