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33 relations: African National Congress, Apartheid, Botswana, Botswana Defence Force, Botswana–South Africa relations, Cape Town, Constand Viljoen, Freedom Park (South Africa), Gaborone, History of Gaborone, Internal resistance to apartheid, Nkomati Accord, Palestine Liberation Organization, Parliament of South Africa, Pik Botha, President of the United Nations Security Council, Pretoria, Quett Masire, Rhodesian Security Forces, Selous Scouts, Sotho people, South Africa, South African Defence Force, Southern Africa, Thamsanga Mnyele, Tlokweng, Umkhonto we Sizwe, United Nations, United Nations Security Council, United Nations Security Council Resolution 568, United States, UTC+02:00, Zeerust.
African National Congress
The African National Congress (ANC) is the Republic of South Africa's governing political party.
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Apartheid
Apartheid started in 1948 in theUnion of South Africa |year_start.
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Botswana
Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana (Lefatshe la Botswana), is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa.
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Botswana Defence Force
The Botswana Defence Force (BDF) is the military of Botswana.
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Botswana–South Africa relations
Botswana–South Africa relations refers to the historical and current relationship of Botswana and South Africa.
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Cape Town
Cape Town (Kaapstad,; Xhosa: iKapa) is a coastal city in South Africa.
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Constand Viljoen
Constand Laubscher Viljoen (born 28 October 1933) is a former South African military commander and politician.
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Freedom Park (South Africa)
Freedom Park is situated on Salvokop in Pretoria.
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Gaborone
Gaborone (English) is the capital and largest city of Botswana with a population of 231,626 based on the 2011 census, about 10% of the total population of Botswana.
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History of Gaborone
The history of Gaborone began with archaeological evidence in the area around Gaborone dating back to 400 BCE, and the first written accounts of Gaborone are from the earliest European settlers in the 19th century.
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Internal resistance to apartheid
Internal resistance to apartheid in South Africa originated from several independent sectors of South African society and alternatively took the form of social movements, passive resistance, or guerrilla warfare.
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Nkomati Accord
The Nkomati Accord (Official name; Agreement on Non-Aggression and Good Neighbourliness between Mozambique and South Africa) was a non-aggression pact signed on 16 March 1984 between the People's Republic of Mozambique and the Republic of South Africa.
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Palestine Liberation Organization
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO; منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية) is an organization founded in 1964 with the purpose of the "liberation of Palestine" through armed struggle, with much of its violence aimed at Israeli civilians.
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Parliament of South Africa
The Parliament of South Africa is South Africa's legislature and under the country's current Constitution is composed of the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces.
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Pik Botha
Roelof Frederik "Pik" Botha, (born 27 April 1932) is a former politician from South Africa who served as the country's foreign minister in the last years of the apartheid era.
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President of the United Nations Security Council
The President of the United Nations Security Council is the presiding officer of that body.
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Pretoria
Pretoria is a city in the northern part of Gauteng, South Africa.
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Quett Masire
Quett Ketumile Joni Masire, GCMG (23 July 1925 – 22 June 2017) was the second President of Botswana, in office from 1980 to 1998.
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Rhodesian Security Forces
The Rhodesian Security Forces were the military forces of the Rhodesian government.
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Selous Scouts
The Selous Scouts was a special forces regiment of the Rhodesian Army that operated from 1973 until the reconstitution of the country as Zimbabwe in 1980.
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Sotho people
The Basotho are a Bantu ethnic group whose ancestors have lived in southern Africa since around the fifth century.
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South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.
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South African Defence Force
The South African Defence Force (SADF) comprised the South African armed forces from 1957 until 1994.
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Southern Africa
Southern Africa is the southernmost region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics, and including several countries.
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Thamsanga Mnyele
Thamsanqa (Thami) Mnyele (10 December 1948 – 14 June 1985) was a South African artist associated with the anti-apartheid politics of the African National Congress and the Black Consciousness Movement.
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Tlokweng
Tlokweng is a village located directly adjacent to the capital of Botswana, Gaborone, in the South-East District.
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Umkhonto we Sizwe
uMkhonto we Sizwe (abbreviated as MK,, meaning "Spear of the Nation") was the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), co-founded by Nelson Mandela in the wake of the Sharpeville massacre.
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United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization tasked to promote international cooperation and to create and maintain international order.
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United Nations Security Council
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, charged with the maintenance of international peace and security as well as accepting new members to the United Nations and approving any changes to its United Nations Charter.
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 568
United Nations Security Council resolution 568, adopted unanimously on 21 June 1985, after hearing representations from Botswana, the Council condemned the Raid on Gaborone by South Africa, expressing its shock and indignation at the loss of life and damage to property and considered the attack as a "gross violation of the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity".
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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UTC+02:00
UTC+02:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02.
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Zeerust
Zeerust is a commercial town situated in Ngaka Modiri Molema district North West Province, South Africa.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Gaborone
