Cecil Rhodes and the Election That Caused the Boer War
As mentioned on the Empire podcast, Cecil Rhodes was once described as the single biggest threat to peace in southern Africa. In 1898 a bitter election campaign did little to suggest otherwise.
As mentioned on the Empire podcast, Cecil Rhodes was once described as the single biggest threat to peace in southern Africa. In 1898 a bitter election campaign did little to suggest otherwise.
Uprisings, strikes, protests and massacres in South Africa, from the Boer War to the present day.
The death and mutilation of the chief of the Xhosa in 1835 at the hands of the British was a ‘barbarous’ deed, concealed by the perpetrators in a web of lies.
A series of betrayals, atrocities and trials in the 1960s changed opposition politics forever.