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ArticleThe Cattle Killing Movement
… Xhosa society looked like prior to the influence of the Boer or the British. Nevertheless, below should suffice to … 3. Colonial Onslaught ↵ Both the British…
ArticleForced Removals in South Africa
Forced removals refer to the moving of people from their homes against their will. This may not always involve physical threat or force, but sometimes coercion…
EventSekhukhune successfully resists the Boers
… successfully resisted the Boers during a protracted Boer/Bapedi land ownership dispute. On 16 May 1876, the … Republic declared war on Sekhukhune and his…
Telegram to Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of the United Arab Republic by Oliver Tambo, 27 May 1967
… and Arab people in their firm stand and struggle to resist Anglo-American Machinations to recolonise Arab States. War … engineered as an act of provocation…
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… who came to South Africa when the Transvaal was still a Boer republic, and stayed during the Anglo Boer War and beyond. In several newspapers, he denounced …
EventBlack empowerment makes headway
… In South Africa's largest Black economic empowerment deal, Anglo American and the National Empowerment Consortium (NEC) signed an agreement for Anglo to sell…
EventThe Battle of Ulundi begins
… The Battle of Ulundi was the decisive battle during the Anglo-Zulu War. It took place on the 4th July 1879 and marked the end of the Anglo-Zulu War, as well…
EventBritain and Egypt agree on independence for Sudan.
… Following a series of campaigns between 1896 and 1898, an Anglo-Egyptian force under Herbert Kitchener destroyed the … in 1899 established the condominium…
ArchiveSouth Africa in World War One, 31 October 2018
… World War, coming little more than a decade after the Anglo-Boer war had ended, faced South Africans with a conundrum. … Afrikaners? For the government of…
EventCetshwayo, travels to London to request that he should be restored as a king of the Zulu Kingdom
… Cape after losing the crucial Battle of Ulundi, during the Anglo Zulu War against Sir Frere and his men. Cetshwayo … flee to Eshowe, where he died in 1884…
PlaceDarters Pass, Northern Cape
… the narrow Pass in 1902, right at the end of the second Anglo-Boer war. This Pass is located on the N7 Cape-Namibia route … the narrow Pass in 1902, right at…
PlaceLady Grey, Eastern Cape
… 1893 with Mr. B.J. Brummer as the first Mayor. Before the Anglo Boer War there were no poor White people in Lady Grey. During …
PlaceGraaff-Reinet
… African War of 1899 to 1902, (formerly known as the Second Anglo-Boer War ). The story goes that at the end of this very, …
42. Petition from Indians at the time of Union
… those who are less fortunate in their means. But, as the Anglo-Boer war has brought into the country a large number of … industrial, and otherwise. (23)…
The Afrikaner Bond
… of the people. Some wanted to see Dutch adopted as the Boer lingua franca, while an opposed group sought to develop … in 1877. In 1881 the Boers prevailed in…
PlaceChad
Chad is the fifth largest country in Africa[i]. Chad is estimated to be one of the areas for where the human species originated[ii]. The area which is now…
A Society for the “Advancement of Art”
… matters of art and of politics just after the end of the Anglo Boer War drew spontaneous cries of "hear, hear" and generated …
Passive resistance in South Africa by Oliver Tambo, 2 June 1966
… the white foreign invaders and colonial conquerors, both Boer and British. With spears and battle-axes their only … sixty years and, for the Africans, the…
EventBritish presents final Peace proposal
… presented the British final peace proposals to the Boer negotiators after the South African War. Milner … midnight. After the peace proposal was presented to…
EventMbhazima Shilowa, former premier of Gauteng, is born
… moved to Johannesburg, where he found a job at the Anglo-Alpha cement company. In 1982, he led a strike, and … in the Trade Union Movement. In 1986, he was…
Chapter 20. Malan’s Road to a New South Africa - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
Round about 1940 the propaganda committee of the Nationalist Party issued a pamphlet under the title, The Road to A New South Africa, in which the party's…
ArticleANC Origins and Background
… Transvaal and the Orange Free State had become independent Boer/Afrikaner republics in 1852 and 1854 respectively. The …
BiographyJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
Early LifeJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (Msholozi – his praise name) was born on 12 April 1942 at Nkandla in northern Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal). He is the first…
EventBoers occupying Magagabe Hill shell Rhodesian positions at Basuto Kop
… were firstly detected when a Rhodesian patrol came upon Boer positions at Basuto Kop. The Boers however were too … escaped unscathed. The Rhodesian response…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1920s
… entered the country illegally (mostly at the time of the Anglo-Boer War) condoned and issued with condonation certificates. … entered the country illegally …
ArticleJohannesburg the Segregated city
… companies, most specifically Sir Ernest Oppenheimer of Anglo-American, the Housing Division was able to implement a …
EventAdoption of the Orange Free State constitution
… Boers declared the area the Orange Free State, a Boer republic in 1853. The Orange Free State was recognised … the Orange and Vaal Rivers. In the course of…
EventB.J Vorster steps down as Prime Minster
On 29 September 1978, Balthazar Johannes Vorster stepped down as Prime Minster of South Africa after the holding office since 1966. John Vorster, as he became…
ArticleRustenburg Timeline 1850-2001
… War is declared, pitting the British against the two Boer republics Timeline: Rustenburg 1900-2001 1900 15 June, For two weeks Jan Smuts organises Boer…
PlaceNewcastle
… Deeply involved in the Anglo-Boer War , Newcastle today is the largest town in northern … Deeply involved in the Anglo-Boer War, Newcastle today is the…