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Document 109 - G. H. Gool and J. A. La Guma, “Appeal of the National Liberation League for a National Convention of the Subject Peoples of South Africa”, The Liberator, September 1937
… present lowly position of the non-European population, the Anglo-Boer imperialists are straining every nerve to drive us still … to the unrestricted…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister and State President John Vorster is born
Former South African Prime Minister and State President, Balthazar John Vorster was born in in Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape on 13 December 1915. Vorster began…
ArticleThe Impact of Colonialism
… as trackers, herdsmen and shepherds. Some even joined boer commandos and attacked other Khoikhoi groups. The boers …
BiographyRobert Gabriel Mugabe
… the depressed family. Father Jerome O’Hea (the village’s Anglo-Irish headmaster) became Robert’s surrogate father and …
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Johannesburg
… to be installed a few weeks later. The ravages of the Anglo-Boer Wars (1899-1903)and World War I (1914-1918) accompanied …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1930 - 1939
1930 October 5, The Asiatics Land Tenure (Amendment) Bill imposes segregation on Indians in the Transvaal. The South African Indian Congress meets at an…
ArticleBureau of State Security (BOSS)
… the British MI5 & MI6 services can be traced back to the Anglo Boer War. With the Cold War beginning, it was clear that … that Danie Theron was one of the…
ArticleOrigins of the Battle of Blood River 1838
… claim that it disappeared in 1900 during the South African Anglo-Boer War. Distraught and temporarily without a leader the …
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
Turning points in modern South African History since 1948& In 1948 South Africa held a general election which was to be decided by the white population of…
ArchiveChapter 3 University by Denis Goldberg
… also drew the enmity of the other farmers, and the old Boer-Brit, Afrikaans-English antagonisms re-surfaced. Our … like Consolidated Diamond Mines or De…
Memorial lecture on the 26th Anniversary of the Lowveld Massacre presented by Comrade Jackson Mthembu ANC National Spokesperson, 15 March 2012
… to the interior of the country and ultimately creating Boer Republics in the Free State and the Transvaal after … this setting that African nationalism had…
ArticleBatavian Republic 1803-1806
After the French Revolution, the newly founded Republic of France conquered the Netherlands in 1795. The Netherlands became known as the Batavian Republic and…
ArticlePeter Henry Abrahams timeline 1919 - 1985
1919 Peter Abrahams is born in Vrededorp, Johannesburg in March 1919 to an Ethiopian father and a Coloured mother. His father passed away when he was young…
PlaceLeliefontein
… History: During the South African War - (also known as the Anglo-Boer War ), it was the site of the devastating 1902: ' …
PlaceLambert's Bay
… ship was sent to Lambert’s Bay as a patrol boat during the Anglo-Boer war (1899 - 1902)), Photograph collection, Fish industry …
Zulu Community
… the land between Durban and the Tugela river to found a Boer Republic in Natal. Shortly afterwards, Dingane had the … This policy was set to bring the…
PlaceRobertson, Route 62
… and Mossel Bay with Robertson its Head Post Office. The Anglo Boer War of 1899 – 1902 saw the stationing in the Town of a …
PlaceNxuba (formerly known as Cradock)
… buildings, combined with its rich History of the Anglo-Boer War and early settlers, make it a fascinating place to … buildings, combined with its rich…
EventW. E. B. Du Bois (95), writer, scholar, intellectual, Pan
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was a giant among African American activists. He was a key founder of the NAACP, the largest and oldest civil rights…
EventRaymond Dart completes work on Taung skull
The skull, commonly called the Taung child, was found embedded in rock at a mine near Taung, a village 400 miles southwest of Johannesburg. When Raymond Dart,…
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1915
… British suffer a heavy casualty of 50 000 men. 3 October Anglo-French army lands at Salonika, Greece. 19 December …
Four important figures in the South African Film Industry
… W. Schlesinger made his home in South Africa after the Boer war, and founded several insurance companies. He …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1900s
… and embarks on a voyage to create enthusiasm for the Boer cause, with some success. However, not one government …
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Albert John Luthuli
Awards In 1960, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee made history by awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Albert Luthuli in recognition of his outstanding…
ArticleTransport on land
… for example to plough the land. During the Great Trek, the Boer families who left the Cape to go and live in the … through the tent flap proved merely to be …
ArticleThe Ndebele in history
… near Wonderboompoort, immediately north of the future Boer town of Pretoria. Musi, in his turn, had five sons: … settled at Namashaxelo, near the site of the…
PlaceKleinmond, Western Cape
Kleinmond is within easy driving distance from Cape Town, along the scenic coastal road known as R44 or Clarence Drive. Kleinmond is a peaceful little village…
Say It out Loud - The 1923 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 3rd April, 1923
… confine myself to a study of the days subsequent to the Anglo-Boer War. To get a clear grasp of the movements during the … divide the years into these…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1654-1899
… are merchants and hawkers. 11 October, Beginning of the Anglo Boer War/South African War . Blacks are evacuated from the …
EventHarry Frederick Oppenheimer is born in Kimberley
… his studies Oppenheimer returned to Johannesburg to join Anglo American Corporation which was founded by his father in … 1945. During the 1950s he was…