Anglo Boere oorloë – Shepstone

* Sir Theophilus Shepstone was 'n Britse staatsman wat verantwoordelik was vir die anneksasie van Transvaal vir Brittanje in 1877.    Transvaal was nie die enigste gebied wat deurgeloop het nie.  Alvorens hul die Boere Republieke getakel het, het hul eers al die ander gebiede afgeneem en geannekseer. Shepstone is gebore te Westbury-on-Trym naby Bristol,… Continue reading Anglo Boere oorloë – Shepstone

Shepstone and ABW

Sir Theophilus Shepstone was a British statesman who was responsible for the annexation of the Transvaal to Britain in 1877.   Theophilus Shepstone was born at Westbury-on-Trym near Bristol, England. When he was three years old his father, the Rev. William Theophilus, emigrated to Cape Colony. Young Shepstone was educated at the native mission stations at… Continue reading Shepstone and ABW

Christiaan de Wet 1854-1922

De wet is een van duisende wat opgestaan het om te veg vir die vryheid van die Boere republieke en lewe van hom as Boere generaal het van hom 'n Boereheld en -vegter gemaak - sy naam is opgeteken in die argiewe as Boer van die Boere republieke.   As daar na sy lewe gekyk word,… Continue reading Christiaan de Wet 1854-1922

Thokoana James Motlatsi of Lesotho 1987

His date and place of birth is 5 June  1951 at Morifi, Mohale’s Hoek, Lesotho.   It was stated in 2014 (mining weekly) that Motlatsi is the Executive chairperson of Teba Limited and non-executive chairperson of Shanduka, Platfields and Verimark.   An organisation, Teba was established before 1902 to support mines and the recruitment of mining personnel. … Continue reading Thokoana James Motlatsi of Lesotho 1987

Farmers and land in Ireland

Ireland's economic history starts at the end of the Ice Age when the first humans arrived there. Agriculture then came around 4500 BC. Iron technology came with the Celts around 350 BC. From the 12th century to the 1970s, most Irish exports went to England.   In 1800 the Irish Parliament and the Parliament of Great Britain each passed an Act of Union which,… Continue reading Farmers and land in Ireland

English Crown and the Boers

Die "bedelaar" verskyn talle kere as verwysing na Brittanje se tweede Anglo Boereoorlog (1899-1902) waar soldate duisende seemyle gereis het en kom oorlog maak het met ons voorouers - die doel daarvan om geld in te samel vir families.   Hierdie gedig, wat geskryf is deur Rudyard Kipling en getoonset deur Sir Arthur Sullivan, het 'n… Continue reading English Crown and the Boers

British concentration camps – ABW (Rudie Rousseau)

Daar is heelwat onbeantwoorde vrae oor die Britse konsentrasiekampe wat deur die Britse koloniale regering destyds geskep het spesifiek vir die Boere, die vroue en kinders veral tydens die twee Anglo Boere oorloë.    Hieragter skuil beslis meer as wat ons tans weet en kennis dra.  Nie lank nadat hul die onafhanklike gebiede geannekseer het,… Continue reading British concentration camps – ABW (Rudie Rousseau)

Chinese 2021 – Oxen year

Remember Washington 2021 and you will see who were involved in the whole scenario at the White house - it was not only Trump.    Look at those "radical protestors" playing as Trump supporters and their masks.   All those peoples are together with China at the end.   It is 2021 and it is the year… Continue reading Chinese 2021 – Oxen year

Brittanje – “British Brexit”

  MPs have rejected Theresa May’s EU withdrawal agreement on the day the UK was due to leave the EU.   The government lost by 344 votes to 286, a margin of 58.   It means the UK has missed an EU deadline to delay Brexit to 22 May and leave with a deal. The prime minister… Continue reading Brittanje – “British Brexit”

Britse konsentrasiekampe Hester de Beer

    Meer inligting oor ouma Hester de Beer kan gevind word in die publikasie "Familie-geskiedenis van 'n DE BEER-STAMLYN IN SUID AFRIKA oor drie honderd jaar" op die issuu.com website.     Hester en Frederik is die sewende geslag. Soms kry ‘n mens merkwaardige historiese bronne.   Eensgesind het onlangs in verbinding getree met meneer Jan… Continue reading Britse konsentrasiekampe Hester de Beer

Kenya – Trustland and british colony

The Kikuyu genocide took place in the 1950's, a decade after the Holocaust and the West’s promise to never again allow the destruction of entire peoples, and it saw virtually the entire population of 1.5 million Kikuyu locked up in concentration camps, where they were starved, beaten, and tortured to death by the tens of… Continue reading Kenya – Trustland and british colony