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EventLord Baden-Powell’s sister, Agnes, establishes the Girl Guides Movement
… by Baden-Powell during the South African War of 1899-1902. During the war Baden-Powell, a British officer enlisted …
PlaceNewlands Cricket Stadium
… Nations. Australia’s first visit to South Africa (1902 - 1903) witnessed a historic six matches, including … Australia’s first visit to South Africa (1902 -…
PlaceHouse Schoch, Boschdal, District of Rustenburg
… H.E. Schoch's papers relate to the South African War 1899-1902 and in particular to the siege of Mafeking. Also of …
PlacePaardekraal Monument, Market Street, Krugersdorp
… South African War and after the Treaty of Vereeniging in 1902 became the Transvaal Colony, being given limited home … South African War and after the Treaty…
EventWhite women achieve suffrage in South Africa
… League (WEL) in South Africa was established in 1902 in Durban. It was established through the work of an …
To fully reconcile The Boer War is to fully understand the ‘Black’ Concentration Camps by Peter Dickens (The Observation Post),
… Africans took a more direct role in the war. On 16 May 1902, Chief Sikobobo waBaqulusi, and a Zulu impi marched on … for the way they were treated. On the…
PlaceSA Army College, Roberts Heights, Pretoria
… and its cornerstone was laid by Lord Kitchener on 12 June 1902. It originally served as a recreation centre for … laid the cornerstone of this College on the…
PlaceKommetjie, Cape Town
… Kommetjie was established in 1902 when a consortium of Cape Town businessmen purchased the …
PlaceUtrecht
… troops occupied Utrecht during South African War of 1899 - 1902 as their headquarters. The British were wary of having …
EventCanada offers a second contingent of troops to the British in the South African War
… References Anon, Canada & The South African War, 1899-1902 from the Canadian War Museum, [online] Available at …
PlaceKopanong Local Municipality, Free Sate
… J. Goold-Adams, governor of the Orange River Colony from 1902 – 1910. Still later the name was changed to Trompsburg … J. Goold-Adams, governor of the Orange…
PlaceSedibeng District Municipality
… Heritage Sites related to the South African War of 1899-1902 and the two World Wars that followed. The Sharpeville …
PlaceGreen Point
… of a new tower. During the South African War of 1899-1902, Green Point common was used by the Military as an …
PlacePilrig House, 1 Rockridge Road, Parktown, Johannesburg
… and a balcony facing South, where the garden was. "In 1902, Baker was a lucky man - he had the patronage of Lord …
South Africa in the 1900s (1900-1917)
… as March 1900, nothing significant was achieved until 1902. It was only on 31 May that a truce (the Peace Treaty of … to the formation and growth of new…
Indian education in Natal
… refused Indian boys admission to European schools. 1902 According to the Colonial Indians News (14/02/1902 - A New Hindu School), owing to the deep seated …
PlaceBelmond Mount Nelson Hotel, Cape Town
… During the period of hostilities which continued until 1902 the Hotel played host to many officers and soldiers … visiting South Africa to plan the War…
ArchiveRobert Grendon: A Life Rediscovered, (Daily Maverick), 4 March 2024
… It has now been republished for the first time since 1902, by Strandwolf African Classics. The poem details South … in scholarly approaches to the South…
PlaceSt Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Odendal Street, Germiston
… McIntosh- 1896 – 1899; Major Rev. Thomas Murray- 1901 – 1902; The Rev. James Lambert Scott-1902 – 1913; The Rev. Allan Munn-1913 – 1922; The Rev. …
PlaceKroondal, Rustenburg
… be quite sure, razed the building to the ground. In June 1902, Ottermann and his family returned to their ruined farm, …
ArticleThe Union of South Africa: Movement towards Republic
… Free State (OFS). This however was short-lived, and by 1902 at the end of the Anglo-Boer or South African War, the … vote because of an inferior educational…
ArticleEuropean missionaries in southern Africa: the role of the missionaries
… in 1857 spurred others to follow their example. By 1902 fifteen such institutions had opened their doors in … seven of the latter having been founded after…
A Society for the “Advancement of Art”
… that SASA was established first in 1897 and revived in 1902, alongside the South African Drawing Club (SADC), … National Gallery, received a relatively warm…
PlaceBonnievale, Langeberg Municipality-Cape Town
… of Bonnievale still use the water from these channels. In 1902 a Railway halt was constructed between Robertson and …
PlaceVereeniging, a City in Gauteng
… the Treaty of Vereeniging ending the Second Boer War (1899-1902) was negotiated. During this conflict, a Concentration …
ArticleDecember 16 and the Construction of Afrikaner Nationalism
… concentration camps. They were forced to accept defeat in 1902. Union, 1910 After the war, Afrikaners were divided … the most remarkable features of the…
ArticleAnti-pass campaigns, 1910s
… ANC and the African Political Organisation (APO) formed in 1902, under Abdurahman , gave encouragement to the efforts of …
ArticleSouth African Police Services (SAPS)
… today has its origin after the Second Anglo-Boer War in 1902. Prior to the war each colony or Boer republic had its …
Colonial history of Polokwane
… October 1899. The capitulation of the Boers came on 31 May 1902. Sixty representatives of the two Boer states had met to …
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Bibliography
… Bhana, S-, Indentured Indian immigrants to Natal, 1860 - 1902. A Study based on Ship's Lists. New Delhi: Promilla & …