SA History


The miracle of Blood River

16 December 2013 Today, on a Sunday 175 years ago an event began which changed the history of South Africa. In a roundabout way, it was an event that changed the history of the world….


The Battle of Blood River

December 16, 1838 by Pastor Mark Downey I get frequent inquiries from believers as well as mockers and doubters as to where God is these days.  Where is He?  They ask, “Why isn’t He performing…



WHO ARE THE BOERS ?

Dedicated to the 24,000 Boer Children and 3,000 Boer women who died in the Great Boer Holocaust of 1900-1902. THE cries of the dying children have been scattered by time, but the message of sacrifice…


Reflections on white righteousness

C.J. Driver….The Man with the Suitcase. The Life, Execution and rehabilitation of John Harris, Liberal Terrorist (Crane River, Cape Town) 2015. 89pp. R170. ISBN 978-0-620-66852-1. On 24 July 1964 a young South African white liberal,…


Conquest of the Eastern Cape 1779-1878

The series of clashes historically known as, Frontier Wars date back to 1779 whenXhosa people, Boers, Khoikhoi, San and the British clashed intermittently for nearly a hundred years. This was largely due to colonial expansion…


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Frontier or Xhosa Wars, 1779 to 1879

The shifting frontiers of the Eastern Cape, was to be the setting for a truly epochal collision between two worlds – white and European, black and African” – Noel Mostert “FRONTIERS Artist’s depiction of ‘Insurgents…