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ArticleChieftaincy and Kingship in South Africa
Introduction In a democratic society, the observance of chieftaincy faces many problems. One of the key issues relates to chieftaincy operating on principles…
ArchiveSouth Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 1 : Socialist Pilgrims to Bolshevik Footsoldiers 1919-1930 edited by A. Davidson, I. Filatova, V. Gorodnov and S. Johns
… ECCI, 3 November 1926 Document 39 Report by J. La Guma to Anglo-American Secretariat, ECCI, 10 March 1927 [Extract] … [October 1927] Document 48 Minutes of…
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 …
PlaceNational Women’s Monument
… van Wouw , was put up in 1913 in remembrance of the 26 370 Boer women and children who died in prison camps during the … The monument honors women and…
Whither Palestine? by Ronnie Kasrils, 19 May 2015, London
… General Smuts [who had led a guerrilla struggle of Boer settlers against the British from 1899-1902].In … British from the mid-1850’s] Jan Christian Smuts,…
EventSA and British governments clash over interpretation of the Simonstown Agreement
… General Hiemstra announced the successful conclusion of Anglo-South African negotiations on aspects of the Simonstown …
EventQueen Victoria issues charter for the formation of the British South Africa Company
… consolidated in various mining companies, one of which is Anglo American. …
EventThe South African War field doctor, Arthur Conan Doyle is born
… hospital. It is during this period that he wrote The Great Boer War. In 1902 Doyle returned to England. On 7 July 1930 …
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s Satyagraha, Durban
… during the South African War, otherwise referred to as the Anglo-Boer War. During this War, Gandhi and other leaders of the … of new experiences and gave me…
Death of a lion of the law, Arthur Chaskalson by Rebecca Davis, 3 December 2012
… more particularly what General CR de Wet, the hero of the Boer forces during the Anglo-Boer war, had done in 1914,” Bizos said. Fischer was duly …
PlaceMsunduzi River
The Msunduzi River flows through the center of Pietermaritzburg, the Capital of KwaZulu-Natal and is the namesake of the Msunduzi Municipality, where the City…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Essay Questions
Causes of the French Revolution Based on the 2012 Grade 10 NSC Exemplar Paper: Grade 10 Past Exam Paper Grade 10 Source Addendum Grade 10 Past…
EventAnnexation of the Orange Free State is announced
… M T Steyn and General C R de Wet of the Orange Free State (Boer Republic) failed to defend their capital town …
ArticleThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle
Relations between Russia and South Africa In the late-19th century, Russia was engaged in rivalry with the British Empire, especially in Asia, and sought to…
Event15 000 applications for gold mining permits received per week in Johannesburg
… received weekly in Johannesburg. to read more click The Anglo-Zulu wars …
PlaceOld Court House, Victoria Embankment, Durban
… central business district. It was loop-holed during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. It bore witness to both the South …
PlaceBritish Bechuanaland
… and the Transvaal sought to define the borders between the Boer Republic and its Tswana neighbours to the west. Despite this in January 1882 a Boer Republic…
PlaceKroondal, Rustenburg
… when the river was too low to power the wheel. Sadly, the Boer war interrupted this steady, prosperous progress and … meanwhile, removed bearings from the…
Chapter 1 - Striking a balance between Tribalism and Christianity
… of their lives. Gumede was eleven years old when the Anglo-Zulu War erupted. Judged against the background of his … of the Zulu monarchy. “There was no…
The Great Trek Was Not Over Abolition by Ron (Republican Trekker Volk), 30 October 2008
… but this was not done. ] End of quote. From: The Great Boer Trek. The slave owners were the Cape Dutch in the … so often, and to his detriment, ascribed to…
EventThe battle of Donkerhoek (Diamond Hill) marks the continuation of the South African War
… On 11 June, 1900, Boer commandos and British forces clashed at Donkerhoek …
EventThe Republic of Goshen is founded
… Moshete of the Barolong boo Ratlou, as reward for the Boer support in the fight against Chief Montshioa of the …
EventNatal becomes part of the Union of South Africa
… on 4 May 1843 after the British government had annexed the Boer Republic of Natalia, and on 31 May 1910 combined with …
Grade 8 - Topic 2 - The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… history o The shifting balance of power: defeat of the Boer Republics 1902; African Political Organisation (APO) … [online] Available at http://www.stephen…
ArticleTimeline of the Marikana Massacre 2012 - 2013
… 12 September, Another strike begins at mines operated by Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), a separate company which …
ArticleTreks & Land conflicts timeline 1602-1966
… to declare war on Britain for Canadian territory. 1812 The Anglo American War breaks out. 1814 The British war against …
David Goldblatt: Intersections; Asbestos; Particulars by Sue Williamson, 1 - 25 October 2003
… the disease weeks before their death. Have companies like Anglo American taken responsibility for their actions? Far … asbestos related illnesses will not…
Afrikaner Newspapers and the newspaper industry from 1830
… celebration of the Voortrekker movement and on the Boer defeat of Dingaan 100 years earlier on 16 December 1838. …