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The book Rough but Ready is an updated history of the Natal Mounted Rifles. Picture: Mark Levin
The indefinite postponement of Wednesday’s Portfolio Committee on Defence sitting has left some members of the committee frustrated following the death of 13 SA soldiers in the DRC.
The indefinite postponement of Wednesday’s Portfolio Committee on Defence sitting has left some members of the committee frustrated following the death of 13 SA soldiers in the DRC.
President Emmanuel Macron's landmark visit to Beirut signals France's renewed commitment to Lebanon's stability, as the nation emerges from political deadlock under President Joseph Aoun. With Saudi backing and amid delicate Israel-Hezbollah tensions, this diplomatic mission could reshape Lebanon's path through its economic and security challenges.
“I wear it almost everyday, all-year-long. It's close to my heart. ”
Around the world, people are encouraged to wear poppies for the first fortnight in November to remember all those who have been affected by war and conflict.
The South African Indian Legion of Military Veterans held its annual Women’s Day High Tea followed by a lecture on Women and War. The Wall of Remembrance was unveiled and the Last Post was played.
The South African Indian Legion (SAIL) of Military Veterans erected a plaque commemorating Indian soldiers who died in service during World Wars I and II at the Ditsong National Museum of Military History in Parktown, Johannesburg.
1752 An expedition of August Beutler, who left the Castle in Cape Town in February, reaches the Keiskamma in the Eastern Cape. 1873 The name of De Beer’s New Rush is changed to Kimberley. 1873 Under pressure from Britain, Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar closes the island’s great slave market. 1883 The first regularly scheduled run of the fabled Orient Express train leaves Paris.
We know the American or NATO story line about the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin is the bad guy, Armstrong Williams writes.
The Memorable Order of Tin Hats’ (Moth) Warrior Gate Museum on the corner of Durban’s KE Masinga and Masabalala Yengwa Avenue is home to a wide array of war-time exhibits, including collector’s items.
Deadly mistake for amaXhosa in the Battle of Grahamstown, first use of poison gas in warfare, Wild West land rush, record Covid numbers
Dawn of the Mughal and Roman empires, luck runs out for the Red Baron, prostitutes off the hook and doomed submarine crew’s farewell video
A tyrant is born, the Red Baron bags his last kills, a deadly attack becomes a byword for school mass shootings, Swaziland gets a name change, and George Floyd’s killer convicted
Apartheid mastermind escapes death, looting follows Baghdad’s occupation, the wolves return, and masses line the streets for a funeral
Cape Town’s beginning, the first modern Olympics, Gandhi ‘shakes’ the British Empire’s foundations, and what caused the Rwandan genocide.
LETTER: Prior to WW I, much of the Middle East was under Turkish control. The population was mostly Muslim. Christians and Jews were Dhimmi. They were humiliated and belittled. The Arabic word for blacks is Abeed, meaning slave.
‘Give me liberty or give me death’, Potchefstroom siege ends with dinner, the man who fell from the sky and hobbles away, and a Sahara sandstorm turns Russian snow orange.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission held a ceremonial sod-turning ceremony in Cape Town for a memorial that will honour more than 1700 black South African servicemen who died during World War I.