Northern Ireland newspaper, The News Letter, recently trotted this report out from 28 February 1947 - made during the visit by the Royal Family to Port Elizabeth: Four witch doctors, in fur headdresses and white robes hung with charms, danced and chanted a welcome to the King and Queen and the Princesses yesterday when they drove into New Brighton, a “black suburb” four miles from Port Elizabeth. The Princesses, leaning forward in the car, watched with fascination the tribal customs of the … [Read more...] about Headlines from Yesteryear
