Are we prepared for a world on fire? As conflicts rage and global tensions simmer, Vinesh Selvan explores the implications for South Africa amidst the shadow of potential World War 3.

World War I earned the grim title of “the War to end all wars” for a reason: the world had never before witnessed a conflict on such an unimaginable scale. The sheer scale of the conflict felt unreal ...

The South African Indian Legion (SAIL) of Military Veterans, have encapsulated the roles and success of Indians in the military spanning from the Anglo-Zulu War to present, which is currently part ...

AS Australia stood on the brink of nationhood in the late 1890s, it also became involved in armed conflict for the first time. The Boer War of 1899-1902 set the British against the two Boer republics: ...

Writing on 12 February, Private Murphy says: "I have come through another five days hard fighting, and had the pleasure of being amongst those who charged up the hills and took two Hotchkiss guns as ...

Private Charles Ward, Private Wilfred Evans, Lieutenant Colonel Harry Greenwood, Lance Corporal Frederick William Holmes, Sergeant John William Ormsby, Private Horace Waller, Lieutenant Colonel Oliver ...

It was subsequently sold in 1969 (for around $3,550), in 1983 ($123,000) and by private sales in 1999 ($790,000) and 2001 (around $1.3 million). The last sale was for a reported $2.7 million in 2010.

A prisoner-of-war band. Credit: Exiled in Shahjahanpur India: The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902, by Laeticia Smit There were other commendations too.

An artillery shell flew from the Boer side into the town on December 27, but it wasn't mounted with a fuse to trigger an explosion, but with a plum cake and ‘Christmas Greetings' painted on it.

Tynemouth Tynemouth "delighted" over Boer War memorial restoration The memorial in the village green is set for reflection ahead of Remembrance Sunday Comments Austen Shakespeare 15:49, 25 Oct 2024 ...