...needs a modern heavy gauge railway to transport 70 - 90 million tonnes of coal to the sea and on to India and China.Whether the route it takes goes to Mozambique or Namibia is less important than having the independent national rail capacity because Cecil...

It would still have been a mistake to lionize Witt for choosing only the rite of passage, football, over its intended outcome, the civic leadership cherished by Cecil Rhodes and, once upon a time, by Yale. Even when Witt's choice seemed credible, it...

20th century, to move Britain away from a policy of free trade and toward a policy of giving preferential treatment to imports from British colonies as well as protecting British producers from ‘cheap’ foreign goods: At the time Chamberlain was widely...

“In some ways, if I were to attend the interview and miss the game, I wouldn’t be acting as the leader that they selected to interview.” Rhodes Scholarships, among the most prestigious in higher education, were established in 1902 in the will of Cecil...

Two other Yale students were among this year's 32 new Rhodes Scholars, an award that earns them scholarships to study with all expenses paid at Oxford University in England for two or three years. The prestigious scholarships were created in 1902 by...

Two other Yale students were among this year's 32 new Rhodes Scholars, an award that earns them scholarships to study with all expenses paid at Oxford University in England for two or three years. The prestigious scholarships were created in 1902 by...