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PlacePretoria, now known as Tshwane
… by Marthinus Pretorius , son of Andries Pretorius , (the Boer statesman for whom the City was named after). Then … in 1910; and a City in 1931. During the…
PlaceDie Kraal, Brummeria, Pretoria
… Pretoria in 1886 and moved to Holland at the time of the Boer War. He studied there and then returned home to South Africa, …
BiographyMotlotlehi – His Majesty King Constantine Bereng Seeiso Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho
… Chief Thabo Lerothoil Mojela, a veteran of the First World War. Her Majesty Queen “M” amohato Bereng Seeiso was born in …
BiographyShapurji Sorabji
… Corps that was formed in London at the inauguration of the war and served at Netley, nursing the sick and the wounded. …
BiographyDavid Wilcox Bopape
… 1916 his father fought against Germany in the First World War. David was born on a farm approximately 25km from …
EventDr Abrahams to be returned to Bechuanaland
… sources. Sources: http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/index/menu.htm …
EventThe 104mm field-gun known as 'Long Cecil' is test fired for the first time
… Cecil John Rhodes, was test fired for the first time at Boer forces during the Siege of Kimberley. Rhodes, who had … only such guns as had been officially…
ArticleIndian South Africans Timeline 1910-1919
… are still not allowed to own property in the two former Boer Republics (Transvaal and the Orange Free State), or to … South Africa as part of the British…
A new class struggle
… standing room." According to Spencer Tyron, in the Zulu War of 1879 and in the Boer War, the Whites were capable of mustering a thousand … inhabitants of…
ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
… declared that 16 December must be a public holiday in this Boer Republic. In 1894 the Government of the Free State also … 16 December to be a public holiday…
Polokwane an Overview
… but all were eventually vanquished by the Whites, either Boer or Briton, and by the late nineteenth century the Boers … served as a centre for the…
EventBritain and Egypt sign the Suez Canal agreement.
… was maintained by a lease throughout the Second World War. At the outbreak of the Arab-Israeli War in 1948, Britain attempted to remove its presence from ……
EventThe first Boeing 707 jet aircraft arrives in South Africa
… African Airways (Online), available at: http://www.fact-index.com [Accessed 28 July 2010] South African Airways: A …
EventNapoleon assembles his army near Aboukir, Egypt
… under Horatio Nelson. After the Ottoman Empire declared war on France in September 1798 and facing an Anglo-Turkish alliance, Napoleon decided the strike…
PlaceOld Court House, Victoria Embankment, Durban
… central business district. It was loop-holed during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. It bore witness to both the South African Wars …
PlaceBelmond Mount Nelson Hotel, Cape Town
… Unfortunately,due to raids made by the British into the Boer Republics to get at the gold and diamonds there was a threat of war hanging over South Africa…
PlaceWaverly Road Memorial, Durban South
… The South African War Memorial was unveiled on May 24, 1910, at 360 University … Avenue, in memory of those who lost their lives in the Boer War . It was…
PlaceConcordia
… reached Concordia on 23 April1889. On 4 April 1902 a Boer force of about 25 men led by Generals J.C. Smuts, … described it as "the most disgraceful affair of…
EventThe use of Dutch is ratified in the Cape parliament
… by the Cape Parliament in 1873. The First and Second Boer Wars reinforced the position of Afrikaans for after the war culminated; a new upsurge emerged to…
Article2014 South African platinum strike: longest wage strike in South Africa
… from major platinum producers such as Impala Platinum, Anglo American Platinum and Lonmin Platinum Mines based in … the strike be hired again. The union also…
PlaceGreater Mapungubwe Heritage Site And Tour.
… a number of very significant incidents during the Anglo-Boer War. …
PlaceHeritage Route of Transvaal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga
… from British-controlled territory. Some 12,000 of these Boer emigrants moving Northward from the Cape crossed the … to the Transvaal when Great Britain…
PlaceEswatini (formerly Swaziland)
… which was under British control following the Second Anglo Boer War . This arrangement continued until 1906, when the kingdom …
BiographyThabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
… The YSS took an active role in the anti-Vietnam War movement, a campaign spearheaded by Mbeki. This led to … Campaign (VSC). The YSS became a major player in…
PlaceAhrens, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… Built as a refuge for Dutch-speaking farmers during the Anglo-Zulu War, is also known as the Hermannsburg Laager! It was … t_databank/kzn/industries/paper…
BiographyIsmail Jacob Mohamed
… to come by in Barkly East, but also because World War II had broken out and his mother lost her job from the … staff to join the students in protest against…
Communist Party of South Africa, What is the Native Independent Republic? (1934)
… for all". Is this really so'? Will the imperialists (the Anglo-Boer landlords, manufacturers, mineowners and the Colonial … is most suitable for agriculture,…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1900 - 1909
… of the Cape and now administrator of the two former Boer Republics, imposes a number of administrative acts that … in bazaars set up for this purpose. …
EventGeneral C.R. de Wet was found guilty of treason for leading the Afrikaner rebellion of 1914
… General Christiaan Rudolph de Wet was a Boer soldier and statesman, regarded by Afrikaner … chief of the Orange Free State forces in the South African War …
EventDinizulu succeeds his father, Cetshwayo, as King of the Zulus.
… chiefdom who opposed his supporters. This led to a civil war. Dinizulu’s relatives from the Zulu Royal House put him under the protection of their Boer…