events that happened during 1881 in South Africa. Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: John Gordon Sprigg. Governor...

that happened during 1955 in South Africa. Monarch: Queen Elizabeth II. Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Ernest George Jansen....

from 16 December 1880 until 23 March 1881 between the United Kingdom and Boers of the Transvaal (as the South African Republic was known while under British...

hill on the night of 26–27 February 1881. Colley's motive for occupying Majuba Hill, near Volksrust, now in South Africa, may have been anxiety that the Boers...

official in the Union of South Africa between 1910 and 1961. The Union of South Africa was founded as a self-governing Dominion of the British Empire in 1910...

Seville in his 7th-century Etymologiae XIV.5.2. suggests "Africa" comes from the Latin aprica, meaning "sunny". Massey, in 1881, stated that Africa is derived...

South Africa is a Christian majority nation with Islam being a minority religion, practised by roughly 1.6% of the total population. Islam in South Africa...

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. Its nine provinces are bounded to the south by 2,798...

January 1881. Following the Boer declaration of independence for the Transvaal in 1880 the British suffered a series of disastrous defeats in attempting...

Anglo–Boer War, or South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer republics (the South African Republic and Orange...

Mining in South Africa was once the main driving force behind the history and development of Africa's most advanced and richest economy. Large-scale and...

transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in South Africa have the same legal rights as non-LGBTQ people. South Africa has a complex and diverse history regarding...

The following lists events that happened during 1960 in South Africa. Monarch: Queen Elizabeth II Governor-General: Charles Robberts Swart (from 12 January)...

to be the main means of transport across the South African plains. Because of this, much effort was put in grass mowers by the British for the production...

Christianity is the dominant religion in South Africa, with almost 80% of the population in 2001 professing to be Christian. No single denomination predominates...

colonies and states that have existed in South Africa since 1652, as well as other flags pertaining to South Africa, including governmental, military, police...

The national anthem of South Africa was adopted in 1997 and is a hybrid song combining extracts of the 19th century Xhosa hymn "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika"...

The South African Republic, which existed from 1852 to 1877, 1881 to 1902, and 1914 to 1915, used two flags: (1) the so-called 'Vierkleur' (English: Four-colour)...

South Africa from the foundation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 to the present day. From 1910 to 1961 the head of state under the South Africa Act...

December 1880 to 23 March 1881) between the Transvaal Boers and Great Britain. The treaty was signed in Pretoria on 3 August 1881, but was subject to ratification...

live in or were born in Sub-Saharan Africa. The majority live in South Africa and other Southern African countries in which English is a primary language...

Amsterdam, is a small town located in Mkhondo Local Municipality, Mpumalanga South Africa. Amsterdam encompasses a large Swazi population as a result of...

Rooihuiskraal on 12 February 1881 was a military engagement during the First Boer War which took place at Rooihuiskraal just south of Pretoria. The British...

single-handedly put out a fire in an ammunition cart, and was awarded the VC for that action. This rule was changed in 1881 to allow only acts "in the presence of the...

President of the Orange Free State (1808–1881) Louis Botha, Boer commander-in-chief and 1st Prime Minister of South Africa (1862–1919) Pieter Willem Botha, 9th...

This is a timeline of the history of the area in present-day South Africa....

events that happened during 1880 in South Africa. Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: John Gordon Sprigg. Lieutenant-governor...

Benoni is a town on the East Rand, Gauteng, South Africa, some 26 kilometres (16 mi) east of Johannesburg, within the City of Ekurhuleni municipality....

Pretoria Convention of 1881 was superseded in 1884 by the London Convention, in which the British suzerainty over the South African Republic was relinquished...

events that happened during 1878 in South Africa. Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Henry Barkly. Lieutenant-governor...