In 1899, Canada agreed to send volunteers to serve under British command in the Boer War. (Courtesy of the National Archives of Canada C-007986, Montreal soldiers of C Company South African ...

A commemoration was held in Drakensberg on Friday to mark the 125th anniversary of the Battle of SpionKop and honour the soldiers who fought in the war. The historic event drew local and international ...

The Second Boer War began in 1899 in the south of Africa. It was fought between the two Boer Republics and the British Empire. The Second Boer War lasted three years and the British needed to ...

Discover the growing interest in rare South African coins, highlighted by the record-breaking sale of the Single ‘9’ Kruger ...

The Spion Kop anniversary underlines the potential of heritage sites to create jobs and foster cultural and economic growth ...

to the anglicisation policy applied by the British authorities in schools around South Africa after the Anglo-Boer War. Through the policy, children were purportedly humiliated if they spoke Dutch ...

The coin’s story dates back to 1898 when South Africa was on the brink of the Anglo-Boer War. At precisely 10h30 on 2 November 1898, the “Single 9” Pond was struck at the Pretoria Mint.

Spioenkop is one of 82 battlefields, museums, old fortifications and places of remembrance that form part of the Battlefields ...

The Anglo-Zulu War was fought in 1879 ... might succeed with the African Kingdoms, tribal areas and Boer republics in South Africa. In 1874, Sir Bartle Frere was sent to South Africa as High ...