Travel disasters and tips to prevent them
By Alana Bailey People who live or work abroad usually travel quite often. Sometimes it is to explore their new…
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The Boer cemetery and monument in Sri-Lanka
By Alana Bailey The Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902) not only caused losses on both sides, but had the consequence of prisoners…
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Those who died “with lives unfinished” – South Africans remembered in Romania
By Alana Bailey Romania is a country that is relatively unknown to most of us, yet even there, traces of…
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South Africans’ brave participation in the Warsaw Airlift of 1944
By Alana Bailey Although South Africans were not unanimously in favour of participation in the Second World War (1939-1945), as…
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“Oom” Paul Kruger’s travelling Boer sentries
By Alana Bailey Recently the Kruger Monument on Church Square in Pretoria was in the news due to the vandalism…
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Strengthen your family ties across the oceans
By Alana Bailey The festive season has come and gone, as have in-person and online visits. Most people’s lives are…
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Boer graves on St Helena
By Alana Bailey St Helena is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean, approximately 2 700 kilometers from Cape Town. It…
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The amazing Emily Hobhouse
Much has been written about Emily Hobhouse, the “heroine from afar” as author Rykie van Reenen described her. This Englishwoman,…
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Monument to a Boer War hero in the heart of France
Some memorials commemorating the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) outside the country’s borders are relatively well-known. Others surprise you because you forget…
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Dalene Matthee – the author who brought tales of the forest to life
In 2025 we are celebrating a century of Afrikaans as official language. At this auspicious occasion, we also commemorate people…
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