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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In 1890 Eduard Lippert bought part of the farm Braamfontein and renovated the farmhouse for himself and his wife, Marie, naming it Marienhof after her death in 1893. Advised by the forester Genth, Lippert developed a plantation called the Sachsenwald to supply timber to the mines. The Pro-Boer Lippert obtained the Dynamite Concession, a monopoly which was often cited by the Uitlanders as a cause of the war.