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    The South West Africa campaign was the conquest and occupation of German South West Africa by forces from the Union of South Africa acting on behalf of...
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    German South West Africa (German: Deutsch-Südwestafrika) was a colony of the German Empire from 1884 until 1915, though Germany did not officially recognise...
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    rule and Allied campaigns against the German colonies of Kamerun, Togoland, German South West Africa, and German East Africa. The campaigns were fought by...
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    South West Africa, renamed to Namibia from 12 June 1968 was a territory under South African administration from 1915 to 1990, after which it became modern-day...
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    West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso...
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    system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. Apartheid was...
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    and South African military personnel from Angola and South West Africa, respectively. PLAN launched its final guerrilla campaign in April 1989. South West...
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    National Party administration of South Africa set aside for black inhabitants of South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia), as a part of its policy...
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    Crime in South Africa includes all violent and non-violent crimes that take place in the country of South Africa, or otherwise within its jurisdiction...
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    HIV/AIDS is one of the most serious health concerns in South Africa. The country has the highest number of people afflicted with HIV of any country, and...
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  • Namibia was a German colony: German South West Africa. After the First World War, the League of Nations gave South Africa a mandate to administer the territory...
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  • The United Democratic Front (UDF) was a South African popular front that existed from 1983 to 1991. The UDF comprised more than 400 public organizations...
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  • 1986 in response to the disinvestment campaign is credited with playing a role in pressuring the South African government to embark on negotiations that...
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    mandated by the League with the administration of South West Africa (now known as Namibia). South West Africa became treated in most respects as another province...
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  • the land campaigns of South West Africa and East Africa against German forces. In conjunction with limited manpower contributions, South Africa offered...
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    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...
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    General elections were held in South Africa between 26 and 29 April 1994. The elections were the first in which citizens of all races were allowed to take...
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    region. Two days later, German forces in South West Africa surrendered, ending the South West Africa Campaign. Until September 1915, the Portuguese continued...
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    Maritz Rebellion during the South African World War I campaign against German South West Africa in 1914, the South African rebel General Manie Maritz escaped...
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    The South West Africa Territorial Force (SWATF) was an auxiliary arm of the South African Defence Force (SADF) and comprised the armed forces of South West...
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    The South West Africa People's Organisation (/ˈswɑːpoʊ/, SWAPO; Afrikaans: Suidwes-Afrikaanse Volks Organisasie, SWAVO; German: Südwestafrikanische Volksorganisation...
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    The East African campaign in World War I was a series of battles and guerrilla actions, which started in German East Africa (GEA) and spread to portions...
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    NP), also known as the Nationalist Party, was a political party in South Africa from 1914 to 1997, which was responsible for the implementation and much...
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    "Percy Scott" carriages were used by South African forces against German forces in the South-West Africa campaign in the First World War. Guns were landed...
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  • The European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal is a military award of the United States Armed Forces which was first created on November 6, 1942,...
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  • African theatre of World War I 1914–1918 East African campaign 1914–1916 Kamerun campaign 1914 Togoland Campaign 1914–1915 South West Africa campaign...
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    The West Africa Squadron, also known as the Preventative Squadron, was a squadron of the British Royal Navy whose goal was to suppress the Atlantic slave...
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  • The Referendum Party (RP) is a single-issue political party in South Africa established to compete in the 2024 general election and force the Western Cape...
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    A referendum on becoming a republic was held in South Africa on 5 October 1960. The Afrikaner-dominated right-wing National Party, which had come to power...
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    The North African campaign of the Second World War took place in North Africa from 10 June 1940 to 13 May 1943. It included campaigns fought in the Libyan...
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