* During the second world war the future South African prime minister John Vorster was interned as a Nazi sympathiser. Three decades later he was being feted in Jerusalem. In the second part of his remarkable special report, Chris McGreal investigates the clandestine alliance between Israel and the apartheid regime, cemented with the ultimate gift… Continue reading South Africa – National Party, AB-BB, Israel and apartheid
Kategorie: Geskiedenis / History
Shepstone and Boer republics
* Sir Theophilus Shepstone was a British statesman who was responsible for the annexation of the Transvaal to Britain in 1877 and he was not the only one. 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… Continue reading Shepstone and Boer republics
History Lies – Sosiale wetenskap leuens 1994
* Die regering van die dag en parlementslede, wat ook liberale blankes insluit, verander die geskiedenis om hulle te pas en dis wat aan die nuwe "reënboognasie" oorgedra word om meer haat teenoor blanke minderhede te saai. En dit is presies wat die afgelope 25 jaar aan die gang is. Hulle word elkeen onder… Continue reading History Lies – Sosiale wetenskap leuens 1994
Japan Mozu Kofungun (Ancient)
Although small in scale, Nonaka Kofun is one of the few kofun that has been investigated among tombs of the Furuichi Tomb Cluster. While the identity of the interred is still shrouded in mystery, the presence of technologically advanced weapons and armor imply military power, the wide range of tools and farming implements suggest productive… Continue reading Japan Mozu Kofungun (Ancient)
Mississippi and Water – North America
Even the river’s resident literary laureate, Mark Twain, noted how much of the 2,320-mile Mississippi’s finest landscape has been long overlooked as our collective gaze has been fixed upon the river below St. Louis. In 1886, he told the Chicago Tribune, “Along the Upper Mississippi every hour brings something new. There are crowds of… Continue reading Mississippi and Water – North America
Nooitgedacht – Beyerskloof (Truter)
Our history begins in the year 1692, when a fine piece of land in the Stellenbosch Winelands was granted to a blacksmith from Magdeburg, Germany. Matthias Greeff had been living on the farm for ten years when the title deed with the name “Nooitgedacht” was handed over to him by Nooitgedacht Village Simon van der Stel – the founder… Continue reading Nooitgedacht – Beyerskloof (Truter)
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”
Kaalvoet vrou van die Drakensberge
* Dis nie net deernis nie, maar het 'n toon van vasberadenheid, wilskrag en vooruitgang nagestreef. Net soos wat Boere leiers en vegters spesiaal gemaak is, is ons Trekkervroue uniek gemaak en kon deur die hardste omstandighede veg. Die Trekkervroue en kinders was op hul eie manier ons heldinne wat ons daagliks kan herdenk, nie… Continue reading Kaalvoet vrou van die Drakensberge
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
Racism and Discrimination
* This resource is hosted by the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, but was compiled and authored by Padraig O’Malley. It is the product of almost two decades of research and includes analyses, chronologies, historical documents, and interviews from the apartheid and post-apartheid eras. Padraig O'Malley is John Joseph Moakley Distinguished Professor of Peace and… Continue reading Racism and Discrimination
Mushrooms Spain
Cave in Spain - Selva Pascuala is a prehistoric archeological site in Spain with fungoid rock art. An upcoming article in Economic Botany reports on recent study there by an international multidisciplinary team. Research united archeologist Juan Ruiz, foremost expert on this site, with mycologists including Gaston Guzman, the leading authority on Psilocybe. Results suggest post-Paleolithic ritual use of… Continue reading Mushrooms Spain
Mushrooms – Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey
Throughout northeastern Greece, western Turkey, and Bulgaria, in the region known in antiquity as Macedonia, Anatolia, and Thrace, there are numerous megalithic natural rock formations that resemble mushrooms. In some cases, these structures have been modified by human intervention to increase their fungal likeness. In addition to these external features of the landscape, certain… Continue reading Mushrooms – Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey
Mushroom history
The psilocybin group of mushrooms, popularly known as magic mushrooms, shrooms or psychedelic mushrooms, is found in over two hundred varieties around the world. We know them today as a recreational drug used to induce hallucinations and a sense of euphoria, but the ancient origin of magic mushrooms goes back thousands of years. Let us take… Continue reading Mushroom history
#Decolonisation 2019 #Dekolonialisasie
#Decolonisation2019 - The two independent Boer republics were never colonialised, it was also annexed illegally by the British empire and the Anglo Boer wars - then the British took over the minerals and country, since 1902. They ruled from London and with legislation, also the legislation for the Union of South Africa 1910. Where… Continue reading #Decolonisation 2019 #Dekolonialisasie
Onderstebo – Upside down
* Die Boere volk se geskiedenis, kultuur en identiteit loop langs die spoke wat chaos saai, Die rooies hits die REWOLUSIE daagliks aan, dans en saai verwoesting in Suid-Afrika. Hul rewolusies is rooi en brandend soos die kommunistiese lande van ouds. Hul hou daarvan om met vuur te speel en alles te verbrand nadat hulle… Continue reading Onderstebo – Upside down
Rustelose volk se geskiedkundige erfenis
* Tans is die Boere volk, nie net 'n rustelose volk nie, maar moontlik ook 'n swerwende volk. Die Boere volkslede, afkomstig uit die Boere republieke, het 'n volwaardige geskiedenis en erfenis, wat niemand kan wegneem nie, al probeer hulle hard om dit te verander of uit te wis. Al probeer vreemdelinge soos die Engelse… Continue reading Rustelose volk se geskiedkundige erfenis
Vlag / Flag
Is daar enige waarheid daarin dat daar moontlike simboliek agter ons huidige vlag bestaan - bewyse? Hiermee word nie 'n bobbejaan agter die berg gaan haal nie, daar word inligting uitgeruil oor wat sin maak. Daar skuil meer agter hoe 'n vlag ontwikkel het en wie werklik daaragter sit. Sou die volgende simbole waar wees,… Continue reading Vlag / Flag
Afriforum en liberale grondwet
Eintlik kom dit al 'n lank pad - die wat die kommunistiese George Soros Kodesa grondwet steun en glo hul regte word daarin beskerm. Dis eintlik met gemengde of meer lagwekkende gevoelens wat die konserwatiewe Boere en Afrikaners begroet, want dit was te wagte gewees. Dit loop dan in die media, hoekom sal die lede… Continue reading Afriforum en liberale grondwet
Britse “magte” – British power
Die Britse magte het nie net in Suid-Afrika helkampe gehad nie, maar daar het al baie burgers in verskeie lande onder hierdie magte deurgeloop. Elkeen is in hul eie lande aangeval en van alles beroof. Hulle moet sekerlik baie trots wees oor al die bloed aan hul hande. 19 January 2016 The British people suffer… Continue reading Britse “magte” – British power
“British rule” Colonial rule
Die kleed van die Britse ryk is nog netso in rooi gedrapeer oor Suid-Afrika as wat dit was in en gedurende die koloniale tydperk voor hulle onafhanklike gebiede geannekseer het as hulle sin. En nie net ons nie. Die Boere republieke was ingedwing in hierdie ryk in. Wat is in hul manifes vervat? And they… Continue reading “British rule” Colonial rule
















