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PlaceDoornfontein, Johannesburg
… became known as 'Millionaires Row'. Shortly after the Anglo-Boer War this changed as many of the wealthier Residents …
PlaceHamilton Primary School, Visagie Street, Pretoria
… at the three Pretoria schools which were built before the Anglo-Boer War – Gymnasium, Central Junior High and Hamilton. On 25 …
BiographySefako Mapogo Makgatho
… local Black preachers, and in the Transvaal, where Boer officials were distinctly hostile to British …
Communist Party of South Africa, What is the Native Independent Republic? (1934)
… for all". Is this really so'? Will the imperialists (the Anglo-Boer landlords, manufacturers, mineowners and the Colonial … is most suitable for agriculture,…
4. Conclusion
The decisions made by the Party executive at the end of 1938 proved to be a lifesaver for the Party. Although Johannesburg and Cape Town officials continued to…
PlaceMelmoth, Gateway to Zululand
… of Dingaan and where Piet Retief and his party of Boer commandos were executed and Ulundi, the Capital of Zululand , is the Site of the last battle of the…
PlaceHalvey Hotel, Bloemfontein
… National Women's Memorial Museum, the Botanical Gardens, Anglo Boer War Museum and Battlefields, hiking in the Zoutspruit …
ArticleThe Roots of Apartheid in the Construction of Buchuberg Dam
… such as drought, diseases and the impact of the Second Anglo-Boer War , namely Milner’s Scorched Earth policy that left …
PlaceThe SAS Somerset Museum
The SAS Somerset is stationed at the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront (V&A Waterfront), Cape Town. The SAS Somerset is a bar-class boom defence vessel, a type of…
PlaceDullstroom, Mpumalanga in the Emalaheni Municipality District
… settlers therefore, returned to Holland. During the Second Anglo-Boer War , the British razed the Village to the ground, … the cross fire between the Boer…
Some remarkable women who helped Gandhiji in South Africa by E. S. Reddy
… dedicated herself to the movement in Britain against the Anglo-Boer War. Her visits to the concentration camps in South … and many other intellectuals. She…
EventThe Flag of the Union of South Africa is hoisted on Prince Edward Island
On 4 January 1948, the National Flag of the Union of South Africa was hoisted on Prince Edward Island. Prince Edward Island is one of two Islands annexed by…
EventGerman torpedoes sink the SS Mendoza close to Durban
Torpedoes deployed by the U-178 a German submarine sank the SS Mendoza a ship bound for Durban on the Indian Ocean. The SS Mendoza was an ex-Vichy French ship…
EventGabon gains independence from France
On 17 August 1960 Gabon, the last of the four territories, which had formed French Equatorial Africa, achieved independence. Gabriel LÁƒÂƒ©on M'Ba become the…
ArticleAccount of events: Rand Rebellion 1922
… hovering over the scenes where commandos were mobilizing. Boer commandos were soon on their way to fight for the … Smuts threatened a general ground…
PlaceWonderboom National Airport, Tshwane
Wonderboom Airport, is located north of Pretoria, South Africa. The airport handles general aviation flights and passenger services. The Wonderboom Airport was…
PlaceFree State Province
… sandstone Mountains in the Northeast. It was originally a Boer State and then (from 1910) one of the traditional … Lesotho borders with the Free State. When…
ArticleThe Early History of Rugby in South Africa
… that had existed between the two groups since the bloody Anglo-Boer war of 1899-1902. The English media referred to the team … thrown Afrikaners into…
Community histories of Rustenburg
… 1884 to 1899 with the outbreak of the South African War (Anglo-Boer War). In 1882, a town council was established with … It was only with the outbreak of the…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 2 - Imperialism and the Union in South Africa by Timothy Keegan
… discoveries, white-ruled societies (British colonies and Boer republics) lived side-by-side with independent African … mainly because of Boer resistance. It…
ArticleLouis van Mauritius and the Slave Revolt of 1808
The unique nature of slavery in the Cape Colony hindered many attempts at wide-scale resistance on the part of Cape slaves. Instead many slaves’ attempts at…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Bosman Street, Pretoria
… as ‘outspan’ during the quarterly communions. After the Anglo-Boer War the Dutch Reformed Church sold the square to the …
PlaceNederlandse Hervormde Kerkgebou, Pretoria
… stone in honour of all the Dutchmen who died in the Anglo-Boer War was erected on the eastern wall. Names such as C.V. …
PlaceDarlington Dam- Lake Mentz
… He had lost Cattle in an attack by the Boers during the Anglo-Boer War , was said to have started Darlington Farm in the …
Document 85 - E. R. Roux, “The Native Exploiters: A reply to ‘A. Z.”’, Umsebenzi,20 April 1935
… necessary to emphasise the effect of the present policy of Anglo-Boer imperialism upon the Native petty-bourgeoisie. Such …
EventHansi Pauline Pollak, welfare worker and social activist, is born
Hansi Pauline Pollak was born in Johannesburg in 1905. She served as an officer in command of the Women Army Auxiliary Services during the World War II. In…
ArticleForced removals on Highveld and "black spots", 1912-1991
In the early 1960s the Apartheid government moved swiftly to dislodge numerous Black communities on the Transvaal Highveld occupying land in what was…
ArticleGreat Trek 1835-1846
… to reoccupy their land, only to find themselves ousted by Boer intruders. For example, in Natal the African population, … and it was hoped that the…
The Struggle Over Land, The Basotho lose out
… and the Vaal rivers. This gave rise to the independent Boer Republic of the Orange Free State. No African chiefdoms … 1854, the Basotho started taking cattle…
PlaceVan Reenen's Pass, KwaZulu Natal
… away.” The Town of Van Reenen has a History steeped in the Anglo-Boer War, and a lookout point, called ' Windy Corner', about …