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1904 - 1907 Marego (Kalahari)

The Ferreira Raid: North Western Cape Colony: November 1906

This article explains how the Ferreira Raid in November 1906 reflected tensions between the British, Boers and Germans after the South African War. It describes the raid, the Cape Mounted Police response, the trial, and the claim that the episode was a quixotic rehearsal for the 1914 Afrikaner rebellion.

Hommeltuie - Philip & Welma Malherbe
Drones / Hommeltuie

Hommeltuie - Philip & Welma Malherbe

The attachment is an Afrikaans article titled "Hommeltuie toegerus met GPS Tegnologie" about Ukraine’s Brave 1 drone mine-detection technology and related battlefield software systems. It also includes a short local news example about a drone helping rescue a stranded hiker on Table Mountain.

South Africa's Transition What Really Happened and WHY
SAP History / Geskiedenis

South Africa's Transition What Really Happened and WHY

This foreword introduces a comprehensive eBook by Dr Willem Steenkamp on South Africa’s negotiated transition to a non-racial democracy. It argues that the outcome was shaped less by individual weakness than by systemic dysfunction in national security decision-making, the conflict between military and political strategies, and the eventual necessity of negotiation.

Armoured Trains
1914 - 1918 WW1

Armoured Trains

The use of Armoured trains in South Africa during 1906 & 1914 - 1918

Tienie Cronje2
Death Notice

Tienie Cronje2

Death Notice - Maj-Gen Tienie Cronjé

Tienie Cronjé
Death Notice

Tienie Cronjé

Death Notice: Maj-Gen Tienie Cronje

Nongqai Vol 17 no 3B
Death Notice

Nongqai Vol 17 no 3B

This account reflects on the life and service of Warrant Officer Sipho George Ngcamu,…