The same old myths…

I came across this online article recently: https://www.anglotopia.net/british-history/great-events-british-history-bitter-legacy-british-imperialism-boer-wars/ As the site where it comes from claims to be one for people who ‘love...

My Country: Always Wrong

Well, surprise, surprise: pro-IRA, pro-Hezbollah, Marxist imbecile, Jeremy Corbyn, has announced that if (God forbid) Labour win the up-coming General Election, he will seek to indoctrinate British children that the Empire was evil...

Transvaal Diamonds?

When it comes to the Boer War, the lengths that some people will go to so as to blame everything on the wicked, scheming British is always amusing. I recently read the following (completely unreferenced) passage in an otherwise authoritative and...

On this day in 1899…

Though obviously much more associated with the Second World War, the young Winston Churchill also played an active and adventurous role in the early phases of the Boer War. After active service on the Frontier and in the Sudan, and having proven...

The Fable of the Frog

Though a proud Afrikaner himself, Former Leader of the Pretoria Bar, Advocate J. W. Wessels made a speech in 1900 in which he described a rather unpleasant trait found in many of his kinsmen, and one which had played a large part in the Boer...

Fiasco

I have just finished reading ‘Fiasco – The American Military Adventure in Iraq’, by Thomas E. Ricks. It is an eye-opening read, and brilliantly written. Having worked in Iraq for several years, I found it fascinating reading and would recommend...

Seeing red

A few years ago, I enjoyed a trip on Rovos Rail from Pretoria to Durban. As one might expect, the journey included several stops / excursions along the way, one of which was to the Nambiti Game Reserve, near Ladysmith. The young game guide should...