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PlaceRobertson, Route 62
… and Mossel Bay with Robertson its Head Post Office. The Anglo Boer War of 1899 – 1902 saw the stationing in the Town of a … transport of all goods. The…
PlaceSouth Sudan
… British force was able to overthrow the Mahdist regime. An Anglo-Egyptian Sudan was then established the following year, … Peace Agreement , which ended a 22…
PlacePretoria Boys High School
… for very long owing to the outbreak of the Second Boer War in 1899. At the time, the building served as a prison, … High School for Girls , founded in 1902…
ArchiveThe 16th of December in South Africa by Wolfram Kistner
… not have started the First War of Independence (1880-1881), if there would not have … and will get them out of any tight place.’ [26] During the Anglo-Boer…
Chapter 1 - Striking a balance between Tribalism and Christianity
… of their lives. Gumede was eleven years old when the Anglo-Zulu War erupted. Judged against the background of his involvement … of the Zulu monarchy. “There…
PlaceMelmoth, Gateway to Zululand
… of Zululand , is the Site of the last battle of the Anglo Zulu War. The Matatane Crocodile Ranch, on the banks of the White … Capital of Zululand, is the…
PlaceHalvey Hotel, Bloemfontein
… National Women's Memorial Museum, the Botanical Gardens, Anglo Boer War Museum and Battlefields, hiking in the Zoutspruit Game …
BiographyTeboho MacDonald “Tsietsi” Mashinini
… 16, he said: “We see it as an official declaration of war on the black students by our ‘peace-officers'.”Mashinini …
BiographyLetlapa Mphahlele
… his crimes”. Mphahlele insisted that he had waged a just war that ought not to be treated as a crime. On 25 September …
ArticleThe Roots of Apartheid in the Construction of Buchuberg Dam
… such as drought, diseases and the impact of the Second Anglo-Boer War , namely Milner’s Scorched Earth policy that left farms …
EventBlack empowerment makes headway
… In South Africa's largest Black economic empowerment deal, Anglo American and the National Empowerment Consortium (NEC) signed an agreement for Anglo to sell…
EventBritain and Egypt agree on independence for Sudan.
… Following a series of campaigns between 1896 and 1898, an Anglo-Egyptian force under Herbert Kitchener destroyed the … in 1899 established the condominium…
PlaceDwarsvlei, near Pretoria
… clashes between the Boers and the British during the Anglo-Boer War (1899 - 1902) The first incident which took place here, … Smith-Dorrien as their 'most…
PlaceLeliefontein
… is steeped in Wartime History: During the South African War - (also known as the Anglo-Boer War ), it was the site of the devastating 1902: ' …
PlaceLambert's Bay
… Bay was used as a lay-up for British warships during the war of 1900-1902 and in 1901 the “ HMS Sybille ” was wrecked … ship was sent to Lambert’s Bay as a…
PlaceVolksrust, Mpumalanga
… came to this place to recover from the South African War. On 27 March 1889, President Paul Kruger of the … lives in these concentration camps, in the first…
ArticleColonial History of Port Elizabeth
… 19th century South African History. The first frontier war broke out in 1780 and marked the beginning of the Xhosa … into South Africa by the British…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1654-1899
… are merchants and hawkers. 11 October, Beginning of the Anglo Boer War/South African War . Blacks are evacuated from the Transvaal. The majority …
PlaceDoornfontein, Johannesburg
… became known as 'Millionaires Row'. Shortly after the Anglo-Boer War this changed as many of the wealthier Residents moved …
PlaceHamilton Primary School, Visagie Street, Pretoria
… at the three Pretoria schools which were built before the Anglo-Boer War – Gymnasium, Central Junior High and Hamilton. On 25 …
PlaceNieu-Bethesda
… plays were written. On 6 August 1901, during the Second Anglo Boer War , Boer forces under Commandant Hans Lotter entered …
PlaceOld Presidency
… of Field-Marshal Lord Roberts during the Second Anglo-Boer War. The Old President Museum is a fascinating must see on …
EventMbhazima Shilowa, former premier of Gauteng, is born
… moved to Johannesburg, where he found a job at the Anglo-Alpha cement company. In 1982, he led a strike, and … in the Trade Union Movement. In 1986, he was…
BiographyChris Hani
… in 1967 to take an active role in the Rhodesian bush war, acting as a Political Commissar in the Zimbabwe People's …
PlaceCalvinia
… theologian and reformer: ' John Calvin '. During the Anglo Boer War in 1901 the Village was attacked by raiding Boer …
PlaceVan Reenen's Pass, KwaZulu Natal
… away.” The Town of Van Reenen has a History steeped in the Anglo-Boer War, and a lookout point, called ' Windy Corner', about 3 …
PlaceForts Around Pretoria
… taken place at the town of Plevna during the Turko-Russian War of 1877 . A part of the Turkish Army, under the command … made in the field of explosives…
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Formation of the International Socialist League (ISL)
… The out break of the First World War had profound consequences for the development of socialist labour politics in South Africa. Before the war, the Labour…
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… were against South African participation in World War 1 on the side of the British. Therefore, when South … should be invaded. The economic depression after…
PlaceNxuba (formerly known as Cradock)
… buildings, combined with its rich History of the Anglo-Boer War and early settlers, make it a fascinating place to … for Cradock was Kaladokhwe. Following…