The South African Native Labour Contingent, 1916-1918

World War I

This feature commemorates the outbreak of the First World War. This major historical event became known as  The Gre

Louis Botha

Boer general and statesman

How colonial violence came home: the ugly truth of the first world war by Pankaj Mishra (The Guardian), 10 November 2018

"Today on the Western Front,” the German sociologist Max Weber wrote in September 1917, there “stands a dross of Afric

A Critical Analysis of Union Defence Force Operations during the Afrikaner Rebellion, 1914-1915 by Antonio Garcia and Evert Kleynhans

SS Mendi

The sinking of the SS Mendi was caused by the reckless action of the captain of the SS Darro. It remains the greatest wa

A tribute to a great struggle stalwart Paul David by Siva Naidoo

Devadas Paul David was a member of the Natal Indian Congress, the United Democratic Front and the African National Congr