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… armistice was agreed upon by General Evelyn Wood of the British forces and Republican General J.P. Joubert. This led …

… later (after 1835) served as a military headquarters for British Kaffraria and as a centre for German settlement, … officially becoming a Town in 1861. It was named for the British King William IV . The Town has a large textile mill …

… as well as growing resentment between the farmers and the British colonial authorities. The farmers argued that because … in abundance (and therefore cheap land), and especially no British government. Between 1834 and 1840 about 15 000 …

… Eastern Cape where a combined force of Tembus, Mpondos and British under Lt. Col. Somerset defeated Matiwane on 28 … Josiah spent his early childhood years. 8 Founded as a British outpost during the Frontier wars, Fort Beaufort in the 1860s had grown into a “British town” where once the Xhosas had lived and farmed. …

… farm in 1804. He had arrived in the Cape during the first British occupation, married a widow with several kids and … of impressive, but minor, administerial posts with the British Government. When the Batavian regime took over in … also started agitating for the government (by now under British rule) to establish a harbour inside the Knysna lagoon …

… adviser to the Governor. "We must be the masters" The British were aware that they had no easy task in subduing the … a formidable barrier to the invaders, both Boer and British. Through his numerous correspondents. Dr. Philip, … in his communications with Buxton, his supporter in the British Parliament: "We must be the masters, but rule as we …

… the Dutch East India Company, concerned about an overland British attack, accepted help from a French garrison to build … line made up of four forts and three redoubts. After the British occupation in 1795, the forts and redoubts were again …

… Adderley Street in honour of Charles B Adderley, a British member of Parliament who supported the Colony's successful campaign against British plans to turn the Cape into a convict station. …

… Anglo-Boer War so that a match could be played between the British and the Boers.  The first series that the British lost against the South African team was in 1903. This …

… and theology. At the university Achebe rejected his British name and took his indigenous name Chinua. In 1953 he … as inaccurate characterizations of Africa and Africans by British authors. The book describes the effects on Ibo …

… used by the Dutch as a cattle grazing station. After the British annexed the Cape in 1806, they began to hold horse … by the Military as an encampment for a large number of British troops as well as a camp for Boer POWs. Green Point …

… of independent countries; most of these countries are British colonies. South Africa withdrew its membership in …

… had ceased to be a member of the ICC after leaving the British Commonwealth in May 1961. The country had been …

… added to the UN blacklist and it seemed likely that the British Olympic team would be banned from the next Olympics …

… as Gambia, is a country in Western Africa. It is a former British Colony, which is sandwiched between the Republic of …

… his own people as an indication of his loyalty to the British government. …

… was born in Cape Town on 6 November 1938. Her mother was British and her father South African. After completing her …

… George Craig Sanders Pauling was a British born engineer who built railway lines in South …

… most of the controversy. The railway was built by the British East Africa Company and stretched from Mombasa to …

… Teachers' Association in 1930. In 1964 he received the British Council Visitor's Grant which enabled him to study …

… in search of land where they would be free and beyond British control. Gert Maritz, along with Piet Retief was one …

… and crew, on board. The report, conducted by the British Board of Trade, found that it was likely that the …

… , Rozvi and Ndebele . In the 1880s the country became a British Colony, called Southern Rhodesia , which lasted until … geographical entity before the Colonial Occupation by the British Empire . Throughout History, many different peoples … across Southern Africa. It is estimated that around 150 British Colonist Empire cattle herding people from the north …

… was a struggle that was to increase in intensity when the British arrived on the scene. The Xhosa fought for one … fodder and horses being imported into South Africa by the British military during the South African War . These cargos …

… there shifted attention to Australia. On 26 January 1788 a British colony was established at Botany Bay, the start of … overridden as though the land had been ‘empty’ when the British arrived. Aborigines raided farms or attacked sheep … The continent was colonised progressively by the British and new colonies were established: an Diemen’s Land …

… the Afrikaans names. [xiii] They asserted that the British names were left largely untouched, for instance …

… Peace for a short time came to Natal but only until the British decided to extend their sovereignty over the new … Drakensberg. During the years of 1849-1851 some 5000 odd British settlers arrived in the Colony settling the Buffalo … and the pending annexation of the Transvaal by the British the colonial authorities decided to establish a fort …

… seek their fortunes at the diamond diggings came from the British colonies and Boer republics of South Africa, or from … Maskew Miller Longman, 1991, p.19. “As early as 1870 the British colonial authorities in Lesotho (then Basutoland) … John Wodehouse, Earl of Kimberley, who at the time was the British Colonial Secretary. The first recorded discovery of …

… Standing on the crest of flat-topped Naval Hill are 2 British naval guns. Many years ago, Naval Hill was home to … men. The massive statue was an excellent landmark for the British cavalry who were returning to the depot. Certain of … and local folklore. During the Anglo-Boer War the British Wiltshire Regiment was stationed on Naval Hill. There …