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Some of Gandhi’s Early Views on Africans Were Racist. But That Was Before He Became Mahatma by E.S Reddy (The Wire), 18 October 2016
… India in October 1901, but returned after the end of the Anglo-Boer War a year later at the request of the Indian community … a thousand volunteers for…
PlaceDie Kraal, Brummeria, Pretoria
… Pretoria in 1886 and moved to Holland at the time of the Boer War. He studied there and then returned home to South …
EventSelf government is granted to the Transvaal
… Peace Treaty, signed between representatives of the two Boer Republics and Britain on 31 May 1902. The implementation …
The National Women’s Memorial in Bloemfontein is celebrating its 100-year existence this year
… 09:00 – Tug-of-war competition kick-off 10:00 – 10:30 - Boer War re-enactment at the fort 13:00 – Launch of Ideas 100 …
EventBoeremag members Dirk Hanekom and Henk van Zyl are arrested in Memel. Only Hanekom is charged.
… sought to stage a coup and replace the government with a Boer republic. Ten other men, including three former South …
PlaceAhrens, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… Built as a refuge for Dutch-speaking farmers during the Anglo-Zulu War, is also known as the Hermannsburg Laager! It …
Biography of Arthur Nortje by Kangkang Yang
Abstract: For most of his life, Arthur Nortje’s poetry remained relatively unknown, especially since he died very young at 28. Activist Dennis Brutus called…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Johannesburg opening of the Anne Frank Exhibition at the Museum Africa Johannesburg, 15 August 1994
(And the Address by Dr Martin Simon, Executive Board Member of the Anne Frank House on presentation of Anne Frank Award to President Nelson Mandela)…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1930-1939
1930 The Durban Municipality was a major employer of Indian labour, employing an average of 2 000 workers through the 1930s and 1940s. Municipal workers…
EventThe British successfully thwart the Zulu attack at Rorke’s Drift
… During the Anglo-Zulu war Lord Chelmsford, commander of the British …
PlaceRustenburg
… developments after the establishment of Pretoria, as the Boer Capital, its role as the centre of Church activity grew. … The Church played a Central Role in…
PlaceConcordia
… reached Concordia on 23 April1889. On 4 April 1902 a Boer force of about 25 men led by Generals J.C. Smuts, …
EventThe use of Dutch is ratified in the Cape parliament
… by the Cape Parliament in 1873. The First and Second Boer Wars reinforced the position of Afrikaans for after the …
ArchiveBibliography by Howard Barrell
This bibliography includes all books, articles and primary material referred to in the text and footnotes, as well as a few additional works which were…
BiographyPatric Tariq Mellet
… William Huntley was an English soldier during the Boer war, who was hospitalised in Mthatha where his …
EventSouth Africa holds a referendum to decide if SA should become a republic
… voters in South West Africa (now Namibia). The two former Boer republics, Transvaal and Orange Free State (now Free …
EventJameson Raid starts
… by a sudden advance he would reach Johannesburg before Boer forces could be mobilised to stop him. He was proven …
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa commissioned by The Department of Education
… dislocation of communities. The establishment of the Boer republics and the subsequent hostile relations with …
Document 45 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Left Opposition to Cape Town comrades, 23 October 1932
… is necessary to take our position on the questions of the anglo-russian comittee, and of the chinese revolution; to the …
PlaceRichards Bay
… Watching'. It was also had a Temporary Harbour during the Anglo Boer War of 1879 . Richards Bay was named after; British … Richards Bay had a temporary…
Griqua
… and ammunition. Trouble started when Kok arrested a Boer accused of ill-treating his people, and the trekker … find a new community failed and most returned…
ArticleOrganisation of African Unity (OAU)
Context: The Emergence of a Pan-African Rhetoric The Organisation of African Unity (OAU), established on 25 May 1963, was the culmination of a number of…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1900 - 1909
… of the Cape and now administrator of the two former Boer Republics, imposes a number of administrative acts that …
PlaceWitwatersrand, Johannesburg (Gauteng)
… British. They crossed the Vaal rivers and setup two new Boer Republics ; The Orange Free state and the Vaal Boer Republic electing their own presidents.-…
EventAfrikaner nationalists rebel against a Union Jack in new South African flag
… 15 years after the Union of South Africa was formed. The Boer community was still recovering fresh wounds from the …
EventDinizulu succeeds his father, Cetshwayo, as King of the Zulus.
… the Zulu Royal House put him under the protection of their Boer allies in the border districts of the neighbouring South …
PlaceGreen Lodge, 81 St George Street, Bloemfontein
… This resulted in the formation of the independent Boer Republic of the Orange Free State. The convention was …
Document 46 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International left Opposition to Johannesburg comrades, 23 October 1932
… of the Left Opposition (chinese Revolution, anglo-russian committee, russian question, our position to …
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 1 - State Formation in Nineteenth-century South Africa by Yonah Seleti
… state that controlled a huge territory. There were no Boer states in existence by 1810. Some Griquas and Korana … called “Great Trek” in simplistic terms…
PlaceBarton Keep, Jacob Mare Street, Pretoria
… 1886 and 1888. Edmund Bourke became a burger of the Boer Republic and was a personal friend of President Kruger. … and equipment through Lourenço Marques …