Boere en Russe – Anglo-Boere oorlog 1899-1902

* Daar is en was redelik verbintenisse tussen die Boer en Rus tydens die Anglo-Boer Oorloë.   Min volksmense dra daarvan kennis omdat dit nie aan elke groot klok gehang word nie..  Langs die Russiese Kerk in Midrand is ń kapel opgerig ter herinnering aan die vermoedelik meer as 270 Russiese soldate wat tydens die Anglo-BOERE… Continue reading Boere en Russe – Anglo-Boere oorlog 1899-1902

Mozambique attacks

With no end in sight, the fighting that started in October 2017 has continued to increase in intensity. It has forced almost a fifth of the province’s people to leave their homes and reduced access to care and other services in the area to almost nothing.     Nearly 670,000 people have been forced from their… Continue reading Mozambique attacks

Russia – Shigir Idol – Oldest Sculpture

  On a cold January 24 in 1894 in the Shigir area of the Ural Mountains in Russia was found the most amazing wood Stone Age sculpture ever unearthed—the Shigir Idol. It was buried or had found its way into a peat bog and there it was perfectly preserved for the last 11,000 years! *… Continue reading Russia – Shigir Idol – Oldest Sculpture