Untold stories of South African boatmen who drowned during World War I
On January 23, 1915, two boatmen, Dolly Jenniker and Zulu Madhliwa, tragically drowned in the flooded Orange River in South ...
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Forgotten no more: The Black South Africans who died in WWI Africa
Cape Town, South Africa – On January 23, 1915, two boatmen named Dolly Jenniker and Zulu Madhliwa drowned in the Orange River ...
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Centenary of diamond prospecting and mining along South Africa’s West Coast
In this article, Dr John Bristow of the Overberg Geoscientists Group writes about the centenary of diamond prospecting and ...
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‘Large’-headed river creature found in South Africa turns out to be new species
In a murky river of South Africa, a “large”-headed creature swam through the water — or tried to — but something pulled it toward the surface. Unbeknownst to the scientists, they’d just caught a new ...
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South Africa ends mine rescue operation with at least 78 dead and 246 survivors
STILFONTEIN, South Africa — South African police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine on Wednesday and said ...