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ArticleResponses of different groups in South Africa to the outbreak of the First World War
… Responses of different groups in South Africa to the outbreak of the First World War …
To what extent was apartheid in South Africa part of neo-colonialism in the post World War 2 world (1948-1960)? (under construction)
… To what extent was apartheid in South Africa part of neo-colonialism in the post World War 2 world (1948-1960)? (under construction) …
ArchiveSouth Africa in World War One, 31 October 2018
… Studies, on what white Afrikaner leaders and black South Africans gained for their show of patriotism during the First World War. The outbreak of the First…
ArticleWorld War I and the South African Native Labour Contingent
… The South African Native Labour Contingent (SANLC) was formed in … strong opposition from the White establishment in South Africa. It was feared that if…
ArticleThe World and South Africa when Nelson Mandela was born
… Nelson Mandela was born into a world of war, revolutionary upheaval and a worldwide influenza … were murdered by members of the Freikorps (Militia). In South…
EventImperial German Forces forced to unconditional surrender by Union of South Africa Forces during World War I
… Khorab Memorial. This followed the outbreak of the First World War on 1 August 1914. On 25 December 1914 General Louis Botha led South African troops across…
World War 2: East Africa. The South African Air Force flying out from Kenya bombs Italian bases in Somaliland.
… World War 2: East Africa. The South African Air Force flying out from Kenya …
World War II: East Africa. South African troops are landed at Tulearon (Toliara) on the south west coast of Madagascar, to supp
… World War II: East Africa. South African troops are landed at Tulearon (Toliara) …
World War 1: Gen. Louis Botha leaves for South West Africa to take control of the Union troops who would conquer the area from
… World War 1: Gen. Louis Botha leaves for South West Africa to take control of the Union troops who would conquer …
The great tank battle of Sidi Rezegh in North Africa rages unabated in World War 2. The South Africans, outnumbered by their Ge
… battle of Sidi Rezegh in North Africa rages unabated in World War 2. The South Africans, outnumbered by their Ge …
BiographyMattheus Uys Krige
… Mattheus Uys Krige and his contribution to the Second World War Mattheus Uys Krige (1910-1987) can certainly be counted … literary contributions, Krige…
EventAbyssinian fortress of Dessie is captured by South African troops during World War II
… and Amba Alagi, was captured by General Alan Cunningham's South African divisions. This event happened in 1941 two years after the outbreak of the World War…
BiographyIsmail "Tatamkhulu Afrika" Joubert
… mother on 7 December 1920. His parents relocated to South Africa in 1923 where they died from Asian flu leaving … entire print was destroyed by a bomb in…
BiographyJim Bailey
… Philosophy, Politics and Economics. During the Second World War, which broke out in September 1939, the young Jim, aged … after the Second World War ended in…
BiographyNeville Allan Lewis
… was in born Cape Town, 1895. Considered in the 1940s to be South Africa’s premier society portraitist, Lewis was steeped … by Lewis when he set up a studio…
BiographyGeneral Jan Christiaan Smuts
… of the Cape of Good Hope, which is now the University of South Africa (UNISA). This achievement earned him the Ebden … Paul Kruger at the age of 28. During…
BiographyVilla Baker
… 12 March 1917, the year of the Russian Revolution, while World War I was still raging . She grew up in Brakpan, East Rand … divorce. He was a civil rights…
BiographyDezso Koenig
… was born in Budapest, Hungary, 1902. He emigrated to South Africa from Hungary in 1931. After his training at the … has been obscured since his death. …
BiographyDenis Mayer
… Manager for the Chamber of Mines, and had come to South Africa from England in the 1890s to seek his fortune on … serving in the Imperial Light Horse unit in…
BiographyMongane Wally Serote
… four years before the National Party (NP) came to power in South Africa. His early education took place in the … apartheid. In 1993, his seventh poetry…
BiographyMichael Guthrie Scott
… of one of his father’s parishioners, he boarded a ship to South Africa. After arriving in Cape Town, Scott proceeded to … Returning to England in 1939,…
BiographyFreda Levson
… Freda Levson was born on 21 November 1911 in Pretoria , South Africa. Her father was a prominent physician in … of and interest in her Scottish roots. At the…
BiographyJonathan Clegg
… the age of seven, before he and his mother emigrated to South Africa after her marriage to a South African journalist … with international rock sounds…
BiographyConstance Stuart Larrabee
… Stuart Larrabee was born in Cornwall, England and came to South Africa with her parents when she was three months old. … Col. E. G. Malherbe, appointed her…
Richard Victor Selope Thema
… the British troops stationed in Pietersburg during the South African War (Anglo-Boer War 2) . After the declaration of peace he … While Solomon T. Plaatje…
BiographySir Winston Spencer Churchill
… was born in Blenheim Palace, Oxford, in 1874. He came to South Africa as a correspondent to the Morning Post during the South African War of 1889-1902, and…
BiographyMartin Plaut
… Martin Plaut was born in Cape Town, South Africa in May 1950. His parents were Erwin Plaut and … and Southern Africa. He is currently Africa editor, BBC…
BiographySir Ernest Oppenheimer
… his employer and in 1902, at the age of 22, he was sent to South Africa to represent the company as a buyer in … helped to establish the Kimberley Regiment…
BiographyIssy Heymann
… At the age of nineteen, in 1931, Heymann arrived in South Africa. In 1935, he became an executive member of the … Jewish Workers Club. Issy Heymann fought…
BiographyCassim Amra
… many of the articles for the paper. Peter Abraham , one of South Africa’s best known poets of this period, dedicated his … of the NIC. He opposed South…