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Past, Present & Future The War Diaries

Using ‘Whiteness’: Defeating the Apartheid Intelligence System (I)

Following the Rivonia Trial in 1964, the leadership of the African National Congress (ANC) and its armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) were either in prison serving life sentences or in exile.  Their underground organisation was crushed. The mass organisations of the African people were banned. A young saboteur from Durban, Ronnie Kasrils, was tasked by Oliver Tambo with finding a way to carry out propaganda exercises in South Africa keeping the name of the ANC alive while they regrouped and reorganised.

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News Stories

Hedy Lamarr: Hollywood Superstar With Technopreneur Ideas

She was one of the leading ladies of the silver screen, but other skills Hedy Lamarr had would, today, bring a fortune.

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News Podcasts Stories

Why & How the Cold War Occurred & Went Global

This is a short ‘World’ online podcast discussion on the Cold War, between Oliver Green, Founder & Editor of ‘World’ and Ivana Tucak, Founder & Editor in Chief of ‘The History Avenue’.

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News Stories

The Cultural Legacy of Piano

The evolution of piano holds a firm place in the history of music, but also cultural exchange.

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Past, Present & Future The War Diaries

Combat Trauma – A Not-So-New Phenomenon

Before the launch of Number 788 and conscious of the impacts of conflict and trauma especially those caused by war, and other military operations, your war diarists wanted to publish a column on combat trauma & PTSD.

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