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Constructing the Union of South Africa; negotiations & contestations, 1902-10
… incensed them. Partly as a backlash to this, the Boers came to see Afrikaans as the volkstaal (people's … to form the Union of South Africa, the British and…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: President Steyn takes General Snyman to task for a cattle raid against Chief Montshiwa in which 203 head of c
Anglo-Boer War 2: President Steyn takes General Snyman to task for a cattle raid against Chief Montshiwa in which 203 head of cattle and 1 570 sheep and goats…
ArticleEastern Cape Wars of Dispossession 1779-1878
… as, Frontier Wars date back to 1779 when Xhosa people, Boers, Khoikhoi, San and the British clashed intermittently … of the Cape Colony. These farmers were…
PlaceLadysmith
… from a lack of food and constant bombardment from the Boers. General Sir Redvers Buller made four attempts to break … the British, they managed to stave off…
Anglo-Boer War 2: Lord Kitchener receives a hero’s welcome in London on his return.
Anglo-Boer War 2: British politician David Lloyd George denounces the concentration camp policy.
Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Redvers Henry Buller occupies Volksrust after a victory at Allemansnek.
Anglo-Boer War 2: President Steyn arrives at Waterval-Onder to meet President Kruger.
Anglo-Boer War 2: The ZAR calls up the South African Republican Burgher Force.
Kaiser Wilhelm II refuses to meet with Boer leader Paul Kruger in Berlin.
Anglo-Boer War 1 (Transvaal War of Independence). A three-month siege of Pretoria starts.
Contact, conflict and dispossession on the Cape eastern or northern frontiers in the nineteenth century
… could still be bought and sold within the colony itself. Boers migrate and move into the interior: The Great Trek The … They were a mixture of Khoikhoi and…
BiographyDavid Stuurman
David Stuurman was born around 1773, probably near the Gamtoos River in the Eastern Cape. From the 17th century onwards, the Khoi and San people were…
BiographyCheryl Carolus
Cheryl Carolus was born on 20 April 1959 in the Cape Flats of Cape Town to a working class family. Her father was employed as a printer’s assistant and her…
BiographyGeneral Jan Christiaan Smuts
General Jan Christiaan Smuts was born near Riebeeck West in the Cape Colony on 24 May 1870. His mother taught him the elements of reading and writing in…
BiographyPeter Mokaba
Peter Mokaba was born on 7 January 1959 in Polokwane, where he did both his primary and high school education. During the 1976 uprisings, Mokaba became a…
PlaceSchweizer-Reneke
… to pay for this help, the Koras had given land to the Boers and this had resulted in the establishement; of the … In 1885, the Koras of Mossweu were defeated…
Vella Pillay
… of the gold mining industry and further refined by the Boers in what came to be known as ëapartheidí. Our family …
ArticleBritain takes control of the Cape
… were expanding their territory northeast. The Trek Boers seeking fresh grazing for their cattle, primarily, led … of about 12 000 discontented Afrikaner…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter XI - Completion of military conquest
… of the Africans; it was essential to bring the Trek Boers back into the fold. Capitalist economy demanded a … fiction when it was expedient to pacify the…
PlaceDiamond Hill Battle, Garden of Remembrance
… 12th June 1900, in which 14000 British soldiers and 4000 Boers engaged in battle. Nineteen British soldiers and three Boers lost their lives. During 1961 and…
ArticleThe Jameson Raid
… lines were not cut as had been planned. Consequently, the Boers received warning of the attack, and Jameson was forced …