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… of Bloemfontein In 1846, Major H.D. Warden was appointed British Resident of the area between the Orange and the Vaal … Warden’s soldiers erected a Residency for the British Resident, as well as a fort, Fort Drury, a school … annexed the area between the Orange and Vaal rivers as British territory and named it the Orange River Sovereignty. …

… today known as Tanzania was transferred from German to British control. Britain renamed the country as Tanganyika. … Neighbouring Zanzibar also achieved independence from the British Empire in 1963, briefly reverting to a constitutional … of Ian Smith declared Rhodesia to be independent of the British Empire and took power. The OAU threatened that its …

… today known as Tanzania was transferred from German to British control. Britain renamed the country as Tanganyika. … Neighbouring Zanzibar also achieved independence from the British Empire in 1963, briefly reverting to a constitutional … of Ian Smith declared Rhodesia to be independent of the British Empire and took power. The OAU threatened that its …

… Most notable was its defence of the Batavian Republic from British invasion in the early 1800s and the Battle of … the 1914 Rebellion, both World Wars. In 1914, under British directive, South Africa occupied German South West …

… through the confederation of four previously separate British colonies: Cape Colony, Natal Colony, Transvaal … Colony, and Orange River Colony. The Union is under British dominion. 1913 The Natives Land Act is passed. This …

… and bloody armed campaign to suppression the challenge to British colonial rule. The protest and subsequent armed …

… George Sewpershad and M.J. Naidoo.  They occupied the British Consulate until 12 December. 1985 August, Billy Nair …

… England in 1794. It was a three-decked and three-masted British East Indiaman vessel and was first used as a trading … Aboard were injured soldiers and sailors from the British campaigns in Kandia and Ghurka, India. There were a …

… citizenship rights to Indians in South Africa and other British colonies. The South African Prime Minister, General … delegation after a great deal of pressure from the British government. The meeting results in the decision that … on the clarification of the dominions' status within the British Empire and its activities result in the Balfour …

… Square and Rustenburg becomes the first town to see the British flag hoisted. 1880 December, The Boers decide to go … 27 December, The Siege of Rustenburg begins, to prevent British soldiers from taking part in the war. The siege begins after the British soldiers refused to surrender a fort just outside the …

… in Cape Town -- an iconic African city -- into European, British or American scenes. So a characteristic wine farm is …

… close cooperation between Afrikaners and persons of British descent. The founder of the NP, General JBM Hertzog, … cultural streams. Some enthusiastic supporters of the British Empire’s presence in South Africa described him as anti-British, and called for his removal from government. Some …

… was set for the 17th October and she was denied bail. The British Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM) publicised Nontsikelelo … the apartheid government. This caught the attention of the British Foreign Secretary who issued a statement of concern … the UDF along with Oscar Mpetha and Archie Gumede. ● The British Anti-Apartheid Movement The British Anti-Apartheid …

… 1787. [16] The major settlement, Freetown, was used by the British to repatriate slaves following the abolition of the … trade. Former slaves from the Americas who had fought for British in the American War of Independence were eventually … of the settlement to provide some degree of defence. The British had raised local militias from the earliest days of …

… in Bombay. June 22, Requests Sir Bhownagree in London that British Committee and East India Association set up joint … hold anti-Asiatic convention in Transvaal. November 11, British Indian Association protests against convention. … were bringing women of indifferent character as wives. British Indian Association decides to send Gandhi and O.H. …

… Basothos. In 1868, Basotholand (today Lesotho) became a British Protectorate. The discovery of diamonds between 1867 … that the area known as Griqualand West was now declared a British territory. In March 1876, President Brand undertook a … was to receive an amount of 10 000 pounds from the British government to assist them through their first year of …

… When the First World War broke out in August 1914, the British Government called upon the dominions in the British Empire to come to its assistance. The South African … government’s wholehearted support for the defence of the British Empire.  The Union government was asked to send an …

… in efforts to smuggle propaganda back home. On gaining British citizenship, Frank and Olive went to Zambia. In the …

… Transvaal Indian Congress  replaces the defunct Transvaal British India Association March 12 -13, The  South African … independence. Dadoo's interest in Indian nationalists, British politics and left wing politics grows.  He joins the British Labour Party and becomes an active member of its …

… the white residents of South Africa. These people were the British settlers and the Boers. The first Constitution for … war, many African people associated themselves with the British in the hope of improving their lot. According to … African people were incarcerated alongside Afrikaners in British concentration camps. The British seemed to have much …

… of the abolishment of the slave trade in the British Empire. The Abolition of the Slave Trade Act was passed by the British Parliament on 25 March 1807. It outlawed slave trade within the  British Empire, but did not abolish slavery as such. Any …

… 1913 reproduced below, A.M. Cachalia, chairman of the British Indian Association, explains to the Secretary of the … and the brutality of the police caused an uproar. The British government was forced to come to an agreement with … campaign. Eventually, in response to pressure from the British government, the Minister of Justice, Jan Smuts, …

… in the Province. India, whose import trade on the eve of British occupation consisted of gold bullion, now exported as … rulers further impoverished its people. In rural areas, British administrative laws and actions led to peasants? … prices and incomes. This coupled with the avarice of the British coloniser eventually contribute significantly in …

… President Kruger issued an ultimatum, instructing the British to withdraw their soldiers from the border of the Transvaal. When the British failed to heed the instruction, Kruger's government … burning the Barolong huts and the defences that the British lieutenant-general, Robert Baden-Powel, had set up. A …

… to assert their independence as a nation in the face of British Imperialism. This was complicated by the discovery of … Kimberley and gold on the Rand. Also, South Africa was a British colony at the time, and thus the Empire did not look … particularly with the discovery of such mineral wealth. British attempts to crush these aspirations were however …

… (Ndebele), under the leadership of Lobengula, and the British forces, under the command of Major Patrick Forbes, at … Cecil John Rhodes, Premier of South Africa, had ordered British Administrator Leander Jameson to set up the 1893 … the Matabele warriors carried out a frontal assault on the British forces, demonstrating their courage. They had 80 000 …

… incurred, which left the Xhosa people vulnerable to British governance coveted by aspirations of land, labour and … looked like prior to the influence of the Boer or the British. Nevertheless, below should suffice to present an … conducted and maintained. 3. Colonial Onslaught ↵ Both the British and the Boer found reasons to push beyond the …

… Dutch-speaking farmers on the Eastern Cape frontier with British rule, leading to more than 15 000 of these frontier … north-east into the interior of the region to escape British administration. Secondly, the advent of the Mfecane … rise of the rule of Shaka over the AmaZulu. Once beyond British influence, the Voortrekkers had to decide on the …

… between settlers on the one hand, and Company (and later British colonial) agendas played out at the expense of the … slaves and African vassals) and later, from 1811, by the British army which launched the first of several military …

… of settlers clashed with one another, and rival Dutch and British populations fought for control over the land. South … of colonials from the frontier farms, which neither the British not the Dutch were able to reverse. The droughts … Xhosa over cattle and grazing land. Initially, the aim of British policy was to maintain a strict policy of segregation …