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ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The African Peoples Organisation and the Teachers League of South Africa
… coloured elite came out strongly in support of the British war effort. They shared the same illusions that support for the war would eventually lead to their…
EventZach de Beer is elected as leader of the PFP
… The 59 year old executive of Anglo American, Dr Zach de Beer, was elected as leader of the …
The National Question in Post 1994 South Africa. A discussion paper in preparation for the ANC`s 50th National Conference by Z. Pallo Jordan
… probably were the central influences on the post World War II process of decolonization. In many respects the two … under White control and domination at the…
The International Socialist League (ISL)
… for South Africa’s participation in the First World War . On 22 September the ISL was formed with W. H Andrews as … position of socialists elsewhere in the…
ArticleThe effects of WW2 in Africa
… as well as the new domestic priorities in the post-war period for colonial rulers. The climate before WW2 By the … rule was achieved in 1910 shortly before…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Before the mineral discoveries by Emilia Potenza
… material on the Transvaal Background information Trekker (Boer) parties went to the Transvaal as part of the Great Trek … working for the Boers. It soon…
PlaceRepublic of Griqualand West or the Digger's Republic
… Ownership of the diamond fields was contested by the Boer republics of the; Orange Free State and the Transvaal … President Andries Pretorius declared the…
PlaceNiewoudtville
… it as a kerkplaats (church farm). On 20 June 1901 Boer forces entered the village and ransacked its post … to its establishment. Five months later, on 25…
ArticleDifferences between Capitalism & Communism and why did it start in Russia?
… after the Tsar's decision to enter the First World War. The Russian army was ill prepared and the war effort made matters worse. In March 1917 workers riots …
ArchiveThe women's suffrage movement: The politics of gender race and class by Cheryl Walker
… of white privilege. In black politics before World War Two women's suffrage was barely an issue at all. … class. GENDER IDEOLOGY IN WHITE SETTLER SOCIETIES…
PlaceMooi River, a Town of the Midlands Meander- Natal
… at Weston , with five pupils. Two weeks previously, World War One had broken out and immediately the growth of the new … the Inland, at the time and is still…
Chapter 17. Afrikaner Nationalism and the Workers - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… for their national independence. In the South African War of 1899 to 1902, the two Boer Republics, the Transvaal and the Orange Free State, were … fought for…
ArticleA History of the Springbok Legion
… in 1941 to fight for the rights of soldiers during World War II and in the post-war period. Over time the organisation became radicalised by … and decline of…
PlaceVissershok Farm
… rowdy weekend parties for VOC officials'. During the Anglo-Dutch Wars, which took place over three separate … India were captured by the Dutch and held as…
PlaceGeluk
… The village of Geluk was occupied by Boer forces in October 1899. …
ArticleThe fight against colonialism and imperialism in Africa
… Rebellions Against Colonial Rule Before the Second World War After 1900, Europe began to introduce changes to colonial … labour practices on white owned…
Equal Rights: The treatment of Coloured People in the North, 1901
… many disabilities were placed upon us before the war. We often found our position unbearable, but the British … up by Lord Kitchener and Milner on the one…
Say It out Loud - Equal Rights: The treatment of Coloured People in the North, 1901
… many disabilities were placed upon us before the war. We often found our position unbearable, but the British … up by Lord Kitchener and Milner on the one…
Why General Smuts won on 4 September 1939
… and its chances of long-term success if the Second World War had not cut short its life must necessarily be tentative. … The manner of the country's entry…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of 1956 Women’s March: Union Buildings, Tshwane, 9 August 2006
… confined in concentration camps during the South African War, otherwise referred to as the Anglo-Boer War. The words of Olive Schreiner must impact on our …
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…
ArchiveNUM, FEDTRAW, rural, parliament and miscellaneous
… Different articles on NUM, as Anglo American Corporation yesterday appeal to the National …
EventDeath of Harry Oppenheimer
… During his career he had been chairman of both the Anglo-American Corporation and De Beers Consolidated Mines …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 3 - The South African Constitution: Birth Certificate of a Nation by Hassen Ebrahim
… was the 1902 Treaty of Vereeniging , which ended the Anglo-Boer War and laid the basis for the adoption of the country’s …
Albert Luthuli`s foreword to pamphlet published by the South African Congress of Democrats, 8 August 1960
… are doing this at great cost to themselves. This is an index of how they value right as against "might is right". …
EventField-Cornet Jan Potgieter’s commando burns Chief Sikhobobo’s kraal at Qulusini
… kilometres north of Vryheid. The impi surrounded the Boer laager intending to surprise them but a premature shot … By A de V Minnaar ‘ZULULAND AND THE ANGLO…
EventField-Cornet Jan Potgieter's commando burns Chief Sikhobobo's kraal at Qulusini
… kilometres north of Vryheid. The impi surrounded the Boer laager intending to surprise them but a premature shot …
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…
Chapter 8 - Survivors
… So it appeared that no one had slept on the bed. I heard a boer say,' kick the door down.' They tried but failed. The … hot. On hearing the shooting I…
PlaceOld English Fort, Marabastad
… This fort was the site of a Boer siege in 1880, where 140 soldiers were held for 104 …