Charles van Onselen: Masked raiders [2010] ZGEND We are this space

We are this space

All fates and destinies will be decided as the sun begins to rise

It is much more than a series of definitions

is the ultimate test of character and often the biggest challenge to overcome is in the head

wife of the Governor looks down at the swirling crowd from the window of her own personal prison

Charles van Onselen: Masked raiders [2010] ZGEND We are this spaceFor two decades before a railway system linked southern Africa's principal cities in the mid 1890s, the world's richest supplies of diamonds and gold were transported by coach and horses to distant ports for export. For Irish soldiers based at Fort Napier, Pietermaritzburg, the temptation of this fabulous wealth proved irresistible: they deserted by the score and, as members of the criminal 'Irish Brigade', embarked on a spree of bank, safe and