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2. Rugby roundabout and snippets from the platteland.
3. The chequered life of Olof Bergh, explorer, convict and gentleman farmer: When Simon van der Stel was governor at the Cape, many influential Dutch East India Company officials visited. Olof Bergh decided to stay, later buying the Groot Constantia wine estate
4. Christiaan Beyers: a life of military distinction and rebellions: He was one of the Anglo-Boer War generals who had to make an agonising decision about where his loyalties lay when the Union of South Africa declared war on Germany in 1914.
5. From Queenstown to England captain.
6. Two brothers who left their mark on SA.
7. The Imperial Yeomanry at Deelfontein.
8. A natural leader who led the Boers to victory in many battles.
9. Feisty veteran cricketer who was no stranger to controversry.
10. Heated argument turned deadly when trigger-happy Randlords drew their guns: Within the confines of their plush offices and boardrooms, the millionaires of the Rand dabbled in business, intrigue and even treason.
11. Farmers brought peace, prosperity: During the 1840s, the frontier of the Eastern Cape was a dangerous place to farm, but the intrepid spirit of some farmers brought prosperity and peace to the region.
12. A reformer, magnate and stud owner: Lionel Phillips came to South Africa with nothing during the gold rush on the Reef, and became a Randlord and philanthropist.
13. Two friends, two Victoria Crosses.
14. Man on a mission: spreading the Word, fighting slavery and exploring a continent.
15. The father and son who established winemaking and agriculture in SA: Simon van der Stel, and his son, Willem Adriaan, both left their mark on agriculture and administration in the fledgling Dutch colony at the Cape of Good Hope.
16. A nationalist on the wrong side of history.
17. The multi-talented magnate who helped to lay the foundation of SA's sugar industry: Sir James Liege Hulett was a pioneer, philanthropist and politician who left his legacy spread across the sprawling sugar cane fields of KwaZulu-Natal, and achieved much else besides
18. The medical doctor who was roped in to carry out a raid on Kruger's Transvaal: The bumbling Dr Leander Jameson played an integral, albeit farcical, role in Cecil Rhodes's plan to create a British federation in Southern Africa.
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