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Map of South Africa in July 1885, prior to the Second Boer War. It is showing British possessions and protectorates, the two Boer Republics (ZAR and Orange Free State), besides German South West Africa and Portuguese Mozambique. This article lists the governors of British South African colonies, including the colonial prime ministers.
Morosi's Mountain, South Africa: Robert Scott: Cape Mounted Riflemen: Basuto War: 8 April 1879: Morosi's Mountain, South Africa: Edmund Hartley: Cape Mounted Riflemen: Basuto War: 5 June 1879: Morosi's Mountain, South Africa: Francis Fitzpatrick: 94th Regiment of Foot: Campaign against Sekukuni: 28 November 1879: Sekukuni's Town, South Africa
The Union of South Africa was tied closely to the British Empire, and automatically joined with Great Britain and the allies against the German Empire.Both Prime Minister Louis Botha and Defence Minister Jan Smuts were former Second Boer War generals who had fought against the British, but then became active and respected members of the Imperial War Cabinet.
During World War II, South Africa's ports and harbours, such as at Cape Town, Durban, and Simon's Town, were important strategic assets to the British Royal Navy. South Africa's top-secret Special Signals Service played a significant role in the early development and deployment of radio detection and ranging (radar) technology used in ...
Also: South Africa: People: By occupation: Military personnel: Recipients of the Victoria Cross This is a category listing , which serves as an index of existing Wikipedia articles about South African recipients of the Victoria Cross .
Map of the Cape of Good Hope in 1885 (blue). The areas of Griqualand West and Griqualand East were annexed to the Cape Colony around 1880. The Cape Colony (Dutch: Kaapkolonie), also known as the Cape of Good Hope, was a British colony in present-day South Africa named after the Cape of Good Hope.
The Colony of Natal was a British colony in south-eastern Africa. It was proclaimed a British colony on 4 May 1843 after the British government had annexed the Boer Republic of Natalia, and on 31 May 1910 combined with three other colonies to form the Union of South Africa, as one of its provinces. [3] It is now the KwaZulu-Natal province of ...
Although opinion among the United Kingdom government, the South African government and the British South Africa Company favoured the union option (and none tried to interfere in the referendum), when the referendum was held the results saw 59.4% in favour of responsible government for a separate colony and 40.6% in favour of joining the Union ...