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James Wellwood (Whitey) Basson is the South African man who built Shoprite from an R1 million business to the biggest ...

Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future?

I came across an old book at an estate sale. Its title caught my eye: “Our New Possessions.” Its cover featured the Statue of ...

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Prof Lawrence Goldman said Oxfam was ‘producing bogus history ... s a reverse argument in which Indians should pay Britain for saving them from becoming part of the French overseas empire ...

President Trump’s executive order to rename the Alaska peak — North America’s highest — perplexes and worries many who live in its snow-shrouded midst.

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— Now … because it’s 2025: Diversity, equity and inclusion programs are under attack in the United States. With the stroke of ...

Said was born Mohammed Ali ben Said around 1836 in Kuka (now called Kukawa) to a Kanuri father and a Mandara-Margi mother. He ...