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BiographyHymie Barsel
… of the Johannesburg Medical Aid for Russia, during the war and a former member of the Communist Party of South …
BiographyVilla Baker
… 1917, the year of the Russian Revolution, while World War I was still raging . She grew up in Brakpan, East Rand … after they were married. During the Second…
BiographyWilhelmina Louisa Freund
… moved to the Hiddingh Hall. During the First World War (1914-1918) Freund organised and took part in various entertainments in aid of the war funds. After…
BiographySaul Msane
… a failure. Directly after the outbreak of the First World War Msane was again a member of a SANNC deputation - this … to affirm the SANNC's support for the…
EventDinuzulu refuses British instructions to take up arms against Boers
… to follow British instructions to take up arms against the Boer Republics during the South African War (Second Anglo Boer War). His reasons were that the war…
PlaceElizabeth le Roux Hostel, Bloemfontein
… the Elizabeth le Roux Hostel was laid in 1899. During the Anglo-Boer War the building was used as a hospital and in 1906 it was …
BiographyPercy John "Jack" Hodgson
… immigrant. In 1940 he joined the army to fight the war against fascism and in 1941 he joined the Communist Party … in the same year to ensure that the ex…
BiographyLaurent Kabila
… prime minister, Patrice Lumumba . A bloody civil war ensued between the Marxist prime minister and his chief … against the Hutu forces, which resulted in the…
BiographyBaden Powell
… to South Africa. because the was the possibility of war between the Dutch settlers (Boers) and the British Settlers. War was declared and Baden Powell and…
PlaceStaats Model School, Van der Walt Street, Pretoria
… when, for a time it was used to House Prisoners-of-War, during the Anglo-Boer War . Single-storied red brick with ochre dressings. …
BiographyAlan Wieder
… Comrade, and most recently Ruth First and Joe Slovo in the War Against Apartheid. Although he lives in the United …
ArticleSS Mendi
… ever suffered in South Africa. During the First World War , there was a shortage of labourers, which despite the … towards the British over actions during…
EventMilner proposes conditional voting rights for ‘non-Whites’ in SA
… the Treaty of Vereeniging, which signalled the end of the Anglo-Boer War 2, the British High Commissioner to South Africa, Lord … African History,This day in…
US and Egypt announce restoration of full diplomatic links for the first time since the 1967 Six-Day War.
… diplomatic links for the first time since the 1967 Six-Day War. …
World War II: North Africa. British Commander-in-Chief (Middle East) Claude Auchinleck, acting on information obtained by Ultra
… World War II: North Africa. British Commander-in-Chief (Middle …
World War II: North Africa. Hampered by sandstorms, General Erwin Rommel’s Panzerarmee Afrika overrun an infantry brigade at Di
… World War II: North Africa. Hampered by sandstorms, General Erwin …
World War 2: North Africa. A week before Mussolini orders General Rodolfo Graziani to invade Egypt from Libya, the British RAF
… World War 2: North Africa. A week before Mussolini orders General …
WWI: Germany invades Belgium and when London’s ultimatum to Berlin to withdraw expires at midnight, Britain declares war on G
… Berlin to withdraw expires at midnight, Britain declares war on G …
A U.N. fuel barge sails into Kisangani reopening the Congo River after war severed the African nation’s most important transpor
… barge sails into Kisangani reopening the Congo River after war severed the African nation’s most important transpor …
Book Launch: Brothers in War and Peace Abraham and Constand Viljoen and the Birth of the New South Africa
… Book Launch: Brothers in War and Peace Abraham and Constand Viljoen and the Birth of …
The Angolan government announces a unilateral ceasefire in its 27-year civil war against Unita, to begin the next day.
… announces a unilateral ceasefire in its 27-year civil war against Unita, to begin the next day. …
SA troops led by Gen. Jan Smuts invade East Africa in their confrontation with German forces in World War I.
… Africa in their confrontation with German forces in World War I. …
Col. George Sackville Fraser, after whom Fraser’s Camp, military outpost established by the British during the frontier war of
… outpost established by the British during the frontier war of …
WWII: The Active Citizen Force units of SA are authorised to accept volunteers for the duration of the war.
… authorised to accept volunteers for the duration of the war. …
War is barely averted when a British expedition to establish a route through Africa reaches an obscure Sudanese fort and finds
… War is barely averted when a British expedition to establish …
Eighty-three German war orphans arrive in Pretoria. The prime minister, Dr D.F. Malan and his wife adopt a girl.
… Eighty-three German war orphans arrive in Pretoria. The prime minister, Dr D.F. …
Arthur Wellesley Briscoe (30), SA cricket player in three test matches, is killed in Ethiopia during World War II.
… in three test matches, is killed in Ethiopia during World War II. …
World War II: Germany signs an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Rheims, France, to take effect the following d
… World War II: Germany signs an unconditional surrender at Allied …
Pieter Johannes Hendrik Coetzee, cultural reformer after the Rebellion in 1914 and World War I, is born in Burgersdorp, CC.
… cultural reformer after the Rebellion in 1914 and World War I, is born in Burgersdorp, CC. …
Election officials confirm Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf as the winner in Liberia’s post-war elections, making her Africa’s first-ever
… Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf as the winner in Liberia’s post-war elections, making her Africa’s first-ever …