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… fallen into a " ruinous " condition, although when the British invaded the Cape in 1795 it was considered to be …

… Boer woman and children, driven from their land by the British "scorched earth" policy. This policy dictated the …

… of Landdrost and heemraden when they were abolished by the British colonial government. In 1846 the government sold the …

… Dutch Reformed  Church. This church was burnt down by the British troops during the Anglo-Boer War. After the war it …

… published in 1828, antagonised both Dutch settlers and British colonial administrators. Philipton's first missionary …

… William Anderson. Griekwastad was later the capital of British Colony , Griqualand West from 1873 to 1880, with its …

… shared by so many of us still living in the ruins of the British empire. But, looking back, it is clear that long … when my grandfather was murdered by security forces in the British colony of Rhodesia. Or I could start it today, when … It was founded in 1896, just five years after the British South Africa Company colonised the inland region of …

… Introduction ↵ The 1902 Treaty of Vereeniging between the British and the Boer republics ended the Second Anglo Boer … period saw a cordial relationship being forged between the British and the Afrikaners, to the exclusion of black people. … effectively blocked black access to political power. The British High Commissioner at the time, Lord Alfred Milner , …

… Prinsloo of Prinsloosdorp was published. He was a maverick British journalist who came to South Africa when the … Boer War and beyond. In several newspapers, he denounced British colonial attitudes as well as satirising Boer … ideals. 1915 Douglas Blackburn's Love Muti (1915) attacks British colonial attitudes. Blackburn is not read much today, …

… negotiations between the Natal Government and the British Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Natal Coolie … that they have no permanent right of residence. The British High Commissioner intervened and asked for … or court arrest. The South African Republic rejects a British Indian petition and places the Asiatic in the same …

… provided important lessons that would be applied later on. British forces under Montgomery and U.S. troops under Patton … there were three superpowers: the United States, the British Empire, and the Soviet Union. Throughout the time … depended upon Soviet goodwill to keep open routes to the British, French and American zones of the city. During 1961, …

… 1647. 1615 Sir Thomas Roe attempts to land some deported British criminals at the Cape, but those who are not drowned … to settle permanently in areas in the interior not under British rule. 1690 Slaves in Stellenbosch attempt …

… earliest antecedent in South Africa. The potent wave of British immigrants to the Cape in 1820 brought several more … of expanding knowledge, based on the outward growth of British science and industry. Hodges was typical of …

… became exploited wage labourers for the Germans, and the British who came after. The genocide of the Herero and the …

… borders of his own country. On 11 January 1962 he entered British controlled Bechuanaland and from there flew to …

… themselves victims of the scorched earth policy of the British military authorities. After the fall and occupation … speedy defeat of the men on commando would follow if the British army units burnt the farms, built blockhouses, seized … to be called concentration camps. It was Emily Hobhouse, a British woman from Cornwall, who took up the cause of the …

… that resentment among Africans is building up. 3 February, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan states in South … opposed). Prime Minister Verwoerd subsequently tells British Prime Minister Macmillan that South Africa wants to … Great Britain in regard to guaranteed preferences on the British market 19 May, General Law Amendment Act No …

… Fort Cox was a "post of occupation" established by the British military in 1835 and was named in honour of Major … during the sixth Frontier- War by Major William Cox of the British Army under orders from the Governor of the Cape …

… House. Sharpeville and Langa's massacres had shocked the British public and as the newly appointed President of the … Conservative-dominated, with the Christian Democrats and British Tories, Igot through it a motion demanding the …

… of frontiersmen who, after clashing with Boers and the British in the interior, turned east and settled in what was …

… Coast. The Cape Columbine lighthouse owes its name to the British wooden ship- 'Columbine'.  Which was wrecked in 1829, …

… led to international exposure of the starvation wages of British companies in rural communities which drove the …

… at Paardekraal ( Krugersdorp) to take action against the British to recover the ZAR! They also took stones and made a …

… to cover approaches to the Bay . This did not prevent the British from landing troops at Simonstown in 1796, and what …

… provisions room.    In order to further protect the new British capital, a network of blockhouses around Pretoria …

… the nineteenth century. The settlement was created by the British to use the Khoekhoe as a living barrier between the …

… served as a settlement for disbanded soldiers of the British German Legion, hence the name. Other towns like Alice …

… was a convenient venue for trading and smuggling until the British annexed the Area. There are a number of ways to …

… Year 1999, the Museum had been placed in the hands of: 'British American Tobacco'. By 2003, since the Museum doesn’t …