Though I have no interest in social media, I am sometimes made aware of the rubbish spouted by True Believers on various Boer War Facebook pages. Increasingly desperate to defend their much-cherished National Party myths, these fanatics are often...
Alas, few of those holding strong opinions on history bother to actually read anything about it… and those that do seem to rely on Wikipedia, rather than books. The following article in today’s Telegraph should (but won’t) give...
This plaque is the sort of thing one sees dotted about in South Africa, and which subtly maintain the Boer War myths: Unfortunately, this description of the action at Kalkheuwel is rather poorly-written and inaccurate, meaning that a visitor will...
I recently stumbled across this article: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-07-24-african-support-of-russian-invasion-extraordinary-after-the-continents-colonial-past/ I don’t disagree with his overall point – ie. that it is disgraceful...
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