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Say It out Loud - The 1906 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 2nd January, 1906
… magnate that if equal rights were given to the Coloured, Boer and Briton would stand shoulder to shoulder in a bloody war, but they would never cease to pray…
PlaceWitwatersrand, Johannesburg (Gauteng)
… British. They crossed the Vaal rivers and setup two new Boer Republics ; The Orange Free state and the Vaal Boer Republic electing their own presidents.-…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - In the city by Emilia Potenza
… in the urban areas if they had a job. 1939-1945: World War II. Source 2 Young men are coming of age every year but … during the South African War (1899-1902)…
PlaceGreen Lodge, 81 St George Street, Bloemfontein
… This resulted in the formation of the independent Boer Republic of the Orange Free State. The convention was …
ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO)
… under an administrative mandate after the First World War. After the Second World War, South Africa extended its apartheid policies to this … start of what…
ArticleSouth African Defence Force (SADF)
… 1795. They also played a critical role in the 8th Frontier War in 1852. It was during this stage that Andries Pretorius … force was used in the first and…
Document 46 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International left Opposition to Johannesburg comrades, 23 October 1932
… of the Left Opposition (chinese Revolution, anglo-russian committee, russian question, our position to …
Passive resistance in South Africa by Oliver Tambo, 2 June 1966
… the white foreign invaders and colonial conquerors, both Boer and British. With spears and battle-axes their only … and the Boers, despite the bitterness of…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1910-1919
… in Cape Provincial elections. 4 August, Britain declares war against Germany and so enters into the First World War. South Africa, as part of the empire,…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 1 - State Formation in Nineteenth-century South Africa by Yonah Seleti
… state that controlled a huge territory. There were no Boer states in existence by 1810. Some Griquas and Korana … called “Great Trek” in simplistic terms…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter VI - The Wesleyans take a hand
… to look into the forces responsible for the rise of the war-like chiefs of the people later known as the maZulu. But … revise their proceedings and verdict, …
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter X - Triumph of disunity (2)
… , a branch of the baTlokwa; Sekonyela had waged war with Moshoeshoe, but latterly lived on amicable terms … African, to the ultimate defeat of both. As the…
BiographyCecyl Esau
… children. His father was a veteran of the Second World War and that experience had a profound influence on Esau's …
Chapter 29. Policy and Tactics of The Union
… a stoppage of work by a number of workers. It was class war, and wars have to be organised to attain victory. Morale … hatred of the English, who had fought…
Chapter 5. A Rebel’s Daughter - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… Transvaal. Both my father and my grandfather fought in the Boer War and were taken prisoners. My mother, as a little girl, … concentration camps. When…
PlaceCape Town, Western Province
… discrimination was at a peak at the turn-of-the-century. Anglo-Boer tensions were at a height and Municipal elections were … of the original Dutch settlers ’…
Article1960s: The Civil Rights and Black Power movements
… United States of America. This rivalry was called the Cold War . The content of the new history curriculum is structured … and Nagasaki, in 1945. This ended…
PlaceRoodepoort Museum
… bears reflecting that before 1884 the area was settled by Boer farmers on only nine farms in this area, dominated by …
ArticleDavid Goldblatt Timeline
… his customers. In the early days, before the Second World War and shortly after it, there weren't many high-quality … She commissioned photography from me…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… peoples to the four freedoms by having taken part in this war which can be converted into a war for human freedom if the settlement at the Peace Table is ……
ArticleThe Impact of Colonialism
… laws, issuing currency, negotiating treaties, waging war and administering justice. These were the most important … and rivalry among the colonial powers…
Cecil John Rhodes, warts and all by Tim Crowe (Politics Web), 22 December 2015
… (creating two colonies the bore his name), precipitated a war to undermine the independence of the Afrikaners (leading … described him as “the only…
”ASINAMALI”, WE HAVE NO MONEY
… juniors; under 18 Even if one considered the Retail Price Index calculated by the SA Bureau of Census and Statistics, … standards for African workers had…
ArticleBattle of Cuito Cuanavale 1988
… operations of South African forces since World War II. Roots of the conflict The battle lines were drawn … of the MPLA was not celebrated by all Angolans…
ArticleThe Dutch Settlement
… and 1659 resulted in open conflict in the first Khoi-Dutch war from 1659-60. By the 1660s, the settlement showed growth … Bay, exposing the vulnerability of…
PlaceVlakfontein Monument, Roodepoort
… to commemorate the Jameson Raid of 1895/ 96, in which the Boer Commandos managed to prevent the Jameson’s invasion on 2 …
Juan Orrantia
… themes of intimacy and banality in relation to aftermath, war and migration. Recent exhibits are: ?Dialogues on …
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: Impact on the Indian Working class: the Growth of Indian trade unions
… among the Indian laboring classes rose steadily during the war. This combined with the massive increase in basic … during the absence of white workers as a…
PlaceGriquatown
… to 1,244. On 17 November 1899 Griquatown was captured by Boer forces and probably remainedin their hands … Charles Warren entered the village. On 27 October…
PlaceMelville Koppies Nature Reserve, Judith Road, Johannesburg
… early 1800s. But by mid century there was a rudimentary Boer republic in place, the previous black inhabitants were … early 1800s. But by mid century there…