Vryheid in Waarheid … Water is Lewe
* 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
* 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
British Empire was known to be “the empire on which sun never sets” and when Queen Victoria came to throne in 1873, Britain already governed Canada, Australia, New Zealand and parts of India, South America and Africa. Here are some more interesting facts about British Empire. QUOTE 1. Started With… Talking about British rule, one… Continue reading ‘United we stand’ – British rule
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”
