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EventCecil John Rhodes is forced to resign
… by the forces of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR or Transvaal Republic). The operation was further doomed when an …
EventAllison Wessels George (Mhlongo) Champion is born
… Natal. He assumed the full-time secretary position of the Transvaal branch of the Industrial and Commercial Workers …
EventPaul Kruger is sworn in as president of the Zuid
… as the first State President of the restored ZAR (Transvaal Republic). He proceeded to negotiate complete …
South African cricketers walk out in protest against apartheid after just one ball is bowled by Arunabha Sengupta, 3 April 2013
… a unique protest. On April 3, 1971, Currie Cup champions Transvaal met The Rest of South Africa at Newlands, Cape … contained a galaxy of stars. Donald McKay…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1947-Press Reports on the Campaign
… of the S.A. Muslim League." In statement issued by the Transvaal Passive Resistance Council the Council states that … 241 Resisters had been imprisoned,…
PlaceLydenburg, Mpumalanga
… boasts some of the best preserved Zuid Afrikaanse and old Transvaal architecture in the Country. Lydenburg, which means … Lydenburg was one of several…
ArticleTimeline of the Group Areas Act and Selected Related Pieces Legislation
… 1885 The Asiatic Bazaar Law was passed in the Transvaal, which authorized the creation of separate … a particular amount of time (Horrell, 1978: 4). 1932 The…
EventDadoo and Naicker are charged
… certain Asiatic persons in entering the province of Transvaal from Natal, knowing that the said persons were …
EventWilliam Selborne Dies
… British High Commissioner in SA and Governor of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, dies at the age of 82. His …
EventLord Milner leaves England to return to SA
… British administrator for the Orange Free State and the Transvaal. His other responsibility was to negotiate a peace …
EventZAR’s last Cruesot ‘Long Tom’ dynamited
… Republiek (South African Republic, also known as Transvaal Republic), was dynamited by its crew under …
EventNatal Indian Congress is formed
… protect the rights of Indians in South Africa. The NIC, Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) and the Cape Indian Congress …
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Silkaatsnek begins
… extended lines of communication. In the then 'Western Transvaal', communications were maintained through huge … timely encouragement to Boer morale in the…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Bibliography
… . Pietermaritzburg, Natal Museum, 1976. Mason, Revil. Transvaal and Natal Iron Age Settlement Revealed by Aerial … Revil. Early Iron Age Settlement at…
ArticleHistory of Africa Day - 25 May
… conference. Alfred Hutchinson , a member of the ANC in the Transvaal and 1956 Treason Trialist , who left the country …
ArticleAfrikaner Broederbond
… the new party - especially in the Afrikaner strongholds of Transvaal and Orange Free State. The South African prime …
Say It out Loud - The 1907 Presidential Address, Outdshoorn, Cape, 7 January, 1907
… born under this free constitution, had settled in the Transvaal as they had a perfect right to do under the 14th … and even as late as 1899 Great Britain…
EventPius Langa is born
… (now KwaZulu Natal) was born in Bushbuck Ridge, Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga). In October 1994, Langa was …
EventSA tenor Johan Botha is born
… known singer Johan Botha was born in Rustenburg, Transvaal (now North West Province). He attended his first …
EventScores of soccer fans die in a friendly match between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates
… 23,000 seater Oppenheimer Stadium, near Orkney, Western Transvaal (now North West Province). However, reports say at …
EventKing Dinuzulu dies
… live on, died on his farm Uitkyk in Middelburg district, Transvaal. At his own request he was buried with his …
EventPretoria Boys High School opens
… Pretoria Boys High School was the first 'Milner' school in Transvaal. …
EventSir Alfred Milner arrives as Governor of the Cape
… position, he advocated a sterner policy with regard to the Transvaal Republic than that suggested by Chamberlain and …
EventSir Thomas Cullinan, digger and founder of the Premier diamond company, is born
… 1898 and was co-founder and member of what became the The Transvaal Chamber of Industries. He was knighted in 1910 in …
EventThe Joint Declaration of Cooperation ("Three Doctors’ Pact") is signed
… Indian Congress (NIC) and Dr. Y.M. Dadoo, president of the Transvaal Indian Congress. This was done in the recognition …
EventSA artist, Daniel Sefundi Rakgoathe is born
… Sefundi Rakgoathe was born in Randfontein in the then Transvaal province. Rakgoathe went on to be the first …
EventJournalist Percy Qoboza is released from detention
… which was later also banned. He then joined the Post Transvaal and Sunday Post, two newspapers established to …
EventWalter Sisulu, Raymond Mhlaba and Ahmed Kathrada address the public after 26 years
… African National Congress (ANC) and Ahmed Kathrada of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) on 15 October 1989, a rally …
EventEmily Hobhouse reports on her findings regarding concentration camps during the Second Anglo Boer War
… English philanthropist and social worker who visited the Transvaal and Orange Free State Republics during the Second …
EventTwenty Black students are admitted to the Pretoria University
… University developed from the Pretoria branch of the Transvaal University College. The branch was established in …