A compromise was reached and Canada agreed to send volunteers to serve under British command in the Boer War. It represented the first large group of Canadian soldiers to serve overseas.
The ANC's long track record of political mistakes and policy failures is finally catching up to it precisely at the moment ...
The Spion Kop anniversary underlines the potential of heritage sites to create jobs and foster cultural and economic growth in local communities.
The Heidelberg Heritage Association awarded the latest blue plaque for heritage to the Heidelberg Crown Hotel. The plaque is ...
During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers.
There are key spots for Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson and his Nobel prize, for Canadian peacekeeping and for Canada’s push ...
John Norris looks at a mainstay of the British Army in WWI; the 18-Pounder field gun ...
In a heist fit for a mystery novel, the large brass bell of the Bethel Lutheran Bapedi Church in Ga-Rankuwa has mysteriously vanished into thin air! The beloved bell, known for its booming voice that ...
Back in the final months of the First World War in 1918 and again the following year officers in the Metropolitan Police went ...
The German actor made Hollywood history in 1929 when he won Best Actor over a dog, before becoming a willing cog in Adolf ...
El Ghazi is rebuilding his career after winning a court case over his sacking by Mainz for comments he wrote about the Israel ...
Zimbabwe’s land seizures led to economic collapse and suffering. Can South Africa avoid the same fate under the Expropriation ...