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  2. List of governors of British South African colonies - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. History of South Africa (1815–1910) - Wikipedia

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    Political Map of South Africa drawn 1897, reprint 1899 from "Impressions of South Africa" by James Bryce The enormous wealth of the mines, soon became irresistible for British imperialists . In 1895, a group of renegades led by Captain Leander Starr Jameson entered the ZAR with the intention of sparking an uprising on the Witwatersrand and ...

  4. List of Victoria Cross recipients by campaign - Wikipedia

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    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

  5. Category : South African recipients of the Victoria Cross

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    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 .

  6. Cape Colony - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. History of South Africa - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. List of English Victoria Cross recipients - Wikipedia

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    The following is a partial list of English recipients of the Victoria Cross. ... South Africa: Michael Heaviside: British Army: 1917: ... 1898 Occupation of Crete: Crete:

  9. History of the Cape Colony from 1806 to 1870 - Wikipedia

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    The momentum of this, South Africa's first mass-movement, continued as a drive to obtain a free, representative government for the colony. The British government granted this concession, which had been previously promised by Lord Grey, and a constitution was established in 1854 of almost unprecedented liberality.