Why South Africa’s Freedom Month calls for recognising Cuito Cuanavale as shared African and Global South heritage under the NHRA and UNESCO frameworks.
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It is appropriate to begin with a declaration of interest: I contributed a chapter on Prynnsberg and supported the publication of this book. That proximity, however, also allows for a fuller appreciation of both its achievements and its limitations.
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On 11 July 1900, 600 Boers under General Koos de la Rey attacked 240 British soldiers under Colonel H.R. Roberts who were camped at Silkaatsnek. The Boers attacked from the summit of the Magaliesberg east and west of the new, and the two British field guns could not be elevated high enough to fire back at them.