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BiographyOliver Tambo
… was due to the efforts of Gavin Relly, a director at Anglo American. At this meeting Tambo explained the ANC’s …
Bernard Shaw and May Morris
… about the purpose for it. I was a combatant myself in the Anglo-Boer War, but I was then an Imperial regular soldier and was …
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter X - Triumph of disunity (2)
… African, to the ultimate defeat of both. As the Trek Boer continued to make use of inter-tribal conflicts, the … of the maXhosa were kept in a state of…
EventCecil John Rhodes, South African statesman, is born
… was an ardent believer in colonialism, declaring that the Anglo-Saxon race was the first race and therefore should …
EventMining Magnate Oppenheimer dies
… magnate, Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, who founded the Anglo American Corporation, died in Johannesburg at the age …
PlaceGreytown, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… of note. There are lots of scenic drives reflecting; Boer History . (Greytown originally enjoyed a fair amount of … Botha, the Country’s first Prime Minister…
PlaceStump Memorial, near Doornkop
… where the cottage stood where Jameson surrendered to the Boer forces after the Jameson Raid (previously marked by a … where the cottage stood where Jameson…
EventAnti-apartheid activist, Beyers Naude is born
… on 10 May 1915. He was named after C.F. Beyers, a Boer general who was close to his father, Jozua Franchoise …
EventLondon hosts an international conference on the protection of the African elephant and rhinoceros
… Ireland, Egypt, Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, and the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. This convention was put into force on …
EventZulu army defeat British Army at the Isandlwana Mountain
… victory for the Zulu kingdom, led by King Cetshwayo The Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 ended on July 4 at the last ritual …
Chronology
1935 May, Joint Select Committee of Parliament tables the Representation of Natives Bill and the Native Trust and Land Bill October, Italy attacks Ethiopia…
PlaceCabo Verde
Cape Verde (or Cabo Verde as the nation now prefers to be called) is located on an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, just off the West coast of Guinea-Bissau…
Chapter 2 - Jewish Trade Unions in Cape Town 1903-1907: A Socio-Historical Study
… into two distinct language and cultural groups: the Anglo-German Jews on the one hand; and the Yiddish-speaking of the other. The well-established Anglo…
Biography of Bessie Emery by Elizabeth Venditti
ABSTRACT: Bessie Emery was the first black South African woman to publish a collection of short stories.[i] She was also described as a passionate and…
Lobenguela’s izinDuna by Martin Plaut (Quarterly Bulletin of the National Library of South Africa ), 2016
This photograph of two Ndebele leaders is entitled on its reverse: ‘Chiefs “Babyon” & “Omjaam.” Babyan was answerable for the assassination of Alan Wilson’s…
EventUnion of South Africa is inaugurated
… Following delegates of the Boer Republics' agreement by 54 to 6, to accept the British …
ArticleA Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… the expense of the indigenous people. The struggle between Boer and Briton, the mining revolution, the struggles of the …
Indian South Africans timeline 1970-1979
Indian South Africans Timeline: 1970-1979 1970 HA Naidoo passes away while still in exile. 17 February, African Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1940-1949
1940 Mandela was elected to the Student Representative Council (SRC) at Fort Hare. After he became embroiled in general student dissatisfaction with boarding…
EventCanada offers a second contingent of troops to the British in the South African War
… [Accessed 21 October 2010] Anon, The Boer War from Canadian Soldiers, [online] Available at … 21 October 2010] Robert Marshall & Inigo Gilmore, (1999), Boer…
PlaceVryburg, Bophirima Region
… citizens regarded themselves as 'free'. The Republic was a Boer Republic that, though small, played a pivotal role in … The Building was sold to MC Genis,…
PlaceRooihuiskraal Battlefield, Pretoria
… (1880-81). During the war, Pretoria was besieged by Boer forces for a period of 100 days. This battle was the …
PlaceBlockhouse in Hekpoort, Krugersdorp
… The Building was erected during the South African Boer War by the British Military, under the guidance of …
ArticleKenyan Timeline
The earliest human ancestors (Homo erectus and Homo habilis) have their origin in East Africa more than 2 million years ago. Several human remains have been…
Control: 1910 - 1948
… and Australia, and displaced Boers from the farms and the Anglo-Boer war. Another source of labour was indentured labour from …
ArticleA history of Soweto
… in the mining industry. Before the South African War (Anglo-Boer War 2), these foreigners were treated as outsiders ( …
ArticleBloemfontein the Segregated city
… areas 1846-1996, with special reference to the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902. University of the Free State. MA …
EventThe 104mm field-gun known as 'Long Cecil' is test fired for the first time
… Cecil John Rhodes, was test fired for the first time at Boer forces during the Siege of Kimberley. Rhodes, who had … round landed and burst in the middle of…
PlaceSt Michael and All Angels Anglican Church, Boksburg
… was a change from Sir Herberts use of the pointed arches (Anglo Gothic), and was one of the last designed by the …
EventZulu King Cetshwayo Dies
… poisoning rumored at the time. For further reading on the Anglo-Zulu war of 1879, click here. … Mr Chadwick, G.A, (1979), The Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 , from…