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Month: Apr 2020

Where it all began

Apr 16, 2020 Elrich Marais

According to South Africa History Online in September 1915, the Union of South Africa Government offered to raise an infantry…

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Cape Coloured Corps

Elrich Marais

The name popularly applied to the Cape Coloured Corps men or ‘Pandours’ was originally raised by the Dutch East India…

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