Tag: South Africa Records and researchIt’s only a game? Nothing could be further from the truthFriday 6 August 2021Looking at historical records gives us the opportunity to see how different things were...Records and research100 years since Nelson Mandela’s birth, 18 July 1918Wednesday 18 July 2018Nelson Mandela was born at Mvezo, a village near Umtata, Transkei (now Eastern Cape)...Records and researchRichmond Park’s South African military hospitalTuesday 3 October 2017In August 1914, the Union of South Africa joined Britain and its allies in...Records and researchSouth Africa and the SommeMonday 18 July 2016To mark the centenary of the Somme Offensive we will be posting a series...Records and researchThe ‘Robin Jackman affair’: apartheid and international cricketFriday 26 February 2016The England cricket team’s 1981 tour of the West Indies was put in jeopardy...