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General Jan Christiaan Smuts
Biography
Oct 11, 2011

General Jan Christiaan Smuts

Politician, world-famed statesman, soldier, naturalist, philosopher and former Prime Minister of South Africa

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The Influenza epidemic
Article
Jan 31, 2014

The Influenza epidemic

 

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Sidney Percival Bunting
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Sidney Percival Bunting

Communist intellectual and organiser, Sydney Bunting was instrumental in the formation and early development of the Comm...

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SS Mendi
Article
Feb 20, 2017

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...

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Enoch Mgijima
Biography
May 16, 2011

Enoch Mgijima

Leader of the Israelite sect involved in the Bulhoek massacre of 24 May 1921.

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The Cape Coloured Corps and the First World War
Article
May 19, 2014

The Cape Coloured Corps and the First World War

 

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World War I and the South African Native Labour Contingent
Article
Mar 07, 2014

World War I and the South African Native Labour Contingent

 

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Responses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Afrikaner Response and the 1914 Rebellion
Article
Feb 24, 2014

Responses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Afrikaner Response and the 1914 Rebellion

 

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The Establishment of the Afrikaner Broederbond in May 1918.
Article
Jan 31, 2014

The Establishment of the Afrikaner Broederbond in May 1918.

 

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The World and South Africa when Nelson Mandela was born
Article
Jan 24, 2014

The World and South Africa when Nelson Mandela was born

 

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The Causes of World War I
Article
Jan 13, 2014

The Causes of World War I

 

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World War I
Article
Dec 10, 2013

World War I

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

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