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Britain’s Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth, dies aged 99

Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth and a leading figure in the British royal family for almost seven decades, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace said on Friday. The Duke of Edinburgh, as he was officially known, had been by his…

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INSIGHT INTO SETTLER LIFE: Sue Laburn Gordon’s book, Cock Tales on the Kowie, is a fascinating tale of a family’s lasting impact on the Eastern Cape
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Book Review: Cock Tales on the Kowie, by Sue Laburn Gordon (in association with Ed Cock)

A family’s legacy to the Eastern Cape ROB KNOWLES When I first sat down to read Cock Tales on the Kowie, I was unprepared to be drawn into the world of the Honourable William Cock and his family but, from their beginnings in Cornwall the…

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