World War One in Color: Slaughter in the Trenches

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

Slangkop Lighthouse, Kommetjie- Cape Town

The Slangkop Point Lighthouse in Kommetjie has a long history dating back to 1914 when it was scheduled to be complete

Anzac, a Railway Siding near Brakpan

A Railway Siding, on route between Germiston and Brakpan. The name is derived from all the Australian and New Zealand tr