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Van al die gebeure in die Kaapkolonie gedurende die Tweede Vryheidsoorlog het die teregstelling van Hans Lötter, asook dié van kmdt. Gideon Scheepers, die meeste emosie onder Afrikaners ontketen. Lötter en sy mederebelle in die Kolonie het die verbeelding van die plaaslike bevolking aangegryp en die Britte maande lank hoofbrekens besorg. Sy gevangeneming, verhoor en teregstelling deur ’n Britse vuurpeloton op Middelburg, Kaap, het groot woede en verontwaardiging veroorsaak en hom verewig as Boeremartelaar in die Afrikaner-volksoorleweringe. Nou word sy boeiende verhaal vir die eerste keer volledig vertel.
'Dear Sister and Brother, death has been very busy gathering his
harvest in this country,' wrote a soldier of the 80th Regiment from
the brutal Anglo-Zulu War front in April 1879. 'War in all its
horrors has been let loose.' Few wars have captured the imagination
as much as this conflict, and foreign names like Isandlwana,
Rorke's Drift and Gingindlovu have become entrenched in British
military folklore. Eleven Victoria Crosses were earned during the
epic bloody battle at Rorke's Drift. Isandlwana to Ulundi is a
compelling narrative of Lord Chelmsford's invasion of Zululand to
conquer Zulu king Cetshwayo's royal capital of Ulundi. Through
soldiers' letters from a ferocious front, war memoirs and other
literary sources, a vivid picture is painted of the course of the
conflict, the pressures of war on individuals and units, and of the
harsh conditions under which they lived, fought and died.
Rugby At Newlands tells the legendary story of every Springbok Test
Match at Newlands Rugby Stadium, the oldest continually used rugby
stadium in the world. This comprehensive review is to be published
the year after Newlands became the first South African stadium to
host fifty Test matches – which, coincidentally, may be the total
number it ever hosts. The epic journey of Springbok Test rugby at
Newlands begins in 1891 and is covered here until the 50th Test in
2014. In addition to describing the great moments and titanic
clashes of each game, the authors place the matches in the context
of their time. Chapters are enhanced by unique illustrations, from
rare match programmes to iconic photographs; and by contributions
from various rugby greats who have trod the hallowed turf of
Newlands, including Springboks Naas Botha and Divan Serfontein and
British Lion Willie John McBride. With the future of Newlands Rugby
Stadium in the balance, the time is apt for this celebration of one
of the world’s great sporting stadiums.
It was the year 1891, and the first rugby football team from the
British Isles was about to embark on a tour of South Africa; any
doubts about the financial sustainability of the venture were
removed when mining magnate Cecil John Rhodes thumped the table and
declared, 'Let them come. I shall stand security for any
shortfall.' And so, a tradition began that survived the financial
insecurities of the pioneer years, two World Wars, sports boycotts,
and the birth of the professional era. This book covers these tours
from when matches were played on dusty fields and rugby players
were transported in carts over poor roads in the Karoo, in coaches
that broke down and on slow trains that, on occasion, caught fire.
Crowds were also small in number until 2009 when feted players
enjoyed every luxury as they played in some of the finest rugby
stadiums in the world in front of enormous crowds. This carefully
researched book is the first ever published to focus on all the
matches played by the Lions in the 130 years of contests in
southern Africa and recounts famous victories, agonizing defeats
and nail-biting draws! A welcome addition to any rugby fan's
bookshelf.
'We spent all our time surrounded by police cordons and barbed
wire, never mind having our bus hijacked.' - Tommy Bedford,
Springboks No. 8 2019 and 2020 mark the fiftieth anniversary of the
controversial 1969/70 Springbok rugby tour of the British Isles - a
landmark event on both a sporting and political level. Taking place
during the time of South Africa's apartheid dispensation, the tour
was characterised throughout by violent demonstrations against the
'ambassadors of apartheid'. Scenes of chanting demonstrators at the
players' hotels and airports were not uncommon, nor was the sight
of protesters being dragged off the field of play by police. Smoke
bombs and flour bombs also became a match-day fixture. These were
wild and unnerving times for the players on tour, whose movements
were badly inhibited and who had to play hide-and-seek to avoid
possible violence between games of rugby. During a demanding tour
that lasted more than three months and took them to and fro between
England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, they endeavoured to sustain a
proud tradition of highly successful Springbok tours through the
Isles. Through personal interviews with the players, including team
captain Dawie de Villiers, vice-captain Tommy Bedford and other
senior members of the squad, as well as key figures such as
anti-apartheid campaigner Peter Hain, Rugby Behind Barbed Wire
takes readers into the inner circle of a besieged group of
sportsmen who just wanted to play rugby despite concerted efforts
to deny them. The author also looks at the political context of
events, and why so many felt that disrupting the tour was a matter
of moral and political necessity.
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