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Liberia’s main warring factions signed a peace accord calling for a cease-fire after more than five years of civil war and the
… for a cease-fire after more than five years of civil war and the …
Fidel Castro, president of Cuba since 1976 who authorised the intervention of Cuban troops in the Angolan Civil War, is born.
… the intervention of Cuban troops in the Angolan Civil War, is born. …
A Nigerian freighter with 3 500 Liberian war refugees is allowed to dock in Ghana after being turned away from African ports fo
… A Nigerian freighter with 3 500 Liberian war refugees is allowed to dock in Ghana after being turned …
Florence Nightingale, British nurse in the Crimean War, is born. Nurses in SA undertake to honour the oath of Florence Nighting
… Florence Nightingale, British nurse in the Crimean War, is born. Nurses in SA undertake to honour the oath of …
Gen. Mark Wayne Clark, commander of the 5th American Army in North Africa and Italy in World War 2, is born.
… the 5th American Army in North Africa and Italy in World War 2, is born. …
St. John Brodrick, the war secretary, informs the British House of Commons that the campaign in Somaliland is to be abandoned a
… St. John Brodrick, the war secretary, informs the British House of Commons that the …
St. John Brodrick, the war secretary, informs the British House of Commons that the campaign in Somaliland is to be abandoned a
… St. John Brodrick, the war secretary, informs the British House of Commons that the …
World War 2: The British forces evacuate Benghazi, major seaport of north-eastern Libya, in the face of the German advance. Dat
… World War 2: The British forces evacuate Benghazi, major seaport of …
During World War 2, Axis forces retreat from El Alamein in North Africa in a major victory for British forces commanded by Fiel
… During World War 2, Axis forces retreat from El Alamein in North Africa in …
Britain and France agree to accept a Middle East cease-fire in the Suez War if UN forces can keep the peace.
… agree to accept a Middle East cease-fire in the Suez War if UN forces can keep the peace. …
General Jan Christian Smuts is appointed commander of UK and South African troops in the East African campaign of World War I.
… South African troops in the East African campaign of World War I. …
At the opening of Parliament, President F.W. de Klerk warns that South Africa will be plunged into a Yugoslav style civil war i
… South Africa will be plunged into a Yugoslav style civil war i …
EventTransvaal Republic tries Chief Malebogo
… A council of war, tried Chief Malebogo for refusing to allow his people to pay hut taxes and waging war against the Transvaal Boers in defence of his…
EventKruger repudiates execution of cattle–herds
… of Mafeking (presently known as Mafikeng) in the Second Anglo-Boer War, two Black cattle-herds were captured and summarily … Cloete, P.G. (2000). The Anglo…
EventJan Smuts is born
… the South African Army. He also participated in the Second Anglo-Boer War (South African War). …
EventMelrose House opens as a Museum
… on Saturday 31 May 1902, effectively ending the Second Anglo- Boer War or Second South African War. …
BiographyDr. Hans Merensky
… went bankrupt as a result of the Depression. During World War I he was called up and stationed in a camp near … Pietermaritzburg in Natal (now KwaZulu Natal)…
BiographyRobert Hodgins
… the Union Defense Force in 1940. In the Second World War, he served in Kenya until 1941, then in Egypt until 1944. … to England and was discharged after the…
BiographyThelma Gutsche
… and reflected her love for the film industry. During World War II , Gutsche was hired by the South African government as … scripts for documentaries and…
BiographyFrederick Hutchinson Page
… is now synonymous, to work in a tyre factory in 1937. When war was declared in 1939 he rejoined the military, serving in the Signal Corps. It was only after…
BiographyJonty Driver
… time fighting in North Africa during the Second World War until he was captured in Toruk and imprisoned in Germany … (2005) Elegy for a Revolutionary , …
EventBuilding of Delagoa Bay railway line is completed
… line was completed a few years after the end of the first Anglo-Boer War (also called Anglo-Transvaal War) and the restoration of …
EventEmily Hobhouse travels to South Africa
… for her exposure of conditions in concentration camps for Boer women and children during the Second South African War/ Anglo Boer War 2, set sail for South…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Rustenberg
… of the building were delayed by the outbreak of the Anglo Boer War . During the war it was used by the British, as a …
PlaceStasiegebou, Sannaspos
… Building of sandstone was completed shortly before the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). It is one, of only a few Station Buildings …
PlaceRosmead
… Lord Rosmead in 1896. The Village was probably occupied by Boer forces when they over-ran the district in October 1899 during the Second Anglo Boer War …
BiographyMarthinus Hattingh
… with MSF in Angola, documenting the effect of the civil war on the refugees in Angola. His work is mainly concerned …
EventGeneral Lord Roberts marches on Pretoria
… In the middle of the South African War II (Anglo-Boer War II), General Lord Roberts left … [Accessed: 11 April 2013]| Anglo-Boer War Museum, ‘Peace Treaty of…
PlaceMelrose House, Jacob Mare Street, Pretoria
… museum. Melrose House played an important role during the Anglo-Boer Wars. In June 1900 British troops invaded Pretoria and requisitioned Melrose House to…
EventFirst Black-owned newspaper is published
… survived a banning order during the Second South African war (or Second Anglo-Boer War) from August 1901 until 1902. Imvo was discontinued …