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This is the umbrella project to which every South African male Progenitor /Stamvader should be added first - ie all first fathers of a line with descendants in SA." A note on the Meaning of the words 'Progenitor,' Stam Vader,' and 'Settler,' as they are used on Geni * A PROGENITOR [PROG] is the start of a bloodline in SA. A Y-PROG is a special PROG who is the first Y chromosome progenit...
---under-constructions!--- Springbok Legion ~ Torch Commando ~ since 19xx They fought for land and freedom, And paid the price of war, And framed a Constitution wise To live for evermore. On this foundation set in rock – Secure, entrenched and fair – We guard our fourfold Union Enshrine our honour there. The spirit robbed from pledges We shall restore to each: Protect the sacred freedom Of wo...
s.s. WARATAH A passenger and cargo steamship built in 1908 for the Blue Anchor Line to operate between Europe and Australia. Project to honor those that perished in disaster July 1909. In July 1909, on only her second voyage, the ship, en route from Durban to Cape Town, disappeared with 211 passengers and crew aboard. Please add owners of Blue Anchor Line, crew, passengers and their familie...
Background==In spite of the many political hindrances to his actions, Sir Andries Stockenström nonetheless set to work to reach an agreement for peace on the frontier and to stabilize the Ceded Territory between the Fish and Keiskamma rivers. He decided to set aside this extensive and very fertile area for settlement, not by the white settlers of the frontier, but by the Cape's extensive Khoi a...
Battle of Holkranz - 6 May 1902 Called 'the foullest deed of the war' by Louis Botha On the 6th of May 1902 when the Great War of 1899-1902 (between the Boers and British) was nearly at an end, a small commando of 73 Boers was unexpectedly attacked during the night by a band of armed Zulus and murdered at Holkrantz, near Vryheid. On that mournful and unforgettable day, fifty six Transvaale...