Nicholas Lorimer

This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 13th June 313 – The decisions of the Edict of Milan, signed

Since 1994, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has enjoyed direct access to policy and influence over the internal politics of the African

This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. June 6th 1944 – Operation Overlord  One of the most memorable moments

Last week Limpopo farmer David Rakgase finally triumphed in his long legal battle to purchase state land that he had been working since the early

This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 31st May 1916 – The Battle of Jutland, biggest naval battle of

This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. May 23rd 1430 – Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians

This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 8th May 1846 – American forces led by Zachary Taylor defeat

This Week in History is a new weekly feature recalling memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. May 7th 1945 – Germany surrenders, ending Second

Much of the ‘land reform’ expropriation debate relies on hypotheticals or predictions – but in the last quarter of 2019 I had a glimpse of

On 4 January, the world awoke to news that Qasem Soleimani, an important Iranian military commander, had been killed in an American Reaper drone strike