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BiographyAudrey ‘Bobbie’ Cobden
… KwaZulu-Natal. Following the outbreak of the Second World War , she joined the South African army as a truck driver, … all over the country in a recruiting…
PlacePaardekraal Monument, Market Street, Krugersdorp
… often informally known as the Transvaal Republic or Boer Republic, was an independent Boer-ruled country in … 1900. The Boer Republic was annexed in the…
EventLord Alfred Milner, British Colonial Secretary, and architect of the Union of South Africa dies
… arrived in South Africa soon after the South African War of 1899 to 1902 (also referred to as the Anglo- Boer War). His mission was to reconcile the British…
BiographySamuel Alfred (Taffy) Long
… and left England. At the outbreak of the First World War (1914-1918), he was in India with the 29th Division which … 1918 and was granted a military pension…
BiographyNorman Stewart Middleton
… up to join the army. He was a soldier during World War II in North Africa and Italy and was wounded by shrapnel in an air raid. After the war, Middleton…
BiographyAdvocate Israel “Isie” Aaron Maisels
… known as “the great Southwest African Diamond Case.” The Anglo-American Corporation, of which Sir Ernest Oppenheimer …
A New Date For the Founding of the South African Society of Artists, and it’s Second Annual Exhibition of 1898
… after 1898 suggests that SASA ceased to function when the Anglo-Boer War broke out. It is also interesting to note that the Press …
Man-made women: Gender, class and the ideology of the volksmoeder by Elsabe Brink
… of this concept was played in particular by the Anglo-Boer War and the emergence of Afrikaner nationalism during the …
PlaceDelareyville, North West
… . It was founded in 1913, after the tragedies of the Anglo-Boer War , and was named after General Koos De la Rey. Today, it …
BiographyJo Thorpe
… to drive trucks for the South African Army during World War II . After this she worked as a secretary at Michael …
BiographyReverend Walker Stanley Gawe
… Corps.Gawe married Regina in 1936 and during World War II. Reverend Gawe took part in the Defiance of Unjust …
PlaceNoupoort
… who were stationed at Noupoort during the Second Boer War (1899-1901). The troops were repatriated before they … to other towns like Rosmead. Noupoort also…
BiographyLewis Baker
… after they were married. During the Second World War they battled the Ossewa Brandwag , an Afrikaner … that strongly opposed South Africa’s involvement in…
The Struggle Over Land, The Basotho lose out
… Moshoeshoe expected them to support him and his people in war. In this way, Moshoeshoe built up his chiefdom from 25 … and the Vaal rivers. This gave rise to…
PlaceSouth African National Museum of Military History
… History offers adults a fascinating look at all forms of war vehicles and weapons. And it will captivate children with … as the Supermarine Spitfire. This…
Political changes from 1750 to 1820
… the dry regions of the Great Karoo. The San were raided by Boer commandos, who killed the men and captured the children … colonial rule, commonly known as…
Labour and Mining Revolution 1886-1940s
… Cape Colony in 1867 and of gold in the Afrikaner “Boer” controlled Transvaal Republic transformed the … control over all of Southern Africa through the use…
EventPresident Paul Kruger (78), dies of heart failure in Clarens, Switzerland
… took leadership of the resistance movement. Once the first war of independence against the British broke out in 1881, … a position held until 1898, before…
PlaceEnon
… in the middle of three Cape Frontier Wars and the First Anglo-Boer War! In 1909 control of the town was ceded back to the Union …
BiographyLothar Neethling
… who were supporters of Nazi Germany during World War II came up with a plan to adopt 10 000 German orphans. …
ArticlePolokwane/Pietersburg Timeline 1835-1995
… Delagoa Bay 1849 Treaty of Derdepoort signed by the three Boer States in Transvaal to formalise unity talks. These … fervour among the Dutch population. 1880…
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 … 1915, to request the release of Gen. C.R…
BiographyRebecca Makgomo Masilela (nee Kekana)
… it Kekanastaad. In 1945, soon after the Second World War , Masilela met Solomon Buthongo Masilela (popularly known as ‘Thongo’) who had just returned from…
BiographyLeslie Rubin
… attached to the Royal Air Force (RAF) in Italy. After the war , he settled in Cape Town where he joined the War Veterans’ Torch Commando, an organisation led…
BiographyErrol T. Shanley
… serving as its Natal secretary. During the Second World War, Errol was the secretary of the Natal section of Trades … serving as its Natal secretary. During…
BiographyNyangana Zithulele Absolom Cindi
… FRELIMO’s victory followed a ten-year liberation war against the Portuguese. He was then charged under the …
PlaceReitz
… In 1903 it became a municipal area. During the Second Anglo-Boer War the Orange Free State government temporarily stayed there …
EventSir Percy Fitzpatrick, author of ‘Jock of the Bushveld’, is born
… he only served one year. At the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Boer War in 1899, Fitzpatrick acted as Official Adviser on South …
Community histories of Rustenburg
… of Rustenburg. On that day an important meeting of the War Council took place in the vicinity, giving official … 1884 to 1899 with the outbreak of the South…
PlaceSpringbok, Namaqualand
… (stone hill) that was used by the Boers during the Second Boer War as a fort for its incredible vantage point. "Views from … mIne - Springbok’s first mine,…