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Hace 3 días · May 21st, 2024. Mahatma Gandhi’s time in South Africa was pivotal in his transformation from lawyer to political leader. The Boer War taught him valuable lessons about British imperialism and political mobilisation, writes Sajid Shapoo. The Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) was not just a regional conflict between two combatants.
Hace 1 día · In South Africa, it remained in use as late as the Second Boer War of 1899–1902. The first recorded instance of a colonist identifying as an Afrikaner occurred in March 1707, during a disturbance in Stellenbosch.
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Hace 1 día · After his train was derailed by Boer artillery shelling, he was captured as a prisoner of war (POW) and interned in a Boer POW camp in Pretoria. In December, Churchill escaped from the prison and evaded his captors by stowing away aboard freight trains and hiding in a mine. He eventually made it to safety in Portuguese East Africa.
Hace 4 días · The Anglo-Boer War, or South African War, pitted the two Boer republics of Transvaal and the Orange Free State against British imperial might. The effects of this devastating war on the political, economic and social landscape were felt long after its end.
Hace 1 día · Later that year, he wrote a book on the war, The Great Boer War, as well as a short work titled The War in South Africa: Its Cause and Conduct, in which he responded to critics of the United Kingdom's role in that war, and argued that its role was justified.
Hace 3 días · Southern Africa, southernmost region of the African continent, comprising the countries of Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The island nation of Madagascar is excluded because of its distinct language and cultural heritage.
Hace 3 días · Arthur Cecil Alport (1880-1959) was a South African internist remembered by Alport Syndrome, a genetic condition presenting with kidney disease, sensorineural hearing loss, and lens defects. He received his medical degree from the University of Edinburgh before returning to practice in South Africa.
