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BiographyColin Wells Eglin
… the Allies broke through to the plains of Italy. After the War he remained in Italy for nine months, waiting for …
BiographyBishop Samuel Adjai Crowther
… with ropes. They had been rescued by the British Men-of-War. Their rescuers were kind to them, and in June, 1882, …
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 …
ArticleEastern Cape Wars of Dispossession 1779-1878
… 2012] Until 1750 (29 years before the First Frontier War), migrant farmers rapidly advanced rapidly into the … the northern part of the Zuurveld was re…
PlaceDie Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerkgebou in Du Toit Street, Pretoria
… stone in honour of all the Dutchmen who died in the Anglo-Boer War was erected on the eastern wall. Names such as C.V. van …
ArticleThe 1913 Mineworkers’ Strike
… Indeed, the Afrikaners had already been defeated in the Boer War (1899-1902) , but the British acted to appease the Boers … relations already existing in the…
PlaceHeilbron, Free State
… was restricted for families whose men were on commando. As Boer activity increased, the country districts had to be … town with a pivotal place in Boer…
ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
… the King of the Baostho Moshoeshoe I. 1878 Sekhukhuni at war with the Transvaal and British colonial administrations. … destination for migrants. 1899 - 1902…
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,…
Memorial lecture on the 26th Anniversary of the Lowveld Massacre presented by Comrade Jackson Mthembu ANC National Spokesperson, 15 March 2012
… from the time Jan van Riebeeck landed, a full scale war of dispossession is recorded in 1657, indeed the first … to the interior of the country and…
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…
Gender, Modernity & Indian Delights - The Women's Cultural Group of Durban, 1954 - 2010 by Goolam Vahed and Thembisa Waetjen
… Haven of our Dreams. Conclusion Notes Glossary References Index This book was provided by kindly provided by HSRC Press …
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…
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…
PlaceDarters Pass, Northern Cape
… the narrow Pass in 1902, right at the end of the second Anglo-Boer war. This Pass is located on the N7 Cape-Namibia route … the narrow Pass in 1902, right at…
BiographyAubrey Levin
… soldiers who suffered psychotic breakdowns as a result of war. In reality however, most of the patients in Ward 22 had …
BiographyAlan Robert Lipman
… he served in the South African Air Force during World War II, Lipman studied Architecture at the University of …
EventBirth of Paul Kruger
… at age 57. Thereafter he became known as the face of the Boer resistance against the British during the South African / Second Boer War (1899-1902).The…
PlaceElaandslaagte, a Mission Station in Kwa Zulu Natal
… attractions but because a major battle of the Second Boer War took place here. In fact, it was one of the few victories … the recent rains'. The war began…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Johannesburg
… to be installed a few weeks later. The ravages of the Anglo-Boer Wars (1899-1903)and World War I (1914-1918) accompanied by the subsequent suffering …
EventHarry Frederick Oppenheimer is born in Kimberley
… his studies Oppenheimer returned to Johannesburg to join Anglo American Corporation which was founded by his father in … served under the Fourth South…
EventThabo Mbeki is honoured
… Club. References: http://www.info.gov.za/leaders/president/index.htm …
PlaceSteytlerville Municipality, Karoo
… from Cape Town, H.H. Moon & Ledbury. During the Anglo Boer War the town was garrisoned by British Troops as a protection …
EventNoby Ngombane is murdered
… http://www.news24.com/News24/Home/ http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=qw1142251021553B263 …
EventNatal Football Union founded
… The Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 and the subsequent war with the South African Republics brought a new influx of …
EventZulu assault at Holkrantz
… district of Vryheid, a Zulu Chief, Sikobobo, attacked a Boer regiment after the latter had stolen their cattle, … a British raiding force under Col…
BiographyAlan Keith Brooks
… called the Central Books. During the 1980s, when the cold war was at its peak in Africa, he administered the …
BiographyStephanie Urdang
… in Guinea-Bissau (1979) and, And Still They Dance: Women, War, and the Struggle for Change in Mozambique (1989), which …