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BiographySchalk Burger
… to rank of Commandant General on 27 March 1900 after the War broke out. In the South African War he was heavily criticized for lack military prowess … as…
ArticleA list of South African Shipwrecks
… came into service in 1903. In 1914, during the First World War, she was commissioned as an auxiliary cruiser in the 10th … Castle to take command of British…
African People’s Organisation (APO)
… and economic rights of Coloureds. However, after the Anglo-Boer War/South African War when the possibility of a white …
BiographyNavanethem (Navi) Pillay
… “From time immemorial, rape has been regarded as spoils of war. Now it will be considered a war crime. We want to send out a strong signal that rape is no…
Apartheid's Reluctant Uncle: The United States and Southern Africa in the Early Cold War by Thomas Borstelmann
… The United States and Southern Africa in the Early Cold War … The United States and Southern Africa in the Early Cold War by Thomas Borstelmann …
The Battle of Viervoet, in the British-Basotho War, takes place. The British under Warden suffers a reverse.
… The Battle of Viervoet, in the British-Basotho War, takes place. The British under Warden suffers a reverse. …
The Spanish Civil War begins in the early morning hours with a revolt at Melilla in Spanish Morocco.
… The Spanish Civil War begins in the early morning hours with a revolt at …
The impact of the First World War on the Indian commercial class in Natal by Kalpana Hiralal
… The impact of the First World War on the Indian commercial class in Natal by Kalpana Hiralal …
Controversial French lawyer, nicknamed ‘the devil’s advocate’, whose clients included war criminals and terrorists by Angelique Chrisafis
… nicknamed ‘the devil’s advocate’, whose clients included war criminals and terrorists by Angelique Chrisafis …
The Battle of Naauwpoort, near Clarens in the eastern OFS, takes place during the second Basotho War.
… in the eastern OFS, takes place during the second Basotho War. …
Allied forces take Bologna in Italy during World War II. Thousands of South Africans fought in Italy.
… Allied forces take Bologna in Italy during World War II. Thousands of South Africans fought in Italy. …
Xhosa tribesmen attack British forces at Burn’s Hill in the Amatola, in the War of the Axe.
… British forces at Burn’s Hill in the Amatola, in the War of the Axe. …
Eritrea gains independence from Ethiopia after thirty years of civil war following a United Nations (UN)-monitored referendum.
… independence from Ethiopia after thirty years of civil war following a United Nations (UN)-monitored referendum. …
Peace agreement signed, ending seven-year Rhodesian guerrilla war and 15-year rebellion against the British crown.
… agreement signed, ending seven-year Rhodesian guerrilla war and 15-year rebellion against the British crown. …
BiographyTheophilus Dymond Field
… South West Africa/ Namibia and the main theatre of the War in Europe. Prior to his departure to war in 1917, he showed six works on that year's SASA …
BiographyHeinrich Egersdorfer
… in 1879. Earlier, after experience of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, he had worked at his trade in England. In 1884 … in colour, which were highly popular…
Boer leader General Koos de la Rey, en route to Potchefstroom with general Beyers, is shot dead when his chauffeur-driven car f
… Boer leader General Koos de la Rey, en route to Potchefstroom …
N.C. Gey van Pittius founds the Republic of Goshen on land assigned to them by Machette of Kunwana, after Boer volunteers assis
… on land assigned to them by Machette of Kunwana, after Boer volunteers assis …
BiographyJohn Ronald Tolkien
… two Mexican boys in France. At the outbreak of the World War 1, Tolkien enlisted as a second lieutenant in the Lancashire Fusiliers. During the war he fell…
BiographyDawood Seedat
… Dawood Seedat was a most vociferous critic of the war. Aside from articles in The Call and The Guardian , he also published a booklet Don’t Support the War …
BiographyGraça Simbine Machel
… Graca Machel have two children of their own. During the war for independence from the Portuguese rule, FRELIMO set up … leadership in organisations devoted…
BiographyAthol Edwin Thorne
… work was to support the Soviet Union’s efforts during the war when they wanted to open a second front. D-Day came and the war in Europe ended, then DJ-day…
EventGeneral De la Rey protests British mistreatment of women and children
… The Anglo-Boer War broke out in 1899 and was the result of the British … died in concentration camps during the course of the Anglo-Boer War. The Treaty of…
Afrikaans community 1820-1899
… cosmopolitan character before the South African War (Anglo-Boer War) can be ascribed to the various …
Muhammad Ahmad ibn al Sayyid Abd Allah, who declared himself as the Mahdi, religious leader in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan in 1881, di
… who declared himself as the Mahdi, religious leader in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan in 1881, di …
BiographyHenry Bathurst
… 2 months. In June 1812 he become Secretary of State for War and Colonies under the Earl of Liverpool until April … to monitoring and improving the conduct of…
BiographyDezso Koenig
… been obscured since his death. During the Second World War Koenig served in the South African Army Medical Corps. He … campaign against the Germans in North…
EventGen. De la Rey captures Lord Methuen
… Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Jacobus "Koos" De la Rey defeated and captured … Western Transvaal in the last important battle won by the Boer forces. A wounded…
EventZAR’s last Cruesot ‘Long Tom’ dynamited
… During the Anglo-Boer War II, the fourth and last Creusot 'Long Tom' of the state … from the advancing enemy. Source: Cloete, P.G. (2000), The Anglo-Boer War…
BiographyObed Tseko Motshabi
… boycott movement and the shantytown movement after World War II. …