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In Johannesburg, South Africa, Professor Raymond Dart of the University of the Witwatersrand made a startling report: From the jungle where he had been reared by baboons, white policemen rescued a 12-year-old Negro. The boy could at first make only baboonlike noises. When he learned Afrikaans, he told...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 10, 1939 | 7/10/1939 | See Source »

Climax of the celebration was the arrival in Pretoria of the eight dusty wagons. Because the Boers and their backers would not sing God Save the King, Prime Minister General J.B.M. Hertzog was obliged to stay away. The crowd of 150,000 would not listen to English. So a message...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: Beards and Beatings | 12/26/1938 | See Source »

Most modernly civilized part of Africa is the area of British dominion. South Africa. Native whites call themselves Afrikanders. Their language is Afrikaans, a modification of Dutch. They have a South African Association for the Advancement of Science. That Association last week began a fortnight's entertain-ment of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: B.A.A.S. in Gondwanaland | 8/5/1929 | See Source »

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