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PlaceBethulie Bridge across the Gariep River
… amended to Bethulie. The Village was occupied by Boer forces on 16 October 1899 during the Second Anglo Boer War . Today the Bridge is named the Hennie Steyn…
BiographyYetta Barenblatt
… Barenblatt was married to Morris Barenblatt, a communist, war veteran and a member of the Jewish Workers Club, which … Morris was also banned in 1962. At the…
BiographyHelen Joseph
… in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force during the Second World War , and her subsequent decision to become a social worker, … to some of the realities of South…
EventZAR’s last Cruesot ‘Long Tom’ is dynamited
… During the Second Anglo-Boer War, the fourth and last Creusot 'Long Tom' of the state … advancing enemy. The Cruesot is synonymous with the Second Anglo-Boer…
EventKing Dinuzulu defies British order
… refused British instructions to take up arms against the Boer republics during the Second Anglo-Boer War. Col. H.B. Bottomley of the Imperial White Horse…
EventGeneral Koos de la Rey, buried in Lichtenburg amid a very tense atmosphere.
… Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey, known as Koos de la Rey, a Boer general during the Second Anglo-Boer War who is widely regarded as being one of the strongest ……
BiographyHarold Rubin
… and travelled very often. Figure 3: From Isreali War series. Source: art-archives-southafrica.ch It was during … While in Isreal, he produced a series called…
BiographyMogamat Taufie Bardien
… and was conscripted to fight in Alexandria during World War II. …
’Peace and development in our region’, Speech by Oliver Tambo at “War on want” Conference, London, 2 June 1988
… and development in our region’, Speech by Oliver Tambo at “War on want” Conference, London, 2 June 1988 …
Statement by ANC President, Nelson R. Mandela, about the ultra right-wing’s threats of a Civil War 26 November 1993
… Mandela, about the ultra right-wing’s threats of a Civil War 26 November 1993 …
Dag Hammarskjold, secretary-general of the UN, arrives in the Congo to try to end the civil war.
… of the UN, arrives in the Congo to try to end the civil war. …
Israel declares it will keep some of ground won from Egypt, Jordan and Syria in Six-Day War.
… some of ground won from Egypt, Jordan and Syria in Six-Day War. …
UDF Poster ‘TROOPS OUT OF THE TOWNSHIPS : NO APARTHEID WAR’ by End Conscription Campaign (ECC), 1984, South Africa
… ww.saha.org.za/udf/troops_out_of_the_townships_no_apartheid_war.htm … UDF Poster ‘TROOPS OUT OF THE TOWNSHIPS : NO APARTHEID WAR’ by End Conscription…
The Memoirs of Paul Kruger, Chapter 12, (On the outbreak of war and the barbarity of the English)
… The Memoirs of Paul Kruger, Chapter 12, (On the outbreak of war and the barbarity of the English) …
With a border dispute escalating into bombing raids, hundreds of foreigners scramble out of Eritrea, fearing war with Ethiopia.
… hundreds of foreigners scramble out of Eritrea, fearing war with Ethiopia. …
The fifth Frontier War: Sangoma Makana attacks Grahamstown under the patronage of Xhosa Chief Ndlambe, and is defeated
… The fifth Frontier War: Sangoma Makana attacks Grahamstown under the patronage …
World War 2: East Africa. The South African Air Force flying out from Kenya bombs Italian bases in Somaliland.
… World War 2: East Africa. The South African Air Force flying out …
General Louis Botha announces the South African government’s decision to carry the war into German South West Africa.
… the South African government’s decision to carry the war into German South West Africa. …
The Sierra Leone rebel leader Foday Sankoh is held by British forces as involvement in civil war increases.
… Sankoh is held by British forces as involvement in civil war increases. …
The Volksraad of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR/Transvaal Republic) resolves to declare war on Chief Sekhukhune. Presiden
… Republiek (ZAR/Transvaal Republic) resolves to declare war on Chief Sekhukhune. Presiden …
The Orange Free State signs a peace treaty with Moshesh at Wittebergen, near Winburg, after the first Basuto war.
… at Wittebergen, near Winburg, after the first Basuto war. …
Peace is established between the Cape government and the Xhosa under King Hintsa, ending the Sixth Frontier War.
… and the Xhosa under King Hintsa, ending the Sixth Frontier War. …
The Burundian president and the CNDD/FDD rebel leader mark formal end to the ten-year civil war.
… rebel leader mark formal end to the ten-year civil war. …
The conference of the Organisation of African Unity ends in Addis Ababa, divided over the Angolan civil war.
… Unity ends in Addis Ababa, divided over the Angolan civil war. …
World War 2: North Africa. Australian troops take 5,000 prisoners during a major assault on Italian forces at Bardia.
… World War 2: North Africa. Australian troops take 5,000 prisoners …
EventRoger Joyce Bushell, Auxiliary Air Force pilot famous for his escape from the German prisoner of war camp, is born in Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng)
… and sent to the Dulag Luft transit camp as a prisoner of war. He tried to escape from the camp three times. On his … pilot famous for his escape from the…
ArticleSouth African Police Services (SAPS)
… we are familiar with today has its origin after the Second Anglo-Boer War in 1902. Prior to the war each colony or Boer republic …
BiographyPixley ka Isaka Seme
… the Land Act has not been recorded. The outbreak of World War I is yet another turning point that throws the spotlight … the SANNC under Dube’s presidency…
Colonial history of Polokwane
… the Zoutpansberg, north of Pietersburg. Two groups under Boer leaders Hans van Rensburg and Louis Trichardt first … a problem for both the Boers and the…
BiographyGordon Mulholland
… school without matriculating. At the outbreak of World War II he joined the entertainment corps and spent the war years singing and doing stand-up comedy…