Under socialism farms provided their members with guaranteed wages, living accommodation, pensions , social insurance, medical facilities, kindergartens , schools, shops, central heating, fuel and firewood, fodder for privately owned livestock, transport for migrations, clubs, libraries and recreational facilities. ... Most of these farms operated with substantial subsidies from the state. ... One of the most important things for pastoralists is their wealth in animals (Humphrey & Sneath:1999:59). In the socialist period the majority of livestock was owned by collective or state farms. ... I...

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2001How Great Britain won the Boer War in South Africa in 1902 On October 11, 1899, the forces of the Boer republics, Orange Free State and South African Republic, responded to Great Britain's dismissal of an ultimatum against the placement and reinforcing of British troops in South Africa by laying siege to cities in northern Cape Colony occupied by the then outnumbered British troops. The British were able to gain superiority and eventually win the Boer War by brute force, vastly superior numbers and the cessation of rights for those deemed the enemy and its collaborators. It would take...

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