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BiographyDavid Stuurman
… but the Khoi wanted their freedom. The Khoi were weary of war and many of their captains and chiefs had been killed. …
BiographyJan van Eck
… Lakes region to find a solution to the Tutsi-Hutu civil war that had for years wrecked that country's political and …
BiographyJoe Slovo
… He volunteered for the South African forces during World War II and was subsequently active in the Springbok Legion , …
BiographyBarbara Mosima Joyce Masekela
… movement and galvanised millions of people to wage a war against apartheid. Her activities in US went beyond …
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 in …
EventGeneral De Wet is defeated by British forces
… At the height of the South African War 1899-1902 (Anglo-Boer War), General Christiaan Rudolph De Wet was defeated at … Anglo Boer War Museum , ‘Anglo Boer…
EventDinuzulu refuses British instructions to take up arms against Boers
… arms against the Boer Republics during the South African War (Second Anglo Boer War). His reasons were that the war was between the English …
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…
EventCaptured Gen. Cronje and his wife are shipped to St Helena
… his wife Hester, with about 1 000 Republican prisoners of war, left Cape Town for St Helena as prisoners of war during Anglo-Boer War 2 (1899-1902). Cronje…
EventNegotiators representing Afrikaner Republics travel to Pretoria to present terms of surrender
… At the end of the South African War (also known as the Anglo-Boer War) of 1899-1902, negotiators for the Afrikaner republics of … 24 April 2012)| Spartacus…
EventAfrikaner women march to the union buildings in protest of SA’s involvement in WW2
… to protest about the South African involvement in World War 2 on the side of Britain. Mrs H.E.C. Armstrong, one of … their request that South Africa should…
EventEmily Hobhouse addresses public meetings in Britain on the concentration camps
… of the Concentration camps during the South African War. These campaigns were aimed at raising awareness about … put on these camps. Some of the accounts…
EventGeneral Sir Redvers Henry Buller’s troops relieve British forces at Ladysmith
… a month after the outbreak of the Second South African War (also known as Second Anglo-Boer War), which broke out in October 1899. Ladysmith was not the ……
EventSouth Africa begins occupation of South-West Africa
… Few years after the Second Anglo-Boer War (11 Oct 1899 – 31 May 1902), the European continent got … in hostilities, which culminated in the break out of…
EventGeneral De la Rey releases General Lord Methuen after his wounds are treated
… Towards the end of the Second South African War (Anglo-Boer War 2), General De La Rey released General Lord Methuen after … South African History Online , …
EventChief Malaboch is taken prisoner
… forced removal, which ultimately resulted in the Malaboch war, with the chief and his subjects defending their … became evident that the Bahananwa people…
EventRailway line between Cape Town and Beira in Mozambique is completed
… completed in February 1989, just before the South African War(Anglo-Boer War II, 1899-1902). On 16 February 1898, the first regular …
Andries Jacobus Bester, Boer commandant, is born in Bloemfontein
… commando who fought in the Battle of Colesberg during the Anglo-Boer War 2, is born in Bloemfontein. …
EventPresident Paul Kruger and Commandant General Louis Botha issue a proclamation in Pretoria
… The proclamation was made during the second South African War (also known as Anglo Boer War II), which broke out on 9 October, 1899. The Burghers … History…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa: Movement towards Republic
… however was short-lived, and by 1902 at the end of the Anglo-Boer or South African War, the Afrikaners had once again lost their republics and … Kruger,…
EventBotha’s Pass in Natal is under attack by General Buller’s forces
… attack by General Buller occurred amid the South African War II, also known as the Second Anglo-Boer War which broke out on 9 October 1899. …
EventLord. Roberts arrives at the Cape
… of the British forces in South Africa during the Second Anglo Boer War . … [Accessed on 3 December 2013]| SAHO South African War 1899-1902 Second Anglo-Boer…
BiographyJohn Jack Curtis
… he learnt that his wife had died. After the Second World War, Curtis became once again a gold and copper miner, … Lay preacher, miner, night bomber pilot,…
PlaceCanadian Monument, Bloemfontein
… to the Canadian soldiers who fell during the Second Anglo Boer war. … rans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/overseas/south-african-war/bloemfontein …
BiographyReggie Vandeyar
… and in exchange for performing little tasks for the war effort they would receive coffee and sandwiches.” At … First who asked them to distribute some…
BiographyDr Alfred Bitini Xuma
… colleagues agreed that African participation in the World War II war effort could be used as a rallying cry for equal rights. … of Rights for presentation to…
EventBritain and the Zulu Nation sign a peace treaty
… with three columns of British troops, starting the war that ended Zulu independence. After the initial crushing … nation did not accept the pro-British…
EventHunter and politician Johannes Viljoen dies
… White person to see the Victoria Falls. During the civil war in the Transvaal in 1863-64, his people's army was … He led a Boer commando in the First South…
EventGen. Louis Botha, soldier, statesman and first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, is born.
… he was leader of the Transvaal army in the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) from March 1900, and he was one of the … was prime minister of South Africa…
BiographyAubrey Levin
… soldiers who suffered psychotic breakdowns as a result of war. In reality however, most of the patients in Ward 22 had …