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Kenilworth resident Ma Agnes turns 100 years old

Dec 8, 2021 Elrich Marais

Cape Town – Kenilworth resident Agnes Bezuidenhoudt, fondly referred to as Ma Agnes, celebrated her 100th birthday on Monday while…

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Call for comments on proposed memorial honouring black South Africans who died in WWI

Elrich Marais

Cape Town – The Commonwealth War Graves Commission, who is issuing this call for public comments and inputs on the…

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Commemorating the Battle of Square Hill I The First World War battle in 1918

Nov 19, 2021 Elrich Marais

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Sponsor Our World War II Veteran

Nov 16, 2021 Elrich Marais

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Battle of Square Hill Memorial 2021 at the Castle in Cape Town

Elrich Marais

Mis Florence from Johannesburg, Miss Lilian Primo Cape Town, Marie Frans Cape Town, Miss Iris Hermanus Cape Town, Mr William…

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Sonny Leon – the RSM of the Cape Corps

Elrich Marais

31 July 1990, Sonny Leon, pictured, prominent Coloured politician, dies. Sonny Leon – the RSM of the Cape Corps Lionel…

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Black war veterans fight for recognition

Oct 24, 2021 Elrich Marais

AFTER having fought alongside other servicemen in World War II, the oldest South African based survivor and other black war…

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Remembering South Africa’s Fallen Soldiers

May 7, 2020 Elrich Marais

In this article, LSE PhD student Rishika Yadav elaborates on her experience at a memorial service for the Cape Corps,…

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Jack H Allies

May 5, 2020 Elrich Marais

Jack Allies joined the South African Coloured Boy Scouts as Signaller Instructor. He subsequently took the oath and was promoted…

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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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  • Kenilworth resident Ma Agnes turns 100 years old
  • Call for comments on proposed memorial honouring black South Africans who died in WWI
  • Commemorating the Battle of Square Hill I The First World War battle in 1918
  • Sponsor Our World War II Veteran
  • Battle of Square Hill Memorial 2021 at the Castle in Cape Town
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