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Apartheid. uMkhonto weSizwe ( Xhosa pronunciation: [um̩ˈkʰonto we ˈsizwe]; abbreviated MK; English: Spear of the Nation) was the paramilitary wing of the African National Congress (ANC), founded by Nelson Mandela in the wake of the Sharpeville massacre. Its mission was to fight against the South African government.
Maritz Rebellion. (1914–1915) South Africa. South African Republic. Government victory. Rebellion suppressed. Russian Civil War [ 2] (1918–1920) White Movement.
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is the name of the present-day armed forces of South Africa. The military as it exists today was created in 1994, following South Africa's first post- apartheid national elections and the adoption of a new constitution.
The South African Wars, including but also known as the Confederation Wars, were a series of wars that occurred in the southernportion of the Africancontinent between 1879 and 1915. Ethnic, political, and social tensions between Europeancolonial powersand indigenous Africans led to increasing hostilities, culminating in a series of wars and ...
Second Indo-Pakistani War (1965) Pakistan India: Inconclusive. United Nations mandated ceasefire; Both sides claim victory; No permanent territorial changes (see Tashkent Declaration) Al-Wadiah War (1969) [36] Saudi Arabia Pakistan [37] [38] South Yemen: Victory. al-Wadiah reoccupied by Saudi forces [39] Black September (1970–1971) Jordan ...
History of South Africa. The first modern humans are believed to have inhabited South Africa more than 100,000 years ago. [ 1] In 1999, UNESCO designated the region the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage site. [ 2] South Africa's first known inhabitants have been referred to as the Khoisan, the Khwe and the San.
t. e. Soweto ( / səˈwɛtoʊ, - ˈweɪt -, - ˈwiːt -/) [ 3][ 4] is a township of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city's mining belt in the south. Its name is an English syllabic abbreviation for South Western Townships. [ 5]
The Second Boer War (Afrikaans: Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, lit. ' Second Freedom War ', 11 October 1899 – 31 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, Transvaal War [8], Anglo–Boer War, or South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer republics (the South African Republic and Orange Free State) over the Empire's influence in Southern Africa.