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… Jeffrey bought erf numbers 1,2,9 and 10 for a total of 79 British pounds.   History aside, Jeffreys Bay is home to some …

… troops in the harbour during the Napoleonic wars when British occupation of the colony first occurred. By the time … Africans are well acquainted with the history of the 4000 British settlers who arrived by ship and visitors can walk in …

… Auwal Masjid came into existence in 1794 during the first British occupation of the Cape of Good Hope and was the main …

… surrounding Area was absorbed into the Natal colony by the British. Rich Coal Seams were discovered soon after and this, …

… the Afrikaans meaning! The present Town was founded by British Colonists in 1848 and was briefly called- Aliwal …

… Collection contains particularly fine examples of British Art and many leading Artists of the early 20th …

… living in the squalor of the Irene concentration camp. The British soldiers, meanwhile, removed bearings from the mill …

… well known for is the ‘Salt March’ in India, defying the British government’s tax on salt by walking 200 miles to …

… revolutionaries overran the region in 1885. In 1898, a British force was able to overthrow the Mahdist regime. An …

… the local community, and became a vocal supporter of the British war effort when the Second World War broke out. …

… desecrated and unkempt, with cattle grazing freely! (The British war Memorial has grazing among it as well). Even …

… Herbert Hyde Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon! He was a British Conservative Politician and sat in the House of …

… Dunford and Fort Tenedos - two Historic Forts built by the British during the Anglo-Zulu War . There are at least 10 …

… town was laid out in 1849. It was then named after the British Governor- Sir Harry Smith who made efforts of …

… the World Wars when Germans were not well received in the British Colonies. But it has managed to continue the …

… various artists. Founded by Peter Gabriel, who is a British musician and was lead singer of the progressive rock …

… Hare, was founded in 1916., on the Site of the earlier British Military Site. The University of Fort Hare produced …

… of India! Originally brought in during the 1860’s by the British as indentured workers for the sugar cane plantations, …

… a memorial to the men. The Mendi was under charter to the British Ministry of Transport for government service as a …

… powerful Zulu  tribes and villages. When the Boers and the British were vying for territory, though, there were many …

… to your Garden Route excursion. Once proclaimed by the British Royal Navy : "to be the most dangerous Harbour …

… Port of Durban was first established when a party of British men, from the Cape Colony settled on the shores of …

… after Sir George Pomeroy-Colley who led the ill-fated British force during the Battle of Majuba Hill in 1881. It …

… into the proud Zulu nation. The Umhlanga Area came under British control soon after, becoming part of the large Estate …

… to ' De Oude Wijnberg' Estate . In 1975, after the British assumed control of the Cape settlement , the small … developing into a garrison Town, with great numbers of British troops settling down in the Area which led it to … becoming the main place of retirement for many of the British Civil Servants, who were returning from duty tours in …

… East India Company in 1743. This was taken over by the British Royal Navy in the 1790's, under whom the facility was … of the Simon’s Bay Dock and Patent Slip Company to the British Admiralty. By the close of the Century, however, it …

… surroundings are steeped in history. The hall has seen the British Empire, the apartheid government and, now, a …

… again extended and was given a Second Storey. After the British Annexation of the Cape in 1806, most of the Slaves …

… Van Wouw's sculpture was later removed and replaced by the British coat of arms, but reinstated in the 1950s.  The …

… Four days later, on 10 August, they captured a party of British scouts near the Village, and on the evening of 24 …