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History of Cape Colony from 1870 to 1899 FAR

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Thanks. — Headbomb {^ταλκ_{κοντριβς} – WP Physics} 09:41, 15 March, 2009 (UTC)

Battle of Delville Wood

I have just completed this article— but it has not been rated in terms of importance for South African articles. I would appreciate a review on this. Farawayman (talk) 19:28, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

You do know that any member of a project has the right to do either quality or importance assessments, I hope. My own opinion would be that it is either "Mid" or maybe "High", because of the number of fatalities. Considering it was on foreign soil, and that the only people lost were soldiers, despite the number of such losses, my own personal, less than really well informed opinion, would be "Mid". However, if the battle plays a very significant role in the way history is presented in South Africa, it could probably get "High". Anyway, those would be my guesses, based on a less than wonderful knowledge of South African history. John Carter (talk) 19:45, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

A very weird request indeed

For the Blacks: I'm looking for racial slurs that you use to call us Whites (you know, on a par with Kaffir). Thanks, ChrisDHDR 19:12, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Photo request: South African Airways head office

If anyone minds, would someone please photograph the South African Airways head office at Airways Park, OR Tambo Airport, Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni? What about the head office of Comair Limited in Bonaero Park, Kempton Park? Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 23:18, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

The Parlotones

The article is a mess - please help to fix it. Roger (talk) 15:50, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Mzoli's is one of the most important South Africa articles?

Okay, because Wales ate there a bunch of editors brought it up to Good Article. But why are we labeling this restaurant as of "High Importance" to the South African country, yet Winnie_Madikizela-Mandela is only "Mid-importance"? We could find more absurd examples than Winnie to show that a restaurant shouldn't be in the "High Importance" category. --Ponyboybreakaway (talk) 02:54, 14 November 2009 (UTC)