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PlaceBathurst, Eastern Cape
Bathurst in the Eastern Cape, is one of the smallest but most interesting Municipalities in South Africa. Founded in 1820, this peaceful little Village on the…
Prehistory of the Polokwane/Pietersburg area
… in 1854 who took refuge in a large cave to escape a Boer commando sent as reprisal for the murders of several Boer families. There are various versions of…
Chapter IX - Triumph of disunity (1)
… matter is, their land became too poor to be coveted by the Boer or the British invader. Then an all-important event took … the Griqua against the Boers…
2. Potchefstroom: A Fighting Location
… to Potchefstroom during the economic disruptions of the Anglo-Boer War and World War I. A severe drought in 1926 drove even … colour bar - it was open to …
ArticlePolokwane/Pietersburg Timeline 1835-1995
… Delagoa Bay 1849 Treaty of Derdepoort signed by the three Boer States in Transvaal to formalise unity talks. These … as the temporary seat of Government of…
ArchiveAppendix 1: Time Line of South African history by Denis Goldberg
… the ANC in later years. 1899-1902 The Second Angl-Boer War for control of the gold and diamond fields. Africans … formed by combining the Cape Colony, Natal…
PlaceVolksrust, Mpumalanga
… The story goes that this occurred when battle-weary Boer soldiers came to this place to recover from the South … the first of three defeats on the British…
ArchiveThe 16th of December in South Africa by Wolfram Kistner
… become subjected to British rule, the two former Boer republics (“Transvaal” and “Oranje-Vrystaat”) and the … and will get them out of any tight place.’ [26]…
45. Mass meeting at the Empire Theatre, Johannesburg, 1906
… there is much work for us to do. At the time of the Boer War, Lord Selborne said that the need to protect the … the position of Indians much worse than it…
PlaceCullinan
Cullinan is roughly 45km to the north-east of Pretoria. Cullinan boasts a rich History of more than 100 Years. Cullinan became famous with the discovery of the…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - In the city by Emilia Potenza
… during the South African War (1899-1902) after 30 000 Boer homesteads were burnt down by the British and millions … destroyed. Unable to survive on the land,…
EventSeretse Khama is re-united with his British wife
Seretse Khama succeeded his father, Kgosi (King) Khama III known as Khama the Good, ruler of the Bangwanto people. Subsequent to his father’s death Khama was…
PlaceHeilbron, Free State
… was restricted for families whose men were on commando. As Boer activity increased, the country districts had to be … treatment is a great contrast to the…
PlaceDu Toit's Kloof Pass and the Huguenot Tunnel
The Pass was constructed between 1984 and 1988. Leading up to the Huguenot Tunnel from its South side, is an awe-inspiringly beautiful, high-altitude viaduct…
ArticlePolitical changes from 1750 to 1835
… withdrawal to the north was because of an attack by a Boer commando with a number of Rolong supporters close to … them. Mzilikazi's stronghold was again…
PlaceDie Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerkgebou in Du Toit Street, 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. …
ArticleNdebele
… encroached on the areas occupied by the Ndzundza Ndebele. Boer settlements, established between the Olifants and … the Mabhoko, war broke out between the…
ArticleBloemfontein Timeline 1824-2010
1824 The Matabele, underChief Mzilikazi, settle on Thaba Bosiu. 1833 The Baralong under Chief Moroka II settle at what was later known as ThabaNchu. …
EventEban Abba, Israeli statesman is born in Cape Town
Eban Abba, Israeli statesman was born in Cape Town South Africa, on 2 February 1915. He is the son of Abraham and Alida Sachs-Eban. His parents moved to Great…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - New Factories, New Workers
… factories, while others started industrial concerns — Anglo-American in fertilisers and the engineering industry, … Union Corporation in pulp and paper…
Dr William Fehr (1892-1968), collector of art as history
… all on the outer edge of the Cape Colony. Early in the Boer War, Burgersdorp had been the scene of serious tensions. … by an era that saw the death of Queen…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
In the 1940s the ANC rejuvenated itself and began to work more closely with the SACP, putting behind the antagonistic relationship between the two parties in…
PlaceTokai, Cape Town
The Suburb of Tokai took its name from Tokaj, a range of Hills in Hungary. It was built in the late 1940's due to the urgent need for housing for South African…
PlacePretoria Boys High School
… for very long owing to the outbreak of the Second Boer War in 1899. At the time, the building served as a … High School for Girls , founded in 1902. During…
ArchiveHow colonial violence came home: the ugly truth of the first world war by Pankaj Mishra (The Guardian), 10 November 2018
… But it is too easy to conclude, especially from an Anglo-American perspective, that Germany broke from the norms … for Africa’s gold fields helped trigger…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1940-1949
The 1940s were characterised by changes that had a profound effect on the political landscape in South Africa. There was closer cooperation between the CPSA…
Document 58 - Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, “The Opening Address at the Africanist Inaugural Convention”, 4 April 1959 [….]
… J. H. Hofmeyer, South Africa; W. M. Macmillan, Bantu, Boer and Briton; J. M. Tinley, The Native Labour Problem of … British imperialism, a claim that was a…
Chapter 2 - Historical Background
… the Treaty of Vereeniging of 31 May 1902, which ended the Anglo-Boer War and laid the basis for the adoption of South … the Constitutional Assembly. The…
Timeline: All-Africa Convention (AAC)
1935 15 December, Professor Davidson Don Tengo (D. D. T.) Jabavu, Prixley Ka Isaka Seme, President of the African National Congress (ANC), Africans from…
PlaceSteytlerville Municipality, Karoo
… from Cape Town, H.H. Moon & Ledbury. During the Anglo Boer War the town was garrisoned by British Troops as a protection against raiding Boer Commandos . In…