Boer POW camps in India
The British took over 25,000 Boer prisoners of war and shipped them to other colonies,…
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How India Helped Britain Win its ‘Dirty’ War in South Africa
On the last day of May in 1902 one of Britain’s most bitter imperial wars…
Anglo-Boer war whistle-blower Emily Hobhouse celebrated in Cornish home
Series of events mark 165th anniversary of birth of forgotten pacifist who exposed conditions in…
Wreath laying to commemorate lives lost during Anglo-Boer war
The Alberton Voortrekkers, a cultural organization rooted in Afrikaner heritage, held a wreath-laying ceremony to…
Boer War Memorial Statue returns to Sturt Street Gardens
The Boer War Memorial Statue in Ballarat’s Sturt Street Gardens was restored and returned to…
Voortrekker Graveyard in Greylingstad
The Voortrekker graveyard in Greylingstad, Mpumalanga, South Africa, is a historical cemetery with graves dating…
president kruger funeral
Paul Kruger, former president of the South African Republic (Transvaal), died in exile in Switzerland…
Concentration camps at Heidelberg
Heidelberg, South Africa, was the location of concentration camps during the Second Boer War (1899-1902). These…
The Battle of Schuinshoogte
The Battle of Schuinshoogte, also known as the Battle of Ingogo, was fought on February…
The Battle of Kraaipan
12 October 1899 was where the first shots were fired that marked the start of…
Day of the Vow “Geloftedag” or “Dingaansdag,”
The Day of the Vow, known in Afrikaans as “Geloftedag” or “Dingaansdag,” was historically a…
Young boers returning home from Wentworth Camp in Durban after the war in July 1902.
while Wentworth itself didn’t see major battles during the Boer War, its location near Durban…
boer war facts
The Anglo Boer War, a remarkable chapter in history, reveals astonishing and often overlooked facts…
The Gun used by many or most of the Boers
Possibly the most important item of equipment the Voortrekkers took with them was their gun,or…
Princess Christian Hospital, Pinetown Bridge 1899-1902
Sarnia station used to be called Pinetown Bridge and sick troops would be offloaded there…
Colonel Graham (Grahamstown), Warrant of Payment
In 1812 John Graham undertook the task which was to define his military career, he was sent…
Sandsteen klubhuis by Pilgrim’s Rest golfbaan.
Voorheen laerskool Lindleyspoort, Swartruggens omgewing.
BRITISH COMPENSATION to BOERS was a PALTRY £9
BRITISH COMPENSATION to BOERS was a PALTRY £9 ………. The Anglo-Boer War Concentration Camps –…
Concentration camps in the South African War? Here are the real facts
More than a century after 48 000 people died in concentration camps in what’s known…
Irish boers
Veldkornet Alfred Thring (The Irish-Afrikaner) and his happy-go-lucky commando in Natal..ABW He is standing on…
What’s in a South African name? From Krotoa to Van der Stel
Saddled with the burden of apartheid and colonial-slanted textbooks, South Africans have tended to take…