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Exclusive: Beaten and betrayed by Winnie Mandela, illegally imprisoned by Zambia’s President Kenneth Kaunda . . . how much longer will we turn our backs on this courageous African whistle-blower?
Amid the current international media focus on the marriage of Nelson and Winnie Mandela, the eye has again been taken off the ball of the murders committed by Mrs Mandela… Read more >

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A CAN OF WORMS AT THE CROWNING OF A KING by Angus Shaw Former British colonies and protectorates had an eye on all the jewels at the coronation… Read more >

From the ‘Christian’ British Empire to the multi-cultural Commonwealth with millions of broken lives in-between
THE COLONIAL WORLD – A history of European Empires, 1780s to the Present by Robert Aldrich and Andreas Stucki (Bloomsbury, 2023 pp 536) Reviewed by TREVOR GRUNDY “Poor… Read more >