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EventDeath of Harry Oppenheimer
… During his career he had been chairman of both the Anglo-American Corporation and De Beers Consolidated Mines …
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 2 - Imperialism and the Union in South Africa by Timothy Keegan
… been defeated by the Orange Free State Republic in a war that was mainly about control of the rich farmlands of … mainly because of Boer resistance. It was…
ArticleThe impact of Lenin and Stalin’s policies on the rights of the Russian people
… socialism. Stalin preferred the economic policies of War Communism. He felt Lenin's New Economic Policy (NEP) had … Plan of 1939 to 1942 was interrupted by…
PlaceWindybrow, Pietersen Street, Parktown, Johannesburg
… via officers mess of General French’s staff in the Anglo Boer War, back to family Home, through several changes in … Tudor style” and the Interior Décor,…
Sierra Leone’s Pre-colonial and Colonial era military and security forces
… the nations, peoples and states. Consider the case of the war in Sierra Leone (1991-2002), often advanced as the sine … 'greed' conflicts and brutal violence…
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 … of this land to the Boers. He also did…
BiographyAdelaine Florence Hain
… emigrated to South Africa in search of work after World War l. On 1 September 1948, she and Walter married in the …
BiographyCharles W H Kohler
… and their dependants. At the end of the South African War in 1902, the large incidental markets for Cape wines and …
BiographyWilliam Cock
… at the Cape prospered. In 1835, when the Sixth Frontier War broke out, William Cock rendered considerable service to …
ArticleA brief history of domestic service in South Africa
… and boys so they can go and work in the mines. After the Anglo-Boer war in the first ten years of the 21st century, there was a …
ArticleLenin’s implementation of Leninism in Russia and the changes made
… extended writing skills visit this link: www.seelb.org.uk War Communism White Army: The name given to the … fought against the Bolshevik Red Army in the…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s Satyagraha, Durban
… of Satyagraha. The first happened during the South African War, otherwise referred to as the Anglo-Boer War. During this War, Gandhi and other leaders of the…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.2 No.1 Oct-Dec 1957
… Towards an African Literature ii, Dr. A.C. Jordan. Anglo-Saxon Dreams, Michael Picardie. High Fence, Michael …
EventEgypt is placed under martial law in response to widespread riots against the British
… approved the unilateral official cancellation of the Anglo-Egyptian Alliance Treaty of 1936 and appointed Crown …
ArticleThe International Criminal Court: Origins, Jurisdiction and the ‘African Bias’
… ICC Origins In the aftermath of the Second World War (1939-1945) the international community recognised the … Tribunal (IMT) in Nuremburg, Germany, and the…
ArticleAfrica: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
… brothers' L 'Arroseur arrosé in Dakar. 1902 End of the Anglo-Boer Wars in South Africa. Gordon Memorial College, … in a student strike African colonial…
ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
… brothers' L 'Arroseur arrosé in Dakar. 1902 End of the Anglo-Boer Wars in South Africa. Gordon Memorial College, … in a student strike African colonial…
State policies and social protest, 1924-1939
… for South Africa. The SAP also had to govern while World War I was being fought from 1914 to1918 and had to deal with … for some time. The economic…
Grade 11 - Topic 4 Timeline
… the spread of Pan Africanism across Africa. 1967 There is war between Israel and Arab states. This war is known as “the Six Day War”. It happened as a result…
ArticleSouth Africa’s electoral history timeline 1910-2009
… the main issue was South Africa’s participation in World War I. 1920 The post WWI crisis shaped the conduct and … a Coalition that governed until the…
ArticleHow Lenin and Stalin are remembered today?
… domination. Despite this hostility, in the Second World War the Soviets were forced to fight with the Allies, led by … against their common enemy, the…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 1 Contextual Overview
… by various causes such as the Russian defeat in the war against Japan which ended in 1905. The revolution was … economic problems continued. In 1914, Russia…
BiographyWalter Ulyate Sisulu
… Party and the Indian Congresses. During the Second World War, Sisulu campaigned against Black South Africans joining …
EventCecil John Rhodes, South African statesman, is born
… was an ardent believer in colonialism, declaring that the Anglo-Saxon race was the first race and therefore should …
ArticleThe Namibian struggle for independence – 1966 – 1990 – a historical background
… also believed that by holding onto Namibia, the guerrilla war in Angola would be kept further away from South Africa. … the rebels back 200 miles and did…
Establishment of the Cape and its impact on Khoikhoi and Dutch
… History of South Africa, p.15) The first Khoi-Dutch War Rising tensions over loss of pastures between 1654 and … 1659 exploded into open conflict in the…
ArticleAfrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB)
… [Schweizer-Reneke] is where we ended and the third Boer War, another South African war, will start here again. The town has a history steeped in …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 1 Source-based Questions
… deals with Russia’s participation in the First World War. 1. Why, according to the source, was Russia ill-equipped for the war? (3x1) (3) They lacked…
EventLondon hosts an international conference on the protection of the African elephant and rhinoceros
… Ireland, Egypt, Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, and the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. This convention was put into force on …
ArticleA History of the South African Film Industry timeline 1895-2003
… three days after the declaration of South African (Anglo-Boer) War, W.K.L. Dickson (who had perfected the motion picture … worked for Edison) set out for…