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PlaceAberfeldy a Settlement in the Free Sate
… as Elandsrivierbrug; when the Railway reached the Farm in 1902, the new Orange River Colony Administration preferred …
PlaceMaitland Road
… hall, was only proclaimed an independant Municipality in 1902 but included into the Cape Town municipal area in 1913. …
EventThe last conventional battle of the South African War ends
… The last conventional battle of the South African War (1899-1902), the battle of Dalmanutha (Bergendal) ended. The battle …
EventBirth of Paul Kruger
… British during the South African / Second Boer War (1899-1902).The Kruger National Park as well as the Krugerrand coin …
EventThe battle of Donkerhoek (Diamond Hill) marks the continuation of the South African War
… two years before a treaty was signed in Vereeniging in 1902, paving the way for the establishment of the Union of …
EventZAR’s last Cruesot ‘Long Tom’ is dynamited
… widely used. The war lasted three years, between 1899 and 1902. The British claimed victory and annexed both ZAR and … SAHO South African War 1899-1902 …
EventEdward Roworth, SA landscape painter, dies in Somerset West
… born South African artist. Roworth came to South Africa in 1902 with the British forces during the Anglo-Boer war. At …
EventGeneral Sir Redvers Henry Buller’s troops relieve British forces at Ladysmith
… for equally long periods. At the end of the war on 31 May 1902, shortly before midnight, the two parties (English and … [Accessed: 11 January 2013]|SAHO, …
EventBoers and the British clash in the battle of Dalmanutha
… last conventional battle of the South African War (1899-1902). The climax of the battle of Dalmanutha came on the …
EventSouth Africa begins occupation of South-West Africa
… after the Second Anglo-Boer War (11 Oct 1899 – 31 May 1902), the European continent got embroiled in hostilities, …
EventZulu assault at Holkrantz
… On 6 March 1902 in the district of Vryheid, a Zulu Chief, Sikobobo, …
EventGeneral Christiaan de Wet attacks Rooiwal railway station during the South African War
… During the South African War 1899-1902, General Christiaan de Wet attacked Rooiwal railway …
EventLord Roberts crosses the Vaal River en route to Pretoria
… In May 1900, at the height of the South African War (1899-1902), Field Marshall Lord Roberts and his forces crossed the …
EventAbyssinian fortress of Dessie is captured by South African troops during World War II
… the Germans going back to the South African War of 1899 to 1902 were opposed to what they perceived as fighting a …
EventCaptured Gen. Cronje and his wife are shipped to St Helena
… Helena as prisoners of war during Anglo-Boer War 2 (1899-1902). Cronje surrendered his commando of 4 000 men to …
PlaceThe Gallows Museum Exhibition
… Maximum Prison Gallows in Pretoria , Gauteng was built in 1902. It is the only prison in South Africa where executions took place. Between 1902 and 1989,…
PlaceElgin
… line from Sir Lowry's Pass reached Elgin, on 1 August 1902. Today, the town of Grabouw, in the heart of the Elgin … line from Sir Lowry's Pass reached Elgin,…
PlaceKing Edward VII High School, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg
… In 1902, the end of the Second Anglo-Boer War was in sight. … in the Transvaal under the Milner scheme. On the 14 April 1902, the school opened in…
EventCecil John Rhodes is buried in the Matopos
… ill on his return to Cape Town in the early months of 1902 and died soon afterwards at his seaside cottage in …
ArticlePoor Whites and their Political Weapon: Constructing the Kakamas Dam
… start of the 20th century. The South African War (1899 – 1902) also left the country’s economy in ruins. Milner’s … continued after the signing of the peace…
PlaceConcordia
… Brakpits reached Concordia on 23 April1889. On 4 April 1902 a Boer force of about 25 men led by Generals J.C. Smuts, …
EventCecil John Rhodes, South African statesman, is born
… that would rule all of Africa. Rhodes died on 26 March 1902. …
EventHunting is prohibited in the area that is now the Kruger National Park
… This task was given to Major James Stevenson-Hamilton in 1902, in order to protect the animals against hunters, ivory …
EventGen. Louis Botha, soldier, statesman and first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, is born.
… of the Transvaal army in the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) from March 1900, and he was one of the architects of …
Grade 8 - Topic 2 - The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… shifting balance of power: defeat of the Boer Republics 1902; African Political Organisation (APO) 1902; Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) 1903; Bambatha …
ArticleThe Bambatha Rebellion begins
… Rebellion) and some also during the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902. The photograph, with its diagrammatic key and …
PlaceRissik Street Post Office, Johannesburg
… from records that the idea of the clock originated in 1902 when the Government decided that a vote of £3,000 should … clock tower. The clock was first…
PlaceSprings
… dealers, it was not a town yet. The settlement grew and in 1902 a health committee was appointed to look after the … farm Geduld and the further discovery of…
PlacePublic Library, Port Elizabeth
… Twickenham. The Library was officially opened on 29 July 1902. It was built in the late Victorian style incorporating …
EventMilner proposes conditional voting rights for ‘non-Whites’ in SA
… Ball. Pretorius, F. (1985). The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, Cape Town: Don Nelson. … African History,This day in history: 18 May, 1902,18 May -Boer War :…