The European ties of Afrikaans celebrated in a Greek-Afrikaans glossary
By Alana Bailey The Afrikaans Language Monument celebrates the language’s origins rooted in three continents – Africa, Europe and Asia….
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The statue of President Steyn in Deventer, Netherlands
Alana Bailey Marthinus Theunis Steyn (1857-1916) was the last president of the Republic of the Orange Free State. He has…
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Your South African passport still allows you visa-free access to 101 countries
By Alana Bailey The monthly passport index by immigration specialists Henley and Partners is considered to be the most authoritative…
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News for people temporarily entering South Africa with vehicles registered abroad
From 1 June 2026, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) will require that all vehicles that are registered abroad have…
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America’s emperor from the Cape …
By Alana Bailey This month’s contribution about traces of local history abroad is not about a monument, but about a…
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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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