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EventBattle of Viervoet (Basotho-British war)
… the Warden line (after Major Warden). This line divided territory between British territory and the Basotho under Moshoeshoe, and stretched …
EventXhosa Chief Sandile is killed
… Frontier War (1846-47) Sandile was defeated and his territory was put under British command and called British … with the appointment British commissioners…
ArticleBritain takes control of the Cape
… eighteenth century, the Cape settlers were expanding their territory northeast. The Trek Boers seeking fresh grazing … settle there in the belief that they…
EventSouth Africa mandated to govern South
… full power of administration and legislation over the territory as an integral part of the Union of South Africa, … was formed after World War 2. The UN…
EventRhodes asks Charter for British South Africa Company
… with the responsibility of developing and colonising the territory north of the Limpopo, which today extends over … Shona (Mashonaland) and raised the…
ArticleMatabele Wars 1836-1896
… kingdom. From 1847-51, the Afrikaners invaded this territory, but the Ndebele warriors proved strong enough to …
Message from Dr. AB Xuma, President-General of ANC, to the United Nations, 22 January 1946
… South West Africa into Union. Pray urge control territory by UNO Trusteeship Council. Mandate over territory was under article 22 covenant League Of Nations…
PlaceTranskei
… Keiskamma Rivers. Initially this was known as the Neutral Territory, but in time it began to be referred to as the Ceded Territory and was settled by…
PlaceLesotho
… against the Zulu invaders. During the 19th Century, the territory of Basutoland played an important role in the … customary law, infiltrated the country. In…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Source-based Questions
… It had acquired more than 70 000 square kilometers of territory and now had defensible borders. On the debit side, … “ It had acquired more than 70 000…
EventChad gains its independence
… ruler and his kingdoms were all defeated and a French territory was established in 1946 as part of French … National Assembly decided to make Chad a self…
EventAdoption of the Orange Free State constitution
… The Orange Free State was recognised as an independent territory under the Bloemfontein Convention in 1854. The convention guaranteed the independence of the…
ArticleThe Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896
… and Germany respectively. Zanzibar had controlled this territory until pressure from the European powers had forced …
ArticleDefeat of the Liberation struggle
… bases or to transport arms or personnel through Mozambican territory. Mozambique went into these negotiations under …
Cable to the United Nations Opposing Incorporation of South-West Africa, by Dr. A. B. Xuma, January 1946
… South West Africa into Union. Pray urge control Territory by UNO Trusteeship Council. Mandate over territory was under Article 22 Covenant League of Nations…
EventSir Benjamin D’Urban accepts the Mfengu as British subjects
… by King Shaka's Zulu army, and slowly arrived in Xhosa territory over a period of time. By the 1830's, a centre of … Since the Mfengu arrived in various…
ArticleThe Zulu kingdom and the colony of Natal
… order than the royal house, occupied a large tract of territory to Cetshwayo's north, and forced uSuthu loyalists … and Zibhebhu's army was forced out of the…
Cable to the United Nations Opposing Incorporation of South-West Africa, by Dr. A.B. Xuma, January 1946
… South West Africa into Union. Pray urge control Territory by UNO Trusteeship Council. Mandate over territory was under Article 22 Covenant League of Nations…
The Struggle Over Land, The Basotho lose out
… of friendship which drew boundaries around Moshoeshoe's territory. Napier The Napier treaty recognised most of the territory that Moshoeshoe claimed. It…
ArticleGangsterism in Sophiatown
… weekends. They spent much of their time defending their territory and their women from their rival gang, the … land in Sophiatown which they considered to be…
PlaceBritish Bechuanaland
… Territory of British Bechuanaland The territory known as British Bechuanaland covered an area that … the Cape Colony. Census figures indicate that in 1904…
EventImperial German Forces forced to unconditional surrender by Union of South Africa Forces during World War I
… that would permit them to keep the northern area of the territory. By this time the South African troops had accumulated a force of 35,000 men within the…
EventSouth African Parliament votes to restore citizenship to residents of so-called independent states
… scheduled for April 1994. He further maintained that his territory would retain the independence it gained from the … proved to be a powder keg as conflict…
EventThe Native Land Act is passed
… law created reserves for Blacks and prohibited the sale of territory in white areas to Blacks and vice versa. An annexure designated the territory initially…
Durban an Overview
… Smith, after a number of brief skirmishes, brought the territory under British control. At this point many of the …
ArticlePedi & Anglo-Pedi Wars 1876-1879
… and C H T GrÁƒÂ¼tzner to begin evangelical work in his territory. Sekhukhune. After the death of Chief Sekwati in …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1800-1899
… one of the early Thembu Kings who ruled over Thembuland, a territory that eventually became known as the Transkei. The …
The Cape Northern Frontier
… one of many with local peoples, with Xhosa forces for the territory east of the Great Fish River. This stopped the …
General Act of the Berlin Conference on West Africa, 26 February 1885
… COMMISSION OF THE CONGO Article 8 In all parts of the territory had in view by the present Declaration, where no …
EventA German gunboat, the Panther, reaches Morocco, increasing tensions between European powers
… troops to Morocco, the Spanish used the upheaval to occupy territory in French Morocco. Germany, as a rising superpower … As compensation the Germans…