Oom Paul
Americannoun
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In Pretoria, Oom Paul Kruger's old Boer capital, the Minister of External Affairs Eric Louw talks of the eventual need to establish diplomatic relations with 'the independent black nations.
From Time Magazine Archive
Oom Paul quickly recognized young Smuts's ability, made him State Attorney at 28, though he was not legally eligible.
From Time Magazine Archive
The sentence was commuted to 15 years' imprisonment, and after some months, thanks to a world-wide storm of protest and Oom Paul Krugers canniness, quashed.
From Time Magazine Archive
After the Boer War she married a swashbuckling revolutionary named MacBride, who had fought as a major for Oom Paul Kruger.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then I understood the saying among the Boers that Tuys would soon be a rich man if Oom Paul continued to send him with the monthly payments to King Buno.
From Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer by O'Neil, Owen Rowe
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