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March 28, 2021 Leave a Comment

Diamonds Discovered in South Africa

This series has eight easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: Here Be Diamonds.IntroductionThe story of the Kimberley diamond-field

August 11, 2018 Leave a Comment

Great Britain Acquires Cape Colony

This series has five easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Dutch Settlement Before the Coming of the British.IntroductionWhen the

September 12, 2015 Leave a Comment

New Human Species Discovered

by Jack Le MoineFrom the latest happenings in things historical. This article Fossils Found in African Cave Are New Species of Human Kin,

June 1, 2015 24 Comments

Union of South Africa Formed

This series has four easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: South African Constitutional Convention Meets.IntroductionWithin ten

July 11, 2013 1 Comment

The Boer War

This series has eleven easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Causes of the Boer War.IntroductionIn more than one respect the war

March 24, 2011 Leave a Comment

Transvaal Gold Rush

Time: 1886Place: Witwatersrand area, Transvaal, South AfricaIt was March; it was a Sunday, or so the legend says. An Australian miner

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