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BiographyAhmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada
… leaflets at street corners for the League. During World War II, he was involved in the anti-war campaign of the Non-European United Front. In the 1940s, …
EventGeneral De la Rey protests British mistreatment of women and children
… The Anglo-Boer War broke out in 1899 and was the result of the British … and money to support Boer families at the end of the war. Around 26 000 Boer women…
EventDelagoa Bay railway line is officially opened
… a few years after the end of the first South African War (Anglo-Boer War) and the restoration of the Transvaal … Since the outbreak of the second South…
BiographySamora Machel
… and chief of the Frelimo army. He believed in a guerilla war and Frelimo's army established itself among the poor in …
BiographyKing Mpande kaSenzangakhona
… had given to the Boers in 1861. This move nearly caused a war as a Zulu army under Cetshwayo and a Boer commando under …
BiographyMonica Hunter Wilson
… her husband’s tragic death at the end of the Second World War. Monica and her husband Godfrey did fieldwork together in …
BiographyChris McGregor
… he became exposed to Xhosa culture and music. During World War II, his father joined the Navy and Chris moved to stay …
BiographyDouglas Chadwick Thompson
… sympathetic to Marxism and the Soviet Union. During World War II he became chairperson of the Medical Aid to Russia …
BiographyNkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma
… praise for her shuttle diplomacy to end the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo but raised] eyebrows …
Rebecca Lan
… movement, but it became increasingly Zionistic after World War II . After learning about the movement in England, Norman …
BiographyMoses Ndlovu
… the violence of March to April 1990 (so-called Seven Days War) Ndlovu’s daughter was murdered by government inspired …
EventSt. John Broderick claims concentration camps are improving
… The British Secretary for War, St. John Broderick, told the House of Commons that every … of South Africa. The country was experiencing yet another war, the…
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…
EventArrival of Chinese labourers in South Africa
… in 1904. This situation, in part, was the result of the Anglo-Boer War (South African War) of 1899-1902, that had displaced … plans to further development in…
PlaceNaval Hill
… The Naval Brigade took the canons with them after the Anglo-Boer war ended. The only visible evidence of Naval Hill's war … Hill is the White Horse, a…
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 threat in Middle East is being directly…
PlaceuMnambithi was called Ladysmith
… farming district became the centre of attention during the Anglo Boer War. After it it fell under siege from October 1899 to March … from Ladysmith. This dam…
EventGeneral Lord Roberts marches on Pretoria
… In the middle of the South African War II (Anglo-Boer War II), General Lord Roberts left Bloemfontein and began the … [Accessed: 11 April 2013]| Anglo-Boer…
ArticleSouth Africa and the Olympic Games
… to participate. One of the events at the Fair was an “Anglo-Boer War Historical Libretto”. This revue re-enacted scenes from the Anglo-Boer War (1899 –…
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 … near Mafeking by burghers, in…
EventJan Smuts is born
… the South African Army. He also participated in the Second Anglo-Boer War (South African War). …
ArticleSouth African Police Services (SAPS)
… we are familiar with today has its origin after the Second Anglo-Boer War in 1902. Prior to the war each colony or Boer republic had its own law enforcement …
EventMelrose House opens as a Museum
… on Saturday 31 May 1902, effectively ending the Second Anglo- Boer War or Second South African War. …
Afrikaner
… celebrated annually even before the South African War (Anglo-Boer War). The centenary of the Great Trek in 1938 … and overtime became Afrikaners. Oerder took…
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 Hospital. The finishing …
EventAlfred Milner becomes High Commissioner and Governor of the Cape Province
… role in events leading up to the Second South African War (Anglo-Boer War 2). He assisted in negotiating a peace treaty that ended …
BiographyShadrack Fuba Zibi
… as chief in the same year. In 1915, during the First World War (1914-1918), he recruited 60 men from among his followers …
BiographyKrotoa (Eva)
… in working out terms for ending the First Dutch-Khoi-khoi War . In the 1650s Eva was the only figure possessing an …
BiographyColin Wells Eglin
… the Allies broke through to the plains of Italy. After the War he remained in Italy for nine months, waiting for …
BiographyBishop Samuel Adjai Crowther
… with ropes. They had been rescued by the British Men-of-War. Their rescuers were kind to them, and in June, 1882, …