Back in 2013, I helped organize an off-roading competition in the area around Clarens in the SE Free State, and as part of it, drew up a short quiz on local points of interest. One of the questions was: ‘Forces from which army surrendered at...
I am sure that we have all met someone who ‘knows’ the Kruger Millions are buried on his grandad’s farm… and will regale you with the story every time he has had a few drinks. The tale is ‘supported’ by things a farm worker told his father 80...
“Knock, Knock”“Who’s there?”“Mafeking”“Mafeking who?”“Mafeking car won’t start” For a long time, I thought this was the only Mafeking-related joke, but I recently heard another. During a discussion on the formation of the Boy Scouts, and how they...
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