South African Border War

The South African Border War, also known as the Namibian War of Independence, and sometimes denoted in South Africa as the Angolan Bush War, was a largely asymmetric conflict that occurred in Namibia (then South West Africa), Zambia, and Angola from 26 August 1966 to 21 March 1990. ^[1]

!Kung language

!Kung (!Xuun), also known as Ju, is a dialect continuum (language complex) spoken in Namibia, Botswana, and Angola by the ǃKung people.

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Aérospatiale Alouette III

The Aérospatiale Alouette III (Lark) is a single-engine, light utility helicopter developed by French aircraft company Sud Aviation.

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Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma

The Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma is a four-bladed, twin-engined medium transport/utility helicopter.

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Administrative divisions of Namibia

Namibia is divided into 14 regions and subdivided into 121 constituencies.

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Aermacchi MB-326

The Aermacchi or Macchi MB-326 is a light military jet trainer designed in Italy.

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African independence movements

The African Independence Movements took place in the 20th century, when a wave of struggles for independence in European-ruled African territories were witnessed.

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African military systems after 1900

As the 20th century began, most of Africa, with the exception of Ethiopia, Somalia and Liberia, was under colonial rule.

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Afrikaans

Afrikaans is a West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia and, to a lesser extent, Botswana and Zimbabwe.

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AGS-17

The AGS-17 Plamya (Russian: Пламя; Flame) is a Soviet-designed automatic grenade launcher in service worldwide.

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Air assault

Air assault is the movement of ground-based military forces by vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft—such as the helicopter—to seize and hold key terrain which has not been fully secured, and to directly engage enemy forces behind enemy lines.

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Airborne forces

Airborne Military parachuting or gliding form of inserting personnel or supplies.

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AK-47

The AK-47, or AK as it is officially known, also known as the Kalashnikov, is a gas-operated, 7.62×39mm assault rifle, developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov.

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Akiva Tatz

Akiva Tatz is a prominent South African Orthodox rabbi, inspirational speaker and writer who is heavily involved in Orthodox Jewish outreach.

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Al J Venter

Al J Venter is a South African war journalist, documentary filmmaker, and author of more than forty books who also served as an Africa and Middle East correspondent for Jane's International Defence Review.

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Alcora Exercise

Alcora Exercise (Exercício Alcora, Alcora Oefening) or simply Alcora was a secret military alliance between South Africa, Portugal and Rhodesia, formally in force between 1970 and 1974.

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Amanda Strydom

Amanda Strydom (born 23 July 1956) is a South African singer and songwriter.

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Ambrosius Haingura

Ambrosius Hamutenya Haingura (30 June, 1957 – 21 September, 2000) was a Namibian activist and politician.

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Andimba Toivo ya Toivo

Herman Andimba Toivo ya Toivo (22 August 1924 – 9 June 2017) was a Namibian anti-apartheid activist, politician and political prisoner.

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Andre Stander

Andre Stander (1946 – 13 February 1984) (pronounced STUN-der, not STAND-er) was a South African criminal and policeman.

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Andreas Liebenberg

General Andreas ('Kat') Liebenberg (1938–1998) was a South African military commander.

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Andrew Brel

Andrew Brel (born Andreas Broulidakis, 28 September 1960) is a UK author whose work includes 'The Emergency Bouzouki Player' and 'One Day in Paris'.

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Angola–South Africa relations

Angola–South Africa relations refer to the current and historical relationship between Angola and South Africa.

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Angolan Armed Forces

The Angolan Armed Forces (Portuguese: Forças Armadas Angolanas) or FAA are the military of Angola.

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Angolan Civil War

The Angolan Civil War (Guerra civil angolana) was a major civil conflict in Angola, beginning in 1975 and continuing, with some interludes, until 2002.

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Angolan mopane woodlands

Angolan mopane woodlands are situated in southwestern Angola, extending into northern Namibia.

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Angolan People's Air Force And Air Defence Force

The People's Air Force of Angola / Air and Antiaircraft Defense or FAPA/DAA was the air force of Angola from 1980-2007.

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Anti-tank gun

An Anti-tank gun is a form of artillery designed to destroy armored fighting vehicles, normally from a static defensive position.

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Anti-tank mine

An anti-tank mine (abbreviated to "AT mine") is a type of land mine designed to damage or destroy vehicles including tanks and armored fighting vehicles.

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Anti-tank warfare

Anti-tank warfare arose as a result of the need to develop technology and tactics to destroy tanks during World War I. Since the first tanks were developed by the Triple Entente in 1916 but not operated in battle until 1917, the first anti-tank weapons were developed by the German Empire.

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Anti-war movement

An anti-war movement (also antiwar) is a social movement, usually in opposition to a particular nation's decision to start or carry on an armed conflict, unconditional of a maybe-existing just cause.

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Any Man's Death

Any Man's Death is a 1990 South African thriller-drama film directed by Tom Clegg and starring John Savage, William Hickey, Mia Sara and Ernest Borgnine.

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Armoured fighting vehicle

An armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) is an armed combat vehicle protected by armour, generally combining operational mobility with offensive and defensive capabilities.

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Armscor (South Africa)

Armscor (or ARMSCOR), the Armaments Corporation of South Africa is the arms procurement agency of the South African Department of Defence.

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Arnold Vosloo

Arnold Vosloo (born 16 June 1962) is a South African actor.

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Arthur W. Walker

Major Arthur Walker HCG and bar SM (February 1953 – 28 March 2016) was a South African Air Force helicopter pilot who was twice awarded the Honoris Crux Gold decoration during the South African Border War.

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Atlas Carver

The Atlas Carver (sometimes erroneously referred to as "CAVA") was a proposed South African twin-engine, delta wing fourth-generation fighter aircraft.

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Atlas Cheetah

The Atlas Cheetah is a South African fighter aircraft developed for the South African Air Force (SAAF), and currently operated by the Ecuadorian Air Force (FAE).

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Atlas Oryx

The Atlas Oryx (named after the Oryx antelope) is a medium-sized utility helicopter manufactured by the Atlas Aircraft Corporation (now Denel Aviation) of South Africa.

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Attack helicopter

An attack helicopter is an armed helicopter with the primary role of an attack aircraft, with the capability of engaging targets on the ground, such as enemy infantry and armored fighting vehicles.

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August 1966

The following events occurred in August 1966.

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August 26

No description.

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Auguste Mukwahepo Immanuel

Mukwanangombe Auguste Mukwahepo Immanuel (7 October 1937 – 30 May 2018) affectionately known as Meekulu Mukwahepo is former Namibian freedom fighter and first woman soldier of the SWAPO military wing People's Liberation Army of Namibia.

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Australian contribution to UNTAG

The Australian Services Contingent was the Australian Army contribution to the United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) peacekeeping mission to Namibia in 1989 and 1990.

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Baster

The Basters (also known as Baasters, Rehobothers or Rehoboth Basters) are a Namibian ethnic group descended from Afrikaners and indigenous tribes which formerly resided in the Dutch Cape Colony.

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Battle honours of South Africa

South Africa follows the British system of awarding battle honours to military units, to recognise the battles, theatres and campaigns in which they have fought with distinction.

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Battle of Cassinga

The Battle of Cassinga, Cassinga Raid or Kassinga Massacre was a controversial South African airborne attack on a South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) military base at the former town of Cassinga, Angola on the 4 May 1978.

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Battle of Cuito Cuanavale

The Battle of Cuito Cuanavale in 1987-88 was a crucial event of the Angolan Civil War and the South African Border War.

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Billy Mwaningange

William Werner Mwaningange (born 25 November 1945) is a Namibian politician who has served in the Cabinet of Namibia as Deputy Minister of Defence since 2015.

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BL 5.5-inch Medium Gun

The BL 5.5 inch Gun was a British artillery gun introduced during the middle of the Second World War to equip medium batteries.

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Black suffrage

Black suffrage is Black people's right to vote.

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Blackburn Buccaneer

The Blackburn Buccaneer was a British carrier-borne attack aircraft designed in the 1950s for the Royal Navy (RN).

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Boetie Gaan Border Toe

Boetie Gaan Border Toe is a 1984 satire film set during the South African Border War.

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Bofors 40 mm gun

--> The Bofors 40 mm gun, often referred to simply as the Bofors gun, is an anti-aircraft/multi-purpose autocannon designed in the 1930s by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors.

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Bolland & Bolland

Bolland & Bolland are two Dutch music producers and brothers, Rob Bolland (born on 17 April 1955) and Ferdi Bolland (born on 5 August 1956).

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Border War

Border War may refer to.

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Botswana–Namibia relations

Botswana–Namibia relations refers to the current and historical relationship between Botswana and Namibia.

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Brandt Mle CM60A1

The Brandt Mle CM60A1, also known as the Brandt HB 60LP, MCB-60 HB, or simply as the Brandt 60mm LP Gun-Mortar,.

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Breaking the Wall of Silence

Breaking the Wall of Silence (BWS) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) in Windhoek, Namibia.

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Bren light machine gun

The Bren gun, usually called simply the Bren, are a series of light machine guns (LMG) made by Britain in the 1930s and used in various roles until 1992.

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BTR-60

The BTR-60 is the first vehicle in a series of Soviet eight-wheeled armoured personnel carriers (APCs).

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Buffel

The Buffel (English: Buffalo) is a MRAP infantry mobility vehicle used by the South African Defence Force during the South African Border War.

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Bush War

The Bush War may refer to.

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Bushmanland (South West Africa)

Bushmanland (Afrikaans: Boesmanland) was a bantustan in South West Africa (present-day Namibia), intended by the apartheid government to be a self-governing homeland for the San people (the Bushmen).

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Bwabwata National Park

Bwabwata is a national park located in north east Namibia.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops II

Call of Duty: Black Ops II is a first-person shooter developed by Treyarch and published by Activision.

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Calle Schlettwein

Carl-Hermann Gustav "Calle" Schlettwein (born 13 June 1954) is a Namibian politician who has served as the country's Minister of Finance since 2015 and previously served as Minister of Trade and Industry from 2012 to 2015.

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Cape Corps

The Cape Corps and its predecessor units were the main military organisations in which the Coloured members of South Africa's population served.

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Cape Field Artillery

The Cape Field Artillery (CFA) is a reserve artillery regiment of the South African Army and part of the South African Army Artillery Formation.

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Cape Garrison Artillery

The Cape Garrison Artillery (CGA) is a reserve force regiment of the South African Army Air Defence Artillery Formation.

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Cape Town Highlanders Regiment

The Cape Town Highlanders Regiment is a mechanised infantry regiment of the South African Army.

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Cape Town Rifles

The Cape Town Rifles (nicknamed Dukes) is an infantry regiment of the South African Army.

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Carlo Gagiano

Lieutenant-General Carlo Gagiano (born 26 March 1951, Bonnievale, Western Cape) was a South African military commander and former Chief of the South African Air Force.

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Casspir

The Casspir is a Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle that has been in use in South Africa for over 30 years.

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Centurion (tank)

The Centurion was the primary British main battle tank of the post-Second World War period.

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Charles Evenden

Charles Evenden, soldier, cartoonist, and author, is probably best remembered as the founder and guiding inspiration of the ex-servicemen organisation known as the Memorable Order of Tin Hats.

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Charles Lloyd (South Africa)

Lieutenant General Charles Lloyd was a General Officer in the South African Army.

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Charles Namoloh

Major General Charles Dickson Ndaxu Phillip Namoloh (born 28 February 1950) is a Namibian diplomat, politician and military figure who has served in the cabinet of Namibia as Minister of Safety and Security since 2015.

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China–Namibia relations

People's Republic of China–Namibia relations refer to the bilateral relations between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Namibia.

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Civil Cooperation Bureau

The South African Civil Cooperation Bureau (CCB) was a government-sponsored death squad during the apartheid era that operated under the authority of Defence Minister General Magnus Malan.

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Cliff Simon

Cliff Simon (born 7 September 1962) is a South African athlete and actor, best known for his portrayal of Ba'al in Stargate SG-1.

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Conscientious objector

A conscientious objector is an "individual who has claimed the right to refuse to perform military service" on the grounds of freedom of thought, conscience, or religion.

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Constance Kgosiemang

Constance Letang Kgosiemang (5 April 1946 – 16 August 2012) was the paramount chief of the Tswana people in Namibia, a parliamentarian, and the leader of the Seoposengwe Party until its merger into the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA).

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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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Constructive engagement

Constructive engagement was the name given to the policy of the Reagan administration towards the apartheid regime in South Africa in the early 1980s.

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Crotale (missile)

The Crotale EDIR (Ecartométrie Différentielle InfraRouge, "InfraRed Differential Ecartometry") is an all-weather short-range anti-air missile, which can be used to intercept low-flight anti-ship missiles and aircraft.

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Cuba, an African Odyssey

Cuba, an African Odyssey is a French 2007 documentary film directed by Jihan El Tahri.

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Cuba–Namibia relations

Cuba–Namibia relations refer to the current and historical relationship between Cuba and Namibia.

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Cuban intervention in Angola

In November 1975, on the eve of Angola's independence, Cuba launched a large-scale military intervention in support of the leftist People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) against United States-backed interventions by South Africa and Zaire in support of two right-wing independence movements competing for power in the country, the National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA) and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA).

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Cuito Cuanavale

Cuito Cuanavale is a town and municipality in Cuando Cubango (Kuando-Kubango) province in Angola.

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D-74 122 mm field gun

The 122mm D-74 towed gun is a Soviet built gun.

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Damaraland

Damaraland was a name given to the north-central part of what later became Namibia, inhabited by the Damaras.

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Danger Ashipala

Ruben Michael Ningilanayi Ashipala or Danger Ashipala (26 August 1947 – 9 May 2010) was a Namibian police officer, military commander and military officer.

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Dassault Mirage F1

The Dassault Mirage F1 is a French fighter and attack aircraft designed and manufactured by Dassault Aviation.

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Dassault Mirage III

The Dassault Mirage III is a family of single-seat, single-engine, fighter aircraft developed and manufactured by French aircraft company Dassault Aviation.

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Daylight saving time in Africa

The only African countries and regions that use daylight saving time are.

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Death and state funeral of Fidel Castro

The former President and First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, Fidel Castro died of natural causes at 22:29 (CST) in the evening of 25 November 2016.

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Death squad

A death squad is an armed group that conducts extrajudicial killings or forced disappearances of persons for the purposes of political repression, genocide, or revolutionary terror.

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Decolonization

Decolonization (American English) or decolonisation (British English) is the undoing of colonialism: where a nation establishes and maintains its domination over one or more other territories.

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Delta Secondary School Windhoek

Delta Secondary School Windhoek (DSSW, Delta Oberschule Windhoek, DOSW) previously known as Deutsche Oberschule Windhoek, is a government secondary school in Namibia.

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Demographics of Namibia

This article is about the demographic features of the population of Namibia, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

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Denel Dynamics Seeker

The Denel Dynamics Seeker is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) manufactured in South Africa by Denel Dynamics (formerly Kentron).

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Denel Rooivalk

The Denel Rooivalk (previously designated AH-2 and CSH-2) is an attack helicopter manufactured by Denel Aviation of South Africa.

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Denis Earp

Denis John Earp (born 7 June 1930) is a former South African military commander, who held the post of Chief of the South African Air Force.

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Dibasen Junior Secondary School

Dibasen Junior Secondary School is a school in Okombahe, 60 km west of Omaruru in the Erongo Region of central Namibia.

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Dieter Gerhardt

Dieter Felix Gerhardt (born 1 November 1935) is a former Commodore in the South African Navy and commander of the strategic Simon's Town naval dockyard.

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Dimo Hamaambo

Mweukefina Kulaumone Jerobeam Dimo Hamaambo (27 October, 1932 – 8 September, 2002) was a Namibian military commander in both the Namibian War of Independence as a SWAPO member and in independent Namibia as the Chief of Defence in the Namibia Defence Force.

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Dirk Verbeek

Lieutenant General Dirk Verbeek is a South African Army general who spent his career in the Military Intelligence Service.

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Doreen Sioka

Doreen Nampiye Sioka (born 1960) is a Namibian politician.

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DShK

The DShK 1938 (ДШК, for Дегтярёва-Шпагина Крупнокалиберный, Degtyaryova-Shpagina Krupnokaliberny, "Degtyaryov-Shpagin Large-Calibre") is a Soviet heavy machine gun firing the 12.7×108mm cartridge.

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Durban Regiment

Durban Regiment is a motorised infantry Reserve Force unit of the South African Army.

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East Caprivi

East Caprivi was a bantustan in South West Africa (present-day Namibia), intended by the apartheid government to be a self-governing homeland for the Lozi people.

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Edwin Gagiano

Edwin Gagiano (born June 1, 1989) is a South African-born actor, screenwriter, producer, singer/songwriter and model based in Los Angeles, California.

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Eland Mk7

The Eland is an air portable light armoured car based on the Panhard AML.

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Elections in Namibia

Elections in Namibia gives information on election and election results in Namibia.

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Eliaser Tuhadeleni

Eliaser Tuhadeleni (1 January 1918 - 1997) also known as Kaxumba Kandola was a Namibian anti-apartheid activist, guerrilla fighter and political prisoner.

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Elijah Ngurare

Tjitunga Elijah Ngurare is a Namibian politician serving as the secretary general of the SWAPO Party Youth League since 2007.

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End Conscription Campaign

The End Conscription Campaign was an anti-apartheid organisation allied to the United Democratic Front (UDF) and composed of conscientious objectors and their supporters in South Africa.

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ENERGA anti-tank rifle grenade

The Energa anti-tank rifle grenade is a rifle-launched anti-tank grenade that is propelled by a ballistite-filled blank cartridge.

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Enter the Ninja

Enter the Ninja is a 1981 American ninja action film directed by Menahem Golan and starring Franco Nero, Susan George, Christopher George, and Sho Kosugi.

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Ephraim Kapolo

Ephraim Kamati Andjengo Kapolo (1924-1967) was a Namibian activist who participated in the pre-independence movement.

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Eric Biwa

Eric Biwa (born 8 May 1953 in Vaalgras, ǁKaras Region) is a former Namibian politician with the Patriotic Unity Movement (PUM), a party which was a member of the United Democratic Front (UDF).

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Erich Mielke

Erich Fritz Emil Mielke (28 December 1907 – 21 May 2000) was a German communist official who served as head of the East German Ministry for State Security (Ministerium für Staatsicherheit), better known as the Stasi, from 1957 until shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.

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Erkki Nghimtina

Colonel(retired) Erkki Nghimtina (born 16 September 1948) is a Namibian politician and former military officer in the Namibia Defence Force(NDF).

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Eugene de Kock

Eugene Alexander de Kock (born 29 January 1949) is a former South African Police (SAP) colonel, torturer, and assassin, active under the apartheid government.

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (ELCIN) is a Lutheran denomination based in Namibia.

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Executive Outcomes

Executive Outcomes was a private military company (PMC) founded in South Africa by Eeben Barlow, a former lieutenant-colonel of the South African Defence Force, in 1989.

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Falling (execution)

Throwing or dropping people from great heights has been used as a form of execution since ancient times.

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Federal Convention of Namibia

The Federal Convention of Namibia (FCN) was a political party based in Rehoboth, Namibia.

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Ferret armoured car

The Ferret armoured car, also commonly called the Ferret scout car, is a British armoured fighting vehicle designed and built for reconnaissance purposes.

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Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission

The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission (FELM, formerly The Finnish Missionary Society; Suomen Lähetysseura ry; Finska Missionssällskapet rf) is a Lutheran missionary society formed on January 19, 1859, in Helsinki, Finland.

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First City Regiment

First City (abbreviated to FC) is an air assault infantry regiment of the South African Army.

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FN FAL

The FN FAL (Fusil Automatique Léger, English: Light Automatic Rifle), is a battle rifle designed by Belgian small arms designers Dieudonné Saive and Ernest Vervier and manufactured by Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal (FN Herstal).

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FN MAG

The FN MAG is a Belgian 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun, designed in the early 1950s at Fabrique Nationale (FN) by Ernest Vervier.

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Foreign relations of Botswana

Botswana has put a premium on economic and political integration in southern Africa.

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Foreign relations of Cuba

Cuba's foreign policy has been fluid throughout history depending on world events and other variables, including relations with the United States.

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Foreign relations of India

The Ministry of External Affairs of India (MEA), also known as the Foreign Ministry, is the government agency responsible for the conduct of foreign relations of India.

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Foreign relations of Namibia

Namibia follows a largely independent foreign policy, with strong affiliations with states that aided the independence struggle, including Libya and Cuba.

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Foreign relations of North Korea

The foreign relations of North Korea – officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) – have been shaped by its conflict with capitalist countries like South Korea and its historical ties with world communism.

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Foreign relations of South Africa

The foreign relations of South Africa have spanned from the country's time as Dominion of the British Empire to its isolationist policies under Apartheid to its position as a responsible international actor taking a key role in Africa, particularly Southern Africa.

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Forward air control

Forward air control is the provision of guidance to close air support (CAS) aircraft intended to ensure that their attack hits the intended target and does not injure friendly troops.

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Fred Bridgland

Fred Bridgland is a British writer and biographer.

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Frente Leste

Frente Leste (Portuguese for Eastern Front) was the name of the theater of Portuguese Armed Forces' anti-guerrilla operations in the East of Angola (by then a Portuguese overseas territory), during the Portuguese Colonial War (1961-1974).

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Fritz Loots

Major General Frederich ('Fritz') Wilhelm Loots is a former South African general in the South African Defence Force (SADF).

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G5 howitzer

The G5 is a South African towed howitzer of 155 mm calibre designed and developed in South Africa by Denel Land Systems.

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G6 howitzer

The G6, sometimes denoted as the G6 Rhino, is a South African mine-protected self-propelled howitzer.

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Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez (6 March 1927 – 17 April 2014) was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo or Gabito throughout Latin America.

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Gary Bricknell

Gary Arthur Bricknell (13 August 1954 – 25 March 1977) was a South African first-class cricketer who played for Western Province in Section B and Section A of the Currie Cup.

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GDR Children of Namibia

GDR-Children of Namibia is a colloquial term denoting black Namibian children that were raised in East Germany, also known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR).

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Georg Meiring

General Georg Meiring (born 1939) was a South African military commander from Ladybrand.

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Gerhard Tötemeyer

Gerhard Karl Hans Tötemeyer (born 21 May 1935) is a professor emeritus and retired Namibian politician.

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Gerson Veii

Gerson Hitjevi Veii (18 January 1939 – 14 February 2015) was a Namibian politician.

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Glenn Babb

Glenn Robin Ware Babb (born 4 June 1943) is a former politician and diplomat for the former apartheid government in South Africa.

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Golden Fox

Golden Fox is a novel by Wilbur Smith, one of the Courtney Novels.

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Gottlob Mbaukua

Gottlob Hengombe Mbaukua (born 1935) was the Chairman of the Executive Committee of Hereroland from August 1987 to October 1987 and from February 1988 to May 1989.

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Gunship

A gunship is a military aircraft armed with heavy guns, primarily intended for attacking ground targets.

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Hadino Hishongwa

Hadino Hishongwa is a Namibian former politician.

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Hage Geingob

Hage Gottfried Geingob (born 3 August 1941) is the third and the current President of Namibia, in office since 21 March 2015.

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Hans Diergaardt

Johannes Gerard Adolph Diergaardt, more commonly known as Hans Diergaardt (16 September 1927 – 13 February 1998) was a Namibian politician active for nearly a decade after Namibia gained independence.

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Harold Pupkewitz

Harold Pupkewitz (14 July 1915 – 27 April 2012) was a Namibian entrepreneur and member of the President's Economic Advisory Council.

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Heckler & Koch HK21

The HK21 is a German 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun, developed in 1961 by small arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch and based on the G3 battle rifle.

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Helao Nafidi

Helao Nafidi is a town in Ohangwena Region in northern Namibia at the border to Angola.

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Helao Shityuwete

Helao Shityuwete (born 25 August 1934 in Evale, Angola) is a Namibian author and former politician and military commander.

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Hendrik Samuel Witbooi

Captain Hendrik Samuel Witbooi, Nama name: ǃGae-nûb ǃnagamâb ǃNansemab, (1 June 1906 – 29 July 1978) was the sixth Kaptein of the ǀKhowesin, a subtribe of the Orlam, in the area of South-West Africa (SWA), today's Namibia.

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Hendrik Witbooi (politician)

Reverend Dr Kaptein Hendrik Witbooi (traditional name ǃNanseb ǀGabemab, 7 January 1934, in Gibeon – 13 October 2009, in Windhoek) was a Namibian politician and the seventh Captain of the ǀKhowesin clan.

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Hendrina Afrikaner

Hendrina Martha Afrikaner (1952–2011) was Chief of the Orlam Afrikaners in Namibia, the first woman to occupy that position.

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Henock Kankoshi

Henock Tangeni Kankoshi (born 19 September 1965) is a Namibian politician and the governor of Oshikoto Region, succeeding Penda Ya Ndakolo in 2015.

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Herero Day

Herero Day (also known as Red Flag Day and Red Flag Heroes' Day, Otjiserandu) is a gathering of the Herero people of Namibia to commemorate their deceased chieftains.

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Hereroland

Hereroland was a bantustan in South West Africa (present day Namibia), intended by the apartheid government to be a self-governing homeland for the Herero people.

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Heroes' Acre (Namibia)

The Heroes' Acre is an official war memorial of the Republic of Namibia.

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Heroes' Day

Heroes' Day or National Heroes' Day may refer to a number of commemorations of national heroes in different countries.

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Heroes' Day (Namibia)

Heroes' Day is a national public holiday in Namibia.

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Hidipo Hamutenya

Hidipo Livius Hamutenya (17 June 1939 – 6 October 2016) was a Namibian politician.

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Hilma Nicanor

Hilma Ndinelago Nicanor (born 3 May 1956 in Oshana Region) is a Namibian politician and woman activist.

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Hilton College (South Africa)

Hilton College, more commonly referred to as Hilton, is a South African private boarding school for boys located near the town of Hilton in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands and is situated on a 1,762 ha (4,350 acre) estate that includes a 550 ha (1,400 acre) wildlife reserve.

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Hippo APC

The Hippo is a South African armoured personnel carrier.

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History of the South African Air Force

The History of the South African Air Force spans the First World War, Rand Rebellion of 1922, the Second World War, the Korean War, the South African Border War, and varied peacekeeping operations since 1994.

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Huíla Province

Huíla is a province of Angola.

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Ian Shapiro

Ian Shapiro (born September 28, 1956) is Sterling Professor of Political Science and Henry R. Luce Director of the MacMillan Center at Yale University.

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IMI Galil

The Galil is a family of Israeli small arms designed by Yisrael Galil and Yaacov Lior in the late 1960s and produced by Israel Military Industries (IMI) (IMI privatized their small arms division, now called IWI) of Ramat HaSharon.

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Immanuel Ngatjizeko

Immanuel Ngatjizeko (born 30 May 1952) is a Namibian politician and member of the ruling SWAPO party.

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Immanuel Shifidi

Immanuel Hafeni Augustus Shifidi (16 July 1929 – 30 November 1986), born in Windhoek, was a Namibian activist.

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Inauguration of Hage Geingob

The inauguration of Hage Geingob as the 3rd President of Namibia took place on Saturday, 21 March 2015.

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Independence Memorial Museum (Namibia)

The Independence Memorial Museum is a historical museum in Windhoek, Namibia.

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Index of Namibia-related articles

Articles (arranged alphabetically) related to Namibia include.

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India–Namibia relations

India–Namibia relations refers to the current and historical relationship between India and Namibia.

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Infantry fighting vehicle

An infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), also known as a mechanized infantry combat vehicle (MICV), is a type of armoured fighting vehicle used to carry infantry into battle and provide direct-fire support.

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Insurgency weapons and tactics

Insurgency weapons and tactics are weapons and tactics, most often involving firearms or explosive devices, intended for use by insurgents to engage in guerrilla warfare against an occupier, or for use by rebels against an established government.

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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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Jakkals

The Jakkals is a small, agile weapon carrier and utility vehicle for airborne units of the former South African Defence Force and current South African National Defence Force.

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Jan Breytenbach

Jan Dirk Breytenbach (born 4 July 1933) was appointed by General Fritz Loots, the founder of the South African Special Forces Brigade, as the first commander of 1 Reconnaissance Commando, the first unit founded within the South African Special Forces.

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Jean-Yves Ollivier

Jean-Yves Ollivier (born 8 October 1944 in Algiers, Algeria) is a French businessman who works primarily in the commodities sector in emerging markets.

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Jerry Ekandjo

Jerry Lukiiko Ekandjo (born 17 March 1947.) is a Namibian politician and former anti-apartheid activist and political prisoner.

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Joffel van der Westhuizen

Lieutenant General Joffel van der Westhuizen is a South African Army general from the artillery, who served as Chief of Staff Intelligence for the Defence Force from 1991 - 1994.

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Johannes Geldenhuys

General Johannes ('Jannie') Geldenhuys, is a former South African military commander who served as Chief of the South African Defence Force between 1985 and 1990.

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John Nankudhu

John ya Otto Nankudhu (1933–2011, nom de guerre: Koshiwanda, the surname is sometimes also spelled Nankugu) was a Namibian guerrilla, army officer and politician.

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John Shaetonhodi

John Mueneni Shaetonhodi (born 1 May 1949) is a Namibian politician, businessperson and trade unionist.

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Joseph Obgeb Jimmy

Joseph Obgeb Jimmy (1951 – 2 February 2004) was a Namibian diplomat.

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Julius Shaambeni Shilongo Mnyika

Julius Shaambeni Shilongo Mnyika (17 January 1938 – 29 July 2003) was a Namibian guerrilla with the South West African Liberation Army (SWALA), forerunner to the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN).

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Juuso Shikongo

Rev.

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Kaokoland

Kaokoland was an administrative unit and a bantustan in northern South West Africa, in the Kaokoveld ecoregion.

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Katima Mulilo

Katima Mulilo is a town situated in the Caprivi strip and is the capital of the Zambezi Region, Namibia's far northeast extension into central Southern Africa.

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Kavango Region

Kavango (before 1998: Okavango) was one of the thirteen Regions of Namibia until it was split into the Kavango East and Kavango West Regions in 2013.

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Kazenambo Kazenambo

Kazenambo Kazenambo (born 6 July 1963) is a Namibian politician.

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Kerry McNamara

Kerry McNamara (August 1940 in Kuruman – 16 January 2017 in Swakopmund) was a Namibian master architect and anti-Apartheid activist.

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Khwe language

Khwe (also rendered Kxoe, Khoe; or) is a dialect continuum of the Khoe family of Namibia, Angola, Botswana, South Africa, and parts of Zambia, with some 8,000 speakers.

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Kimberley Regiment

The Kimberley Regiment is an infantry regiment of the South African Army.

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Koevoet

Koevoet (translates to crowbar, abbreviated Operation K or SWAPOL-COIN) was the counter-insurgency branch of the South West African Police (SWAPOL).

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Koos Bisschoff

Lieutenant General Koos Bisschoff is a former artillery officer who served as Chief of Staff Planning in the SADF.

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Krige Schabort

Krige Schabort is a paralympic athlete from South Africa competing mainly in category T54 distance events.

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Kunene Region

Kunene is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia and home to the Himba ethnic group.

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Lady May (singer)

Lady May (born Martha Namundjebo, 20 December 1986) is a Namibian singer.

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Land mine

A land mine is an explosive device concealed under or on the ground and designed to destroy or disable enemy targets, ranging from combatants to vehicles and tanks, as they pass over or near it.

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Land Systems OMC

Land Systems OMC is a South African company that produces a range of armoured vehicles which have been successfully exported and are in service with, amongst others, the U.S., Canadian and South African militaries.

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Lawrence Sampofu

Lawrence Alufea Sampofu (born 1955) is a Namibian soldier and politician.

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Leaders of Hereroland

The Herero people of Namibia are ruled by traditional leaders, the highest office is that of the Paramount Chief.

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Light Horse Regiment

The Light Horse Regiment (LHR), formerly the Imperial Light Horse (ILH), is an armoured car reconnaissance unit of the South African Army.

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List of battles (alphabetical)

Alphabetical list of historical battles (see also Military history, Lists of battles): NOTE: Where a year has been used to disambiguate battles it is the year when the battle started.

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List of colloquial South African place names

*Alex - Alexandra, township to the northeast of Johannesburg.

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List of companies of Namibia

Namibia is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean.

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List of conflicts by duration

The following list ranks wars and times of war by their duration, including both historical and ongoing wars.

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List of conflicts in Africa

This is a list of conflicts in Africa arranged by country, both on the continent and associated islands, including wars between African nations, civil wars, and wars involving non-African nations that took place within Africa.

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List of conflicts related to the Cold War

While the Cold War itself never escalated into direct confrontation, there were a number of conflicts related to the Cold War around the globe, spanning the entirety of the period usually prescribed to it (March 12, 1947 to December 26, 1991, a total of 44 years, 9 months, and 2 weeks).

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List of countries by population in 1989

This is a list of countries by population in 1989, providing an overview of the world population before the fall of the Iron Curtain.

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List of cricketers who were killed during military service

This is a list of cricketers who were killed during military service.

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List of equipment of the South African Army

The South African Army maintains a wide variety of military equipment.

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List of mercenaries

This is a list of mercenaries.

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List of military headstamps

A headstamp is the markings on the bottom of a cartridge case designed for a firearm.

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List of military occupations

This article presents a list of military occupations.

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List of operations of the South African Border War

This List of operations of the South African Border War details the military operations conducted by the South African Defence Force during the South African Border War.

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List of proxy wars

This is a list of proxy wars.

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List of revolutions and rebellions

This is a list of revolutions and rebellions.

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List of schools in Namibia

Namibia has 1,723 primary and secondary schools, 119 of them private and 1,604 governmental.

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List of shipwrecks in 1986

The list of shipwrecks in 1986 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1986.

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List of South African films

This is a chronology of major films produced in South Africa or by the South African film industry.

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List of South African slang words

This list of "Afrikanerisms" comprises slang words and phrases influenced by Afrikaans and other African languages.

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List of state-owned enterprises in Namibia

State-owned enterprises, in Namibia also called Public enterprises, fall under the Namibian Ministry of Public Enterprises established in March 2015.

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List of United Nations peacekeeping missions

This is a list of UN peacekeeping missions since the United Nations was founded in 1945, organized by region, with the dates of deployment, the name of the related conflict, and the name of the UN operation.

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List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 201 to 300

This is a list of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 201 to 300 adopted between 19 March 1965 and 12 October 1971.

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List of vetoed United Nations Security Council resolutions

This is a list of United Nations Security Council Resolutions that have been vetoed by one of the five permanent members of the security council between 16 February 1946 to the present day.

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List of war films and TV specials

This is a list of war films and TV specials such as documentaries, TV mini-series, and drama serials depicting aspects of historical wars.

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List of wars 1945–1989

This is a list of wars that began between 1945 to 1989. Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity.

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List of wars by death toll

This list of wars by death toll includes death toll estimates of all deaths that are either directly or indirectly caused by war.

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List of wars involving South Africa

This is a list of wars involving South Africa, since the foundation of the Union of South Africa on 31 May 1910.

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List of wars of independence

This is a list of wars of independence.

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Lusaka Accords

The Lusaka Accords of 1984 declared a ceasefire between Angola and South Africa during the Angolan Civil War and South African Border War, agreed to a withdrawal of South African troops from Angola, and established a commission to oversee the treaty's implementation.

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M2 Browning

The M2 Machine Gun or Browning.50 Caliber Machine Gun is a heavy machine gun designed toward the end of World War I by John Browning.

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M63 helmet

The M63 (nicknamed "Staaldak" in Afrikaans) is a combat helmet of South African origin.

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M87 kevlar helmet

The M87 is a combat helmet of South African origin manufactured by South African Pith Helmet Industries (S.A.P.H.I) of Rosslyn.

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Mambi AMR

The Mambi AMR is a semi-automatic anti-material rifle designed and manufactured in Cuba.

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Mango Groove

Mango Groove is an 11-piece South African Afropop band whose music fuses pop and township music—especially marabi and kwela.

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Marines

Marines, also known as a marine corps or naval infantry, are typically an infantry force that specializes in the support of naval and army operations at sea and on land, as well as the execution of their own operations.

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Maritime Reaction Squadron

The Maritime Reaction Squadron is a specialised unit of the South African Navy that provides a combat ready amphibious, diving and small boat capability to the Navy.

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Martin Shalli

Lieutenant General Martin Shalli is a former Namibian diplomat and military commander.

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Mashare

Mashare is a settlement in the Kavango East Region of Namibia, just east of Rundu, the regional capital.

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Mburumba Kerina

William Eric Getzen, more commonly known as Mburumba Kerina (born 6 June 1932), is a Namibian politician, academic, and author.

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Medical experimentation in Africa

African countries have been sites for clinical trials by large pharmaceutical companies, raising human rights concerns.

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Memorable Order of Tin Hats

The Memorable Order of Tin Hats (M.O.T.H.) was founded in 1927 by Charles Evenden as a brotherhood of South African former front-line soldiers.

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Mercenary

A mercenary is an individual who is hired to take part in an armed conflict but is not part of a regular army or other governmental military force.

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Meyer Brownstone

Meyer Brownstone is a Canadian activist and academic, particularly notable for his longtime involvement with Oxfam Canada.

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Michael Hishikushitja

Michael Ndapamapedu Hishikushitja (22 November 1953 – 27 September 2001) was a Namibian parliamentarian.

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Michael Scott (priest)

Reverend Guthrie Michael Scott (30 July 1907 – 14 September 1983), was an Anglican priest anti-apartheid activist, who joined in the defiance of the apartheid system in South Africa in the 1940s - a long struggle for social justice in that country.

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-21; NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union.

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MILAN

MILAN (Missile d´infanterie léger antichar; Light anti-tank infantry missile, milan is French for kite) is a European anti-tank guided missile.

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Military history of Africa

The military history of Africa is one of the oldest military histories in the world.

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Military history of Cuba

The Military history of Cuba begins with the island's conquest by the Spanish and its battles afterward to gain its independence.

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Military history of South Africa

The military history of South Africa chronicles a vast time period and complex events from the dawn of history until the present time.

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Modern warfare

Modern warfare is warfare using the concepts, methods, and military technology that have come into use during and after World Wars I and II.

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Monica Nashandi

Monica Nashandi (born 12 October 1959) is a Namibian former diplomat and politician.

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Mose Penaani Tjitendero

Mose Penaani Tjitendero (25 December 1943 – 26 April 2006) was a Namibian politician and educator.

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Mudumu National Park

Mudumu is a National Park in Caprivi Region in north-eastern Namibia.

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Museum of the Armed Forces (Angola)

The Museum of the Armed Forces (Portuguese: Museu das Forças Armadas) is located in Fortaleza de São Miguel de Luanda, in Luanda, Angola.

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My Heart of Darkness

My Heart of Darkness is a Swedish–German 2010 documentary film about four ex-soldiers from different sides of the Angolan civil war and their posttraumatic stress disorder.

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Namib Desert Horse

The Namib Desert Horse is a rare feral horse found in the Namib Desert of Namibia, Africa.

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Namib High School

Namib High School is a secondary government school in Swakopmund, Namibia.

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Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia (German:; Republiek van Namibië), is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean.

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Namibia Press Agency

The Namibia Press Agency (NAMPA) is the national news agency of the Republic of Namibia.

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Namibia, Land of the Brave

"Namibia, Land of the Brave" is the national anthem of Namibia.

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Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation

Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation is a 2007 epic film on the Namibian independence struggle against South African occupation as seen through the life of Sam Nujoma, the leader of the South West Africa People's Organisation and the first president of the Republic of Namibia.

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Namibia–North Korea relations

Namibia–North Korea relations (나미비아-조선민주주의인민공화국 관계) refers to the current and historical relationship between Namibia and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

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Namibia–Russia relations

Namibia–Russia relations refers to the bilateral relationship between Namibia and Russia.

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Namibia–South Africa relations

Namibia–South Africa relations refers to the current and historical relationship between Namibia and South Africa.

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Napalm

Napalm is a mixture of a gelling agent and either gasoline (petrol) or a similar fuel.

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Natal Field Artillery

The Natal Field Artillery (usually abbreviated as NFA) is an artillery regiment of the South African Army.

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Natal Mounted Rifles

The Natal Mounted Rifles is an armoured regiment of the South African Army.

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National Heritage Council of Namibia

The National Heritage Council of Namibia (NHC) is a government organization in Namibia responsible for historic preservation.

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National Unity Democratic Organisation

The National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO) is a political party in Namibia.

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Neall Ellis

Neall Ellis is a South African military aviator and mercenary.

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Neckartal Dam

The Neckartal Dam is a dam under construction in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia.

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New Internationalist

New Internationalist (NI) is an independent, non-profit, publishing co-operative, based in Oxford, United Kingdom.

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Northern Cape

The Northern Cape (Noord-Kaap; Kapa Bokone) is the largest and most sparsely populated province of South Africa.

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Nuctech

Nuctech (威视股份) is a company created in 1997 as an offshoot of Beijing's Tsinghua University.

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Odibo

Odibo is a village in the north of Namibia close to the Angolan border known for its Anglican mission St Mary.

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Oh Shucks! Here Comes UNTAG

Oh Shucks! Here Comes U.N.T.A.G! (Kwagga Strikes Back in Germany) is a South African comedy film and Leon Schuster's big screen debut about a rugged farmer named Kwagga 'The Lion-Killer' Robertse having to deal with a corrupt major in the UN peace corps.

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Ohangwena Region

Ohangwena is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, its capital is Eenhana.

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Okombahe

Okombahe is a settlement in the Erongo Region of eastern central Namibia, situated on the Omaruru River north of Karibib.

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Ombalantu baobab tree

The Ombalantu baobab tree, known also as a Tree of Life or Omukwa waaMbalantu, is a giant baobab tree of the species Adansonia digitata, situated in Outapi in the north of Namibia on the Main Road 123 from Tsandi.

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Omugulugwombashe

Omugulugwombashe (also: Omugulu-Gwombashe, Omugulu-gwOombashe, and Omgulumbashe, Otjiherero: giraffe leg) is a settlement in the Tsandi electoral constituency in the Omusati Region of northern Namibia.

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Omuntele Constituency

Omuntele Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshikoto Region on the northern part of Namibia.

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Ondangwa

Ondangwa (earlier spelling Ondangua), is a town of 23,000 inhabitants in the Oshana Region of northern Namibia, bordering Oshikoto Region.

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Operation Abrasion

Operation Abrasion was a South African special forces military operation in December 1985 by the South African Defence Force (SADF) during the Angolan Civil War and South African Border War.

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Operation Alpha Centauri

Operation Alpha Centauri (1986) was a military operation organised under the auspices of UNITA by the South African Defence Force during the South African Border War and Angolan Civil War.

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Operation Argon

Operation Argon (sometimes denoted simply as Operation Cabinda) was an unsuccessful military operation carried out by South African special forces in May 1985 with the objective of destroying six fuel storage tanks in Angola's Cabinda exclave.

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Operation Askari

Operation Askari was a military operation during 1983 in Angola by the South African Defence Force (SADF) during the South African Border War and Angolan Civil War.

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Operation Beanbag

Operation Beanbag was a military operation conducted by the South African Defence Force (SADF) special forces during the Mozambican Civil War against an ANC headquarters in the Maputo suburb of Matola.

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Operation Boswilger

Operation Boswilger (Operation Bush Willow) was a military operation executed by the South West Africa Territorial Force (SWATF) in June 1985 during the South African Border War and Angolan Civil War.

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Operation Bruilof

Operation Bruilof (Operation Wedding) was a planned military operation in 1978 by the South African Defence Force during the South African Border War and Angolan Civil War.

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Operation Cerebus

Operation Cerebus was a South African Defence Force (SADF) special forces operation conducted in Angola during October 1985 during the South African Border War and Angolan Civil War.

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Operation Daisy

Operation Daisy was a military operation conducted from November 1–20, 1981 by the South African Defence Force and South West African Territorial Force (SWATF) in Angola during the South African Border War and Angolan Civil War.

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Operation Displace

Operation Displace was a military operation by the South African Defence Force during the South African Border War and Angolan Civil War.

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Operation Dolfyn

Operation Dolfyn (Operation Dolphin) was a military operation in Angola from May 1983 by the South African Defence Force (SADF) during the Angolan Civil War and South African Border War.

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Operation Egret

Operation Egret was a military operation in Angola during September 1985 by the South African Defence Force (SADF) against People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) during the Angolan Civil War and South African Border War.

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Operation Excite/Hilti

Operation Excite/Hilti (aka Operation Hilti and Operation Prone)Wilsworth, Clive (2012).

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Operation Firewood

Operation Firewood was a secretive military operation in 1987 by the South African Defence Force (SADF) during the South African Border War.

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Operation Hooper

Operation Hooper was a military operation by the South African Defence Force (SADF) during the South African Border War.

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Operation Karton

Operation Karton (Operation Cardboard) was a secret military operation during August 1983 by the South African Defence Force (SADF) during the South African Border War and Angolan Civil War.

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Operation Kerslig

Operation Kerslig (Operation Candle Light) was a South African Defence Force special forces raid on an oil refinery outside Luanda, Angola.

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Operation Klinker

Operation Klinker (a.k.a. Operation Rondebosch) was a military operation in Angola during December 1983 by the South African Defence Force (SADF) and South African Air Force (SAAF) during the Angolan Civil War and South African Border War.

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Operation Klipklop

Operation Klipklop occurred during the South African Border War between the Republic of South Africa and SWAPO.

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Operation Konyn

Operation Konyn (Operation Rabbit) was a military operation by the South African Defence Force during the South African Border War and Angolan Civil War.

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Operation Magneto

Operation Magneto was a military operation in August 1985 to transport UNITA soldiers by the South African Defence Force (SADF) during the Angolan Civil War and South African Border War.

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Operation Mebos

Operation Mebos occurred during July and August 1982 with the objective of attacking SWAPO's People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) bases and new regional headquarters in Southern Angola by the South African Defence Force (SADF) based in South West Africa/Namibia.

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Operation Merlyn

Operation Merlyn (aka The Nine Day War) was a military operation by the South African Defence Force (SADF), South West African Territorial Force (SWATF) and South West African Police (SWAPOL) during the South African Border War and Angolan Civil War in April 1989.

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Operation Moduler

Operation Moduler (sometimes incorrectly called "Modular") was a military operation by the South African Defence Force (SADF) during the South African Border War.

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Operation Nobilis

Operation Nobilis was a special forces and naval operation in 1984 by the South African Defence Force (SADF) during the Angolan Civil War and South African Border War.

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Operation Packer

Operation Packer was a military operation by the South African Defence Force (SADF) during the South African Border War and Angolan Civil War from March to April 1988.

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Operation Phoenix (South Africa)

Operation Phoenix was an operation in 1983 by the South African Defence Force and South West African Territorial Force in response to a major incursion by PLAN fighters from Angola into the white farming areas of northern South West Africa.

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Operation Prone

Operation Prone was a proposed military operation by the South African Defence Force (SADF) and South West African Territorial Force (SWATF) during the South African Border War and Angolan Civil War between May and September 1988.

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Operation Protea

Operation Protea was a military operation during the South African Border War and Angolan Civil War in which South African Defence Forces (SADF) destroyed a number of South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) bases in Angola.

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Operation Reindeer

Operation Reindeer, which began on 4 May 1978, was South Africa's second major military operation in Angola, carried out under the Apartheid regime, the first being Operation Savannah.

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Operation Rekstok

Operation Rekstok (Operation Horizontal Bar) was a series of South African raids into southern Angola on 7 March 1979 during the South African Border War.

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Operation Saffraan

Operation Saffraan (Operation Safron) was a series of South African Defence Force raids from the Caprivi Strip area during the South African Border War.

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Operation Savannah (Angola)

Operation Savannah was the South African Defence Force's 1975–1976 covert intervention in the Angolan War of Independence, and the subsequent Angolan Civil War.

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Operation Sceptic

Operation Sceptic (June 1980) was the largest anti-South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) sweep during the South African Border War up to that point.

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Operation Seiljag

Operation Seiljag (Operation Yacht) was a South African 32 Battalion search and destroy campaign conducted against the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) from November 1976 to March 1977, during the South African Border War.

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Operation Southern Cross

Operation Southern Cross (1986) was a military operation by the South African Defence Force during the South African Border War and Angolan Civil War.

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Operation Sunrise (Nyasaland)

Operation Sunrise was the name given to a police and military action conducted by the authorities in the Central African protectorate of Nyasaland (now known as Malawi) which started on the 3rd March 1959, initially to detain and intern 350 individuals who were considered a potential threat to law and order.

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Operation Super

Operation Super was a military confrontation during the South African Border War in March 1982 to prevent SWAPO guerrillas infiltrating into South West Africa through the Kaokoveld from a location near the abandoned Portuguese town of Iona in the Angolan province of Namibe.

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Operation Wallpaper

Operation Wallpaper (aka Operation Weldmesh) was a military operation by the South African Defence Force (SADF) during the Angolan Civil War and South African Border War.

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Operation Wishbone

Operation Wishbone was a military operation in Angola during December 1980 by the South African Defence Force (SADF) and South African Air Force (SAAF) during the Angolan Civil War and South African Border War.

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Operational Medical Orderly

The Operational Medical Orderly, better known as the Ops Medic is the collective name for the South African Defence Forces Medics.

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Ordnance QF 20-pounder

The Ordnance QF 20 pounder (known as 20 pounder, 20 pdr or simply 20-pr) was a British 84 mm (3.307 inch) tank gun.

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Ordnance QF 25-pounder

The Ordnance QF 25-pounder, or more simply 25-pounder or 25-pdr, was the major British field gun and howitzer during the Second World War, possessing a 3.45-inch (87.6 mm) calibre.

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Oshakati

Oshakati is a town of 37,000 inhabitants in the Oshana Region of Namibia.

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Oshandi

Oshandi is a village situated in the northern part of Namibia in the Ondobe Constituency of Ohangwena Region.

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Oshikango

Oshikango is a former village in northern Namibia and since 2004 part of the town of Helao Nafidi, although it still maintained its own village council for a number of years.

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Otto Herrigel

Otto Herrigel (27 June 1937 – 13 May 2013) was a Namibian businessman, and politician.

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Outline of South Africa

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to South Africa: South Africa – A sovereign country located at the southern tip of Africa.

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Outline of the Cold War

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Cold War: Cold War – period of political and military tension that occurred after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others) and powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its allies in the Warsaw Pact).

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Ovamboland

Ovamboland (also: Owamboland) is a region of Namibia.

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Ovamboland People's Organization

The Ovamboland People's Organization was a nationalist organization that existed between 1959 and 1960 in South West Africa.

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P. W. Botha

Pieter Willem Botha, (12 January 1916 – 31 October 2006), commonly known as "P.

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Panhard AML

The Panhard AML (Auto Mitrailleuse Légère, or "Light Armoured Car") is a fast, long-ranged, and relatively cheap first-generation armoured car with excellent reconnaissance capability.

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Patricia Hayes (historian)

Patricia Hayes is a professor of the University of the Western Cape who focuses on various subjects tied to colonial photography.

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Patrick Iyambo

Patrick Israel Yalombweleni Iyambo (born 1939 at Uukwalumbe, Ongandjera - died 25th July 1991) affectionately known as Lungada, was an icon of the armed liberation struggle of Namibia and fighter of the first battle in the Namibian War of Independence which took place at Ongulumbashe (Omugulugombashe), in the northern section of South West Africa, in an attack against the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN), the armed wing of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) in 26th of August 1966.

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Pauline Dempers

Pauline Frannzisca Dempers (born 28 April 1962 in Aranos, Hardap Region) is a Namibian human rights activist and politician.

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People's Armed Forces of Liberation of Angola

The People's Armed Forces of Liberation of Angola (Forças Armadas Populares de Libertação de Angola) or FAPLA was originally the armed wing of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) but later (1975–1991) became Angola's official armed forces when the MPLA took control of the government.

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People's Liberation Army of Namibia

The People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) was the military wing of the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO).

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Pepetela

Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos (born 1941) is a major Angolan writer of fiction.

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Peter Mweshihange

Peter Mweshihange (5 May 1930 – 20 March 1998) was a Namibian revolutionary and guerrilla leader, and after Namibian independence, politician and diplomat.

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Peter Nambundunga

Major General Peter Nambundunga is a Namibian military commander.

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Peter Nanyemba

Peter Eneas Nanyemba, (also Ndilimani Lyomukunda Wamupolo), (1935–1983) was a commander of the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) during the Namibian War of Independence.

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Petrus Iilonga

Petrus Iilonga (born 8 January 1947) is a Namibian politician, as well as a former trade union leader and former political prisoner.

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Piet van der Walt

Piet Jacobus van der Walt (born 14 January 1966 in Okahandja) is a Namibian businessperson and politician who has been the Deputy Minister of National Planning since 2018.

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PK machine gun

The PK (Пулемёт Калашникова, transliterated as Pulemyot Kalashnikova, or "Kalashnikov's Machinegun"), is a 7.62x54mmR general-purpose machine gun designed in the Soviet Union and currently in production in Russia.

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Platfontein

Platfontein is a community located in an arid region of the Northern Cape Province, 15 kilometers outside the town of Kimberley.

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Plot for Peace

Plot For Peace is a 2013 South African documentary directed by Carlos Agulló and Mandy Jacobson.

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Pomfret, North West

Pomfret is a desert town, the site of an old asbestos mine, on the edge of the Kalahari desert in northwest South Africa.

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Popular Democratic Movement

The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM), formerly the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance and DTA of Namibia, is an amalgamation of political parties in Namibia, registered as one singular party for representation purposes.

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Population and housing censuses by country

This is a list of national population and housing censuses.

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Portuguese Colonial War

The Portuguese Colonial War (Guerra Colonial Portuguesa), also known in Portugal as the Overseas War (Guerra do Ultramar) or in the former colonies as the War of Liberation (Guerra de Libertação), was fought between Portugal's military and the emerging nationalist movements in Portugal's African colonies between 1961 and 1974.

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PPS submachine gun

The PPS (Russian: ППС – "Пистолет-пулемёт Судаева" or "Pistolet-pulemyot Sudayeva", in English: "Sudayev's submachine-gun") is a family of Soviet submachine guns chambered in 7.62×25mm Tokarev, developed by Alexei Sudayev as a low-cost personal defense weapon for reconnaissance units, vehicle crews and support service personnel.

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Pretoria Regiment

The Pretoria Regiment is an armoured regiment of the South African Army.

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Prime Minister of South Africa

The Prime Minister of South Africa (Eerste Minister van Suid-Afrika) was the head of government in South Africa between 1910 and 1984.

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Prince Alfred's Guard

Prince Alfred's Guard (PAG) is an infantry regiment of the South African Army.

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PT-76

The PT-76 is a Soviet amphibious light tank that was introduced in the early 1950s and soon became the standard reconnaissance tank of the Soviet Army and the other Warsaw Pact armed forces.

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Rand Light Infantry

The Rand Light Infantry (RLI) is an infantry regiment of the South African Army.

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Ratel IFV

The Ratel is a South African infantry fighting vehicle.

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Red Line (Namibia)

The Red Line, also referred to as the veterinary cordon fence (VCF) is a pest-exclusion fence separating northern Namibia from the central and southern country parts.

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Regiment Christiaan Beyers

Regiment Christiaan Beyers is an infantry regiment of the South African Army.

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Regiment de la Rey

Regiment de la Rey (abbreviated to RDLR) is an infantry battalion of the South African Army.

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Regiment Groot Karoo

Regiment Groot Karoo was an infantry battalion of the South African Army.

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Regiment Mooirivier

Regiment Mooirivier (named after the Mooi River) is an armoured regiment of the South African Army.

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Regiment Northern Transvaal

Regiment Northern Transvaal is a reserve mechanised infantry unit of the South African Army.

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Regiment President Steyn

Regiment President Steyn is an armoured regiment of the South African Army.

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Regiment Vrystaat

Regiment Vrystaat was an armoured regiment of the South African Army.

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Regiment Westelike Provinsie

Regiment Westelike Provincie is a mechanised infantry regiment of the South African Army.

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Rehoboth (homeland)

Rehoboth (or Basterland) was a bantustan in South West Africa (present-day Namibia) intended by the apartheid government to be a self-governing homeland for the Baster people in the area around the town of Rehoboth, Namibia.

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Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day (sometimes known informally as Poppy Day) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth of Nations member states since the end of the First World War to remember the members of their armed forces who have died in the line of duty.

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Rhodesian Bush War

The Rhodesian Bush War—also known as the Second Chimurenga or the Zimbabwe War of Liberation—was a civil war that took place from July 1964 to December 1979 in the unrecognised country of Rhodesia (later Zimbabwe-Rhodesia).

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Richard Kapelwa Kabajani

Richard Kapelwa Kabajani (1943 – 17 May 2007) was a Namibian activist, militant, diplomat and politician.

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Robert C. MacKenzie

Robert Callen MacKenzie SCR BCR (30 November 1948 – 24 February 1995) was an American professional soldier whose career included service as an infantryman in the United States Army during the Vietnam War, the C Squadron 22 (Rhodesian) SAS, the South African Defence Force, and the Transkei Defense Force.

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Rocket-propelled grenade

A rocket-propelled grenade (often abbreviated RPG) is a shoulder-fired anti-tank weapon system that fires rockets equipped with an explosive warhead.

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Rooikat

The Rooikat (Afrikaans for "Caracal"; literally "Red cat") is a South African armoured reconnaissance vehicle equipped with a stabilised 76mm high velocity gun for organic anti-tank and fire support purposes.

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Rosa Namises

Visolela Rosalinda "Rosa" Namises (born 1958), nicknamed the "Rosa Luxemburg of Namibia", is a Namibian politician and human-rights activist.

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Roy Andersen (South Africa)

Major General Roy Cecil Andersen (born 12 May 1948 in Johannesburg) is a South African businessman and Reserve officer in the South African Army.

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Roy Courtnall Summerfield

Roy Courtnall Summerfield is a luthier, author, teacher and lecturer in musical instrument technology, and has worked mainly in the research and making of the Spanish classical guitar.

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RPD machine gun

The RPD (Russian: ручной пулемёт Дегтярёва Ruchnoy Pulemyot Degtyaryova, English: Degtyaryov hand-held machine gun) is a 7.62mm light machine gun developed in the Soviet Union by Vasily Degtyaryov for the 7.62×39mm M43 intermediate cartridge.

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RPK

The RPK (Ruchnoy Pulemyot Kalashnikova, Ручной пулемёт Калашникова or "Kalashnikov hand-held machine gun") is a 7.62×39mm light machine gun of Soviet design, developed by Mikhail Kalashnikov in the late 1950s, parallel with the AKM assault rifle.

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Rugby union in Namibia

Rugby union in Namibia is a popular team sport in Namibia and its predecessor province of South West Africa.

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Sam Nujoma

Samuel Shafiishuna Daniel "Sam" Nujoma, (born 12 May 1929) is a Namibian revolutionary, anti-apartheid activist and politician who served three terms as the first President of Namibia, from 1990 to 2005.

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Samuel Ngodji

Tukonjela Haiyambo Ngodji (born January 30, 1984), also known as Samuel Ngondji is a Namibian musician.

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SAS Assegaai

SAS Assegaai, formerly known as SAS Johanna van der Merwe, was a of the South African Navy.

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SAS President Kruger

SAS President Kruger was the first of three President-class Type 12 frigates built in the United Kingdom for the South African Navy (SAN) during the 1960s.

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Scope (magazine)

Scope was a South African weekly men's lifestyle magazine.

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Seacat (missile)

Seacat was a British short-range surface-to-air missile system intended to replace the ubiquitous Bofors 40 mm gun aboard warships of all sizes.

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Sebastian Kamwanga

Sebastian Kamwanga (29 April 1929 – 22 January 1999) was a Hompa (king) of the Gciriku, one of five kingdoms of the Kavango people in northern Namibia, from 1985 to 1999.

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Secondary School Swakopmund

Secondary School Swakopmund is a school in Swakopmund in the Erongo Region of central Namibia.

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Simeon Kambo Shixungileni

Simeon Linekela Kambo Shixungileni (born in Okandiva village in Edundja in 1934– died 2014 in Oshakati), was a Namibian guerrilla, army officer and politician.

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Sino-Third World relations

Sino-Third World relations refers to the general relationship between the two Chinese states across the Taiwan Strait (the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China) and the rest of the Third World, and its history from the Chinese perspective.

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Skirmisher

Skirmishers are light infantry or cavalry soldiers in the role of skirmishing—stationed to act as a vanguard, flank guard, or rearguard, screening a tactical position or a larger body of friendly troops from enemy advances.

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Solomon Huwala

Dumeni Solomon "Jesus" Huwala (also spelled Hawala and Auala) is a former Namibian lieutenant general.

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Soltam M-71

The M-71 is a 155 mm 39 caliber towed howitzer manufactured by Israeli company Soltam Systems.

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South Africa and weapons of mass destruction

From the 1960s to the 1980s, South Africa pursued research into weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons.

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South Africa Marine Corps

The South Africa Marine Corps was originally set up as a sub-branch of the South African Navy during the Apartheid era, with the primary purpose of protecting the country's harbours.

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South Africa–Zambia relations

South Africa – Zambia relations refers to the current and historical relationship between South Africa and Zambia.

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South African Air Force

The South African Air Force (SAAF) is the air force of South Africa, with headquarters in Pretoria.

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South African Army

The South African Army is the army of South Africa, first formed after the Union of South Africa was created in 1910.

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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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South African Military Academy

The South African Military Academy is based on similar principles to that of the Military Academy system of the United States (United States Military Academy United States Naval Academy United States Air Force Academy). The Academy is a military unit of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) housing the Faculty of Military Science of the University of Stellenbosch. It provides officers of all the Arms of Service an opportunity to earn a BMil or more advanced degrees.

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South African Military Health Service

The South African Military Health Service is the branch of the South African National Defence Force responsible for medical facilities and the training and deployment of all medical personnel within the force.

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South African National Museum of Military History

The South African National War Museum in Johannesburg was officially opened by Prime Minister Jan Smuts on 29 August 1947 to preserve the history of South Africa's involvement in the Second World War.

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South African Navy

The South African Navy (SAN) is the naval warfare branch of the South African National Defence Force.

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South African Police

The South African Police (SAP) was the national police force and law enforcement agency in South Africa from 1913 to 1994; it was the de facto police force in the territory of South West Africa (Namibia) from 1939 to 1981.

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South African resistance to war

South African resistance to war has a long tradition, and a history that includes conscientious objectors, pacifists, deserters and draft dodgers, as well as those whose objections are based upon the notion of "just war" as opposed to unjust or illegal war.

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South African Special Forces

The South African Special Forces Brigade, colloquially known as the Recces, is South Africa's principal special operations unit and counter-insurgency elite, specialising in long-range combat reconnaissance as well as unconventional airborne operations.

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South West African legislative election, 1978

Parliamentary elections were held in South West Africa between 4 and 8 December 1978.

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Soutpansberg Military Area

The Soutpansberg Military Area (SMA) Headquarters was situated in Messina in the Northern Province.

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Special forces

Special forces and special operations forces are military units trained to conduct special operations.

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Sud Aviation Alouette III in Portuguese service

The Portuguese Air Force (PoAF) has operated Sud Aviation Alouette III light utility helicopters since 1963.

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SWANU

The South West Africa National Union (SWANU) is the oldest political party in Namibia, formed in 1959.

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SWAPO

SWAPO, formerly the South West African People's Organisation (Südwestafrikanische Volksorganisation, SWAVO; Suidwes-Afrikaanse Volk-Organisasie, SWAVO) and officially known as SWAPO Party of Namibia, is a political party and former independence movement in Namibia.

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T-62

The T-62 is a Soviet main battle tank that was first introduced 1961.

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Thabang Makwetla

Thabang Sampson Makwetla MP (born 18 May 1957) is a South African politician affiliated with the African National Congress (ANC).

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The Courtney Novels

The Courtney Novels are a series of sixteen novels published between 1964 and 2017 by Wilbur Smith.

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The Namibian

The Namibian is the largest daily newspaper in Namibia.

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The Persistence of Memory (novel)

The Persistence of Memory is a novel by Tony Eprile.

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The Smell of Apples

The Smell of Apples is a 1993 debut novel by South African Mark Behr, also published in the same year in Afrikaans as Die Reuk van Appels.

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The Third World War: The Untold Story

The Third World War: The Untold Story is a novel by Sir John Hackett portraying a fictional Third World War between NATO and Warsaw Pact forces which breaks out in 1985, written in the style of a non-fiction, post-event historical account.

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Theophilus Hamutumbangela

Reverend Theophilus Hingashikuka Hamutumbangela (6 February 1917 – 28 November 1990) was a Namibian anti-apartheid activist, priest, and leading international promoter of Namibian independence, working alongside British anti-apartheid activist Reverend Michael Scott.

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Time in Namibia

Namibia since September 2017 is in the Central Africa Time zone at UTC+02:00, congruous with South African Standard Time.

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Timeline of events in the Cold War

This is a timeline of the main events of the Cold War, a state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others) and powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union, its allies in the Warsaw Pact and later the People's Republic of China).

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Tobias Hainyeko

Tobias Hainyeko (1932–1967) was Namibian guerrilla fighter who served as the first commander of the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) during the Namibian War of Independence.

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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier refers to a monument dedicated to the services of an unknown soldier and to the common memories of all soldiers killed in any war.

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Trainer aircraft

A trainer is a class of aircraft designed specifically to facilitate flight training of pilots and aircrews.

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Transall C-160

The Transall C-160 is a military transport aircraft, produced as a joint venture between France and Germany.

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Transvaal Horse Artillery

The Transvaal Horse Artillery (usually abbreviated to THA) is an artillery regiment of the South African Army.

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Tsudao Gurirab

Tsudao Immanuel Gurirab (born 2 January 1961) is a Namibian politician.

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Turnhalle (Windhoek)

The Turnhalle (gymnasium) is a building in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia.

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Turnhalle Constitutional Conference

The Turnhalle Constitutional Conference was a controversial conference held in Windhoek between 1975 and 1977, tasked with the development of a constitution for a self-governed Namibia under South African control.

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Tutaleni Housing Project

Tutaleni (meaning let’s watch in Oshiwambo) is an informal settlement on the northern outskirts of Walvis Bay, Erongo, Namibia.

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Ubu and the Truth Commission

Ubu and the Truth Commission is a South African play by Jane Taylor first performed under the directorship of William Kentridge at The Laboratory in Johannesburg's Market Theatre on 26 May 1997.

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Uis

Uis is a settlement located in Erongo Region, Namibia.

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United Nations peacekeeping missions involving Pakistan

UN peacekeeping missions involving Pakistan cover about 40 operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 300

United Nations Security Council Resolution 300, adopted unanimously on October 12, 1971, after supposed violations of Zambian air space by planes of the South African Air Force the Security Council reiterated its stance on sovereignty and territorial integrity and called on South Africa to respect Zambia's.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 387

United Nations Security Council Resolution 387, adopted on March 31, 1976, reaffirmed the principle of a state's right to territorial integrity in the face of South African incursions into Angolan territory.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 393

United Nations Security Council Resolution 393, adopted on July 30, 1976, after a letter from a representative from Zambia, the Council condemned a recent attack by South Africa in Zambian territory, resulting in the destruction of property and loss of life.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 418

United Nations Security Council Resolution 418, adopted unanimously on 4 November 1977, imposed a mandatory arms embargo against South Africa.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 428

United Nations Security Council Resolution 428, adopted unanimously on May 6, 1978, after hearing representations from the People's Republic of Angola, Zambia and the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO), the Council reminded Member States to refrain from using threats and use of force in their international relations.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 431

United Nations Security Council Resolution 431, adopted on July 27, 1978, after recalling resolution 385 (1976), the Council took note of a proposal of a solution to the situation in Namibia and asked the Secretary-General to appoint a Special Representative for Namibia to ensure the independence of Namibia from South Africa as soon as possible.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 435

United Nations Security Council Resolution 435, adopted on September 29, 1978, put forward proposals for a cease-fire and UN-supervised elections in South African-controlled South West Africa which ultimately led to the independence of Namibia.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 439

United Nations Security Council Resolution 439, adopted on November 13, 1978, after recalling resolutions 385 (1976), 431 (1978), 432 (1978) and 435 (1978), the Council condemned South Africa for its decision to proceed unilaterally with elections in Namibia in contravention of previous resolutions.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 447

United Nations Security Council resolution 447, adopted on 28 March 1979, after hearing representations from the People's Republic of Angola and the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO), the Council recalled resolutions 387 (1976) and 428 (1978) and condemned South Africa for its continuing raids in direct violation of prior resolutions.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 454

United Nations Security Council resolution 454, adopted on 2 November 1979, after hearing representations from the People's Republic of Angola, the Council recalled resolutions 387 (1976) and 447 (1979), noting its concern and condemned the continuing attacks on the country by South Africa through occupied South West Africa.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 466

United Nations Security Council resolution 466, adopted unanimously on 11 April 1980, after hearing representations from Zambia and recalling 455 (1979, the Council condemned the continued and unprovoked attacks on Zambia by South Africa. The Council continued to demand the withdrawal of South African forces from Zambian territory and warns that the Council will take further action, including under Chapter VII, if this is not met. It also commended Zambia for its restraint during the attacks.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 475

United Nations Security Council resolution 475, adopted on 27 June 1980, after hearing representations from the People's Republic of Angola, the Council recalled resolutions 387 (1976), 447 (1979) and 454 (1979), and expressed its concern and condemned the continuing attacks on the country by South Africa through occupied South West Africa.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 527

United Nations Security Council resolution 527, adopted unanimously on 15 December 1982, having heard representations from Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho, the Council condemned, alongside a General Assembly resolution, an attack by South Africa on Lesotho, resulting in damage and the deaths of 40 people.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 532

United Nations Security Council resolution 532, adopted unanimously on 31 May 1983, after hearing a report from the Secretary-General and reaffirming resolutions 301 (1971), 385 (1976), 431 (1978), 432 (1978), 435 (1978) and 439 (1978), the Council condemned South Africa's continued occupation of Namibia, then known as South West Africa.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 535

United Nations Security Council Resolution 535, adopted unanimously on June 29, 1983, after examining the report of the Mission to Lesotho commissioned in Resolution 527 (1982), the Council reaffirmed its opposition to apartheid, commending Lesotho for providing sanctuary to refugees from South Africa.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 539

United Nations Security Council resolution 539, adopted on 28 October 1983, after hearing a report from the Secretary-General and reaffirming resolutions 301 (1971), 385 (1976), 431 (1978), 432 (1978), 435 (1978), 439 (1978) and 532 (1983), the Council condemned South Africa's continued occupation of Namibia, then known as South West Africa, and the tension and instability prevailing in southern Africa as a result.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 545

United Nations Security Council Resolution 545 was adopted on 20 December 1983; after hearing representations from the People's Republic of Angola, the Council recalled resolutions 387 (1976), 428 (1978), 447 (1979), 454 (1979) and 475 (1980), and expressed its concern at the continuing attacks on the country by South Africa through occupied South West Africa.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 546

United Nations Security Council resolution 546, adopted on 6 January 1984, after hearing representations from the People's Republic of Angola, the Council recalled resolutions 387 (1976), 428 (1978), 447 (1979), 454 (1979), 475 (1980) and 545 (1983), and expressed its concern at the continuing attacks on the country by South Africa through occupied South West Africa.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 566

United Nations Security Council resolution 566, adopted on 19 June 1985, after recalling resolutions 269 (1969), 276 (1970), 301 (1971), 385 (1976), 431 (1978), 432 (1978), 435 (1978), 439 (1978), 532 (1983) and 539 (1983), the Council expressed concern at the tension and instability caused the continued occupation of Namibia (then known as South West Africa) by South Africa, noting the apartheid policies implemented in the territory and that the territory was used as a springboard for attacks on other southern African countries.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 567

United Nations Security Council resolution 567, adopted unanimously on 20 June 1985, after hearing representations from the People's Republic of Angola, the Council recalled resolutions including 387 (1976), 428 (1978), 447 (1979), 454 (1979), 475 (1980), 545 (1983) and 546 (1984), and expressed its concern at the continuing attacks on the country (in the province of Cabinda) by South Africa through occupied South West Africa.

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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 Nations Security Council Resolution 571

United Nations Security Council resolution 571, adopted unanimously on 20 September 1985, after hearing representations from the People's Republic of Angola, the Council recalled resolutions including 387 (1976), 418 (1977), 428 (1978), 447 (1979), 454 (1979), 475 (1980), 545 (1983) and 546 (1984), and expressed its concern at the continuing attacks on the country by South Africa through occupied South West Africa.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 572

United Nations Security Council resolution 572, adopted unanimously on 30 September 1985, after recalling Resolution 568 (1985) and noting a report from a mission to Botswana appointed by the Secretary-General, the Council endorsed the report regarding a South African attack on the country.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 574

United Nations Security Council resolution 574, adopted unanimously on 7 October 1985, after hearing representations from the People's Republic of Angola, the Council recalled resolutions 387 (1976), 418 (1977), 428 (1978), 447 (1979), 454 (1979), 475 (1980), 545 (1983), 546 (1984), 567 (1985) and 571 (1985), and expressed its concern at the continuing attacks on the country by South Africa through occupied South West Africa.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 577

United Nations Security Council resolution 577, adopted unanimously on 6 December 1985, after reaffirming Resolution 571 (1985), the Council endorsed a report by the Security Council Commission of Investigation, condemning the regime in South Africa for its continued and unprovoked attacks against the People's Republic of Angola through the occupied territory of South West Africa.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 580

United Nations Security Council resolution 580, adopted unanimously on 30 December 1985, having heard representations from Lesotho and recalling Resolution 527 (1982), the Council condemned the recent attacks on the Kingdom of Lesotho by South Africa, resulting in loss of life and damage to property on 19 December, in which several South African refugees were murdered in Lesotho's capital Maseru by the South African Defence Force.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 581

United Nations Security Council resolution 581, adopted on 13 February 1986, after hearing representations from Sudan and the front-line states and reaffirming resolutions 567 (1985), 568 (1985), 571 (1985), 572 (1985) and 580 (1985), the Council strongly condemned "racist South Africa" for its recent threats to perpetrate acts of aggression against neighbouring countries in southern Africa.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 601

United Nations Security Council resolution 601, adopted on 30 October 1987, after recalling resolutions 269 (1969), 276 (1970), 301 (1971), 385 (1976), 431 (1978), 432 (1978), 435 (1978), 439 (1978), 532 (1983), 539 (1983) and 566 (1985), the Council again condemned South Africa for its continued "illegal" occupation of Namibia and its refusal to comply with previous resolutions.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 602

United Nations Security Council resolution 602, adopted unanimously on 25 November 1987, after hearing representations from the People's Republic of Angola, the Council recalled resolutions 387 (1976), 428 (1978), 447 (1979), 454 (1979), 475 (1980), 545 (1983), 546 (1984), 567 (1985), 571 (1985), 574 (1985) and 577 (1985), expressing its concern at the continuing attacks on the country by South Africa through occupied South West Africa (Namibia).

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 606

United Nations Security Council resolution 606, adopted unanimously on 23 December 1987, after recalling Resolution 602 (1987) and noting the Secretary-General's report authorised by that resolution, the Council condemned South Africa for its continued occupation of southern parts of the People's Republic of Angola and for its delay in withdrawing its forces from the area.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 626

United Nations Security Council resolution 626, adopted unanimously on 20 December 1988, after noting an agreement between Angola and Cuba regarding the withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola and considering a report by the Secretary-General, the Council endorsed the report and established the United Nations Angola Verification Mission I for a period of thirty-one months.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 628

United Nations Security Council resolution 628, adopted unanimously on 16 January 1989, after noting an agreement between Angola and Cuba regarding the withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola, and the tripartite agreement between Angola, Cuba and South Africa, the Council welcomed both agreements, emphasising the importance of both in terms of international peace and security.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 629

United Nations Security Council resolution 629, adopted unanimously on 16 January 1989, after recalling resolutions 431 (1978), 435 (1978) and 628 (1989), the Council noted that the parties to the Brazzaville Protocol agreed that 1 April 1989 be established as the date of the South African withdrawal from Angola and therefore lead the way to the independence of Namibia.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 632

United Nations Security Council resolution 632, adopted unanimously on 16 February 1989, after reaffirming resolutions 431 (1978), 435 (1978) and 629 (1989), the Council endorsed a report by the Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar concerning the United Nations plan for Namibia, reiterating its legal authority over the territory until its independence.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 640

United Nations Security Council resolution 640, adopted unanimously on 29 August 1989, after reaffirming resolutions 431 (1978), 435 (1978) and 629 (1989) and 632 (1989), the Council reminded all parties involved in the situation in Namibia implement Resolution 435 of 29 September 1978.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 643

United Nations Security Council resolution 643, adopted unanimously on 31 October 1989, after reaffirming resolutions 435 (1978) and 629 (1989), 632 (1989) and 640 (1989), as well as noting a report by the Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, the Council expressed its full intention to implement Resolution 435 of 29 September 1978 regarding the situation in Namibia (South West Africa).

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 652

United Nations Security Council resolution 652, adopted unanimously on 17 April 1990, after examining the application of the Republic of Namibia for membership in the United Nations, the Council recommended to the General Assembly that Namibia be admitted.

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United Nations Transition Assistance Group

The United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) was a United Nations (UN) peacekeeping force deployed from April 1989 to March 1990 in Namibia to monitor the peace process and elections there.

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Utoni Nujoma

Utoni Daniel Nujoma (born 8 September 1952) is a Namibian politician who has served in the government of Namibia as Minister of Land Reform since 2015.

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Uzi

The Uzi (עוזי, officially cased as UZI) is a family of Israeli open-bolt, blowback-operated submachine guns.

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V-hull

The V-hull is a type of vehicle armor design used on wheeled armored personnel carriers (APC), infantry mobility vehicles, infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) and MRAPs.

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Valkiri

The Valkiri is a South African self-propelled multiple rocket launcher.

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Van Heerden

van Heerden is a common Afrikaans surname.

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Vektor R4

The R4 is a South African 5.56×45mm assault rifle.

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Vektor SS-77

The Vektor SS-77 is a general-purpose machine gun designed and manufactured by Denel Land Systems—formerly Lyttleton Engineering Works (LIW)—of South Africa.

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Vickers machine gun

The Vickers machine gun or Vickers gun is a name primarily used to refer to the water-cooled.303 British (7.7 mm) machine gun produced by Vickers Limited, originally for the British Army.

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Victor Simunja

Victor Simunja (born 23 March 1958) is a Namibian politician.

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Vivian Imerman

Vivian Saul Imerman (born 21 September 1955) is a South-African born businessman and former CEO of Del Monte International and Whyte and Mackay.

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Voice of Namibia

Voice of Namibia (VoN) was a pirate radio station propagating Namibian independence, and the political mouthpiece of the South West African People's Organization (SWAPO) during the Namibian War of Independence.

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Vz. 58

The VZ.

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Walvis Bay Military Area

The Walvis Bay Military Area was a specific militarised zone bordering South West Africa during the South African Border War.

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War of independence

A war of independence or independence war is a conflict occurring over a territory that has declared independence.

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Water supply and sanitation in Namibia

Namibia is an arid country that is regularly afflicted by droughts.

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Wilbard Shikongo

Brigadier General Wilbard Shikongo is a retired Namibian military officer.

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Wilbur Smith

Wilbur Addison Smith (born 9 January 1933) is a South African novelist specialising in historical fiction about the international involvement in Southern Africa across four centuries, seen from the viewpoints of both black and white families.

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Willem Ratte

Wilhelm Friedrich Ratte (born 14 February 1948 in Paarl, Western Cape) the youngest son born to a South African mother and German father.

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Windhoeker Maschinenfabrik

Windhoeker Maschinenfabrik (WMF) is a Namibian defense contractor located in Windhoek, Namibia and operated by the Namibian Defence Force.

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Witkop Badenhorst

Lieutenant General Rudolf Badenhorst (1940 - 2012) was a South African Army general, who served as Chief of Staff Intelligence for the Defence Force.

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Witwatersrand Rifles Regiment

The Witwatersrand Rifles Regiment is a mechanised infantry regiment of the South African Army.

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Wlotzkasbaken

Wlotzkasbaken or Wlotzka's Baken (Wlotzka's beacon, often shortened to Wlotzka or Wlotzkas) is a holiday settlement on Namibia Atlantic coast, situated approximately halfway between Swakopmund and Hentiesbay.

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Wynberg Boys' High School

Wynberg Boys' High School is a traditional boys' school in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, founded in 1841.

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Yves Debay

Yves Debay (24 December 1954 – 17 January 2013), a veteran French-Finnish war correspondent, founded and reported for French-language magazines Raids and later Assaut (Translation: Assault), which is published out of Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, France.

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Zambia

Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in south-central Africa, (although some sources prefer to consider it part of the region of east Africa) neighbouring the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west.

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Zambian Defence Force

The Zambian Defence Force (ZDF) comprises the military forces of Zambia.

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Zastava M55

The Zastava M55, also designated 20/3-mm-M55, is a Yugoslavian/Serbian 20mm triple-barreled automatic anti-aircraft gun developed in 1955 and produced by Crvena Zastava (now Zastava Arms company) in Kragujevac, Serbia, for Yugoslav People's Army use and also for the export market.

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ZSU-23-4

The ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" is a lightly armored Soviet self-propelled, radar guided anti-aircraft weapon system (SPAAG).

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ZT3 Ingwe

The ZT3 Ingwe (Leopard) is a modern South African multi-role laser guided anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) manufactured by Denel Dynamics (formerly Kentron).

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1 Parachute Battalion

1 Parachute Battalion (Ex Alto Vincimus) is the only full-time paratroop unit of the South African Army.

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1 South African Infantry Battalion

1 South African Infantry Battalion is a mechanized infantry unit of the South African Army.

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1 Special Service Battalion

1 Special Service Battalion (usually abbreviated to 1SSB) is an armoured regiment of the South African Army and only one of two such in its regular force.

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1 Squadron SAAF

1 Squadron SAAF was an air force squadron of the South African Air Force and was formed at Air Force Station Swartkop in February 1920, equipped with De Havilland DH.9's part of the Imperial Gift donation to South Africa by Britain.

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1 SWA Specialist Unit

1 SWASpes was part of the South West African Territorial Force.

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10 Armoured Squadron

10 Armoured Car Squadron was a contingent of the South African Armoured Corps posted in Sector 10, South West Africa, during the South African Border War.

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10 Artillery Brigade

10 Artillery Brigade was a South African Defence Force formation designed for mass artillery barrages, mainly for the 7th South African Infantry Division or 8th South African Armoured Division, as well as an ad hoc formation during Operation Prone, when needed and detached and reattached where required.

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101 Battalion (South Africa)

101 Battalion (pronounced as one-o-one Battalion) was a quick-reaction unit of the South West African Territorial Force.

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11 SAI

11 South African Infantry Battalion was a motorised infantry unit of the South African Army.

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12 South African Infantry Battalion

12 South African Infantry Battalion was a horse, dog and motorbike assisted infantry unit of the South African Army, which provided horse-mounted infantry and dog handlers to the army for defence purposes.

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12 Squadron SAAF

12 Squadron was a South African Air Force squadron that served in World War II in East Africa and the Western Desert as a medium bomber squadron.

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121 South African Infantry Battalion

121 South African Infantry Battalion is a motorised infantry unit of the South African Army.

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130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46)

The 130 mm towed field gun M-46 (130-мм пушка M-46) is a manually loaded, towed 130 mm artillery piece, manufactured in the Soviet Union in the 1950s.

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14 Field Artillery Regiment

14 Artillery Regiment was a South African Artillery unit whose name was used twice.

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15 Reception Depot

15 Reception Depot was an administrative unit of the Personnel Service Corps of the South African Army.

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16 Reception Depot

16 Reception Depot was an administrative unit of the Personnel Service Corps of the South African Army.

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16 Squadron SAAF

16 Squadron SAAF is an attack helicopter squadron of the South African Air Force (SAAF).

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17 Field Artillery

17 Field Artillery Regiment was a reserve South African Artillery unit.

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19 Field Engineer Regiment

19 Field Engineer Regiment is a regiment of the South African Army Engineer Formation.

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1966

No description.

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1980 in Namibia

1980 in Namibia refers to events that occurred in Namibia (also known as South West Africa) during 1980.

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1980s

The 1980s (pronounced "nineteen-eighties", commonly shortened as the "'80s", pronounced "eighties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1980, and ended on December 31, 1989.

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1989

1989 was a turning point in political history because a wave of revolutions swept the Eastern Bloc in Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power sharing, coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin Wall in November, and the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, embracing the overthrow of the communist dictatorship in Romania in December, and ending in December 1991 with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

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2 Field Engineer Regiment (South Africa)

2 Field Engineer Regiment SAEC is a regiment of the South African Engineer Corps.

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2 South African Infantry Battalion

2 South African Infantry Battalion is a motorised infantry unit of the South African Army.

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2 Special Service Battalion

2 Special Service Battalion (usually abbreviated to 2SSB) was an armoured regiment of the South African Army and only one of two such in its regular force.

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2 Squadron SAAF

2 Squadron is a squadron in the South African Air Force which was formed in 1940.

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21 South African Infantry Battalion

21 South African Infantry Battalion is an infantry battalion of the South African Army.

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24 Squadron SAAF

24 Squadron SAAF is a disbanded squadron of the South African Air Force.

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3 Field Engineer Regiment

3 Field Engineer Regiment is a regiment of the South African Army Engineer Formation.

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3 South African Infantry Battalion

3 South African Infantry Battalion is the Basic training unit of the South African Army.

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3 Squadron SAAF

3 Squadron SAAF was a squadron of the South African Air Force.

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301 Battalion

301 Battalion was part of Sector 30 of the South West African Territorial Force.

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32 Battalion (book)

32 Battalion: The Inside Story of South Africa's Elite Fighting Unit is a book written by Piet Nortje.

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32 Battalion (South Africa)

32 Battalion (sometimes nicknamed Buffalo Battalion or Os Terríveis for The Terrible Ones) was a light infantry battalion of the South African Army founded in 1975, composed of black and white commissioned and enlisted personnel.

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35 Engineer Support Regiment

35 Engineer Support Regiment is a regiment of the South African Engineer Corps.

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37 Battalion (SWATF)

102 Battalion (pronounced as one-o-two Battalion) was a quick-reaction unit of the South West African Territorial Force.

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4 Artillery Regiment (South Africa)

4 Artillery Regiment is based at Potchefstroom, responsible for the training of soldiers allotted to Field and Medium Artillery.

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4 South African Infantry Battalion

4 South African Infantry Battalion is a motorised infantry unit of the South African Army.

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42 Squadron SAAF

42 Squadron SAAF is a disbanded squadron of the South African Air Force, active from 1945–2000.

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44 Parachute Brigade (South Africa)

44 Parachute Brigade was a parachute infantry brigade of the South African Army.

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44 Parachute Regiment (South Africa)

44 Parachute Regiment is the South African Army's chief airborne infantry unit.

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5 South African Infantry Battalion

5 South African Infantry Battalion is a motorised infantry unit of the South African Army.

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6 Medical Battalion Group

6 Medical Battalion Group (6 Med Bn Gp or 6 Med) is a Medical Battalion in the South African Military Health Service (SAMHS), part of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).

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6 South African Infantry Battalion

6 South African Infantry Battalion is an air assault infantry unit of the South African Army.

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61 Mechanised Battalion Group

61 Mechanised Battalion Group was a unit of the South African Infantry Corps; although it was classed as mechanized infantry, it was a combined arms force consisting of infantry, armour and artillery.

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62 Mechanised Battalion Group

62 Mechanised Infantry Battalion Group was a unit of the South African Army (SADF); although it was classed as mechanized infantry, it was a combined arms force consisting of a Mechanised Infantry Battalion forming the core of the group, Main Battle Tank Squadron, Armoured Car Squadron, Air-defence Battery, Engineer Squadron, Artillery Battery, specialists i.e. EW, MAOT, etc.

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63 Mechanised Battalion Group

63 Mechanised Battalion Group was a unit of the South African Infantry Corps; although it was classed as mechanized infantry, it was a combined arms force consisting of infantry, armour and artillery.

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7 Medical Battalion Group

7 Medical Battalion Group is the specialist Airborne Medical Unit of the South African Military Health Service.

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7 Medium Artillery Regiment

7 Medium Regiment was based in Benoni, South Africa, and was responsible for the training of soldiers allotted to Field and Medium Artillery.

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71 Motorised Brigade (South Africa)

71 Motorised Brigade was a formation of 7th South African Infantry Division, a combined arms force consisting of infantry, armour and artillery.

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72 Motorised Brigade (South Africa)

72 Motorised Brigade was a Formation of 7th Infantry Division (South Africa), a combined arms force consisting of infantry, armour and artillery.

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73 Motorised Brigade (South Africa)

73 Motorised Brigade was a Formation of 7th Infantry Division (South Africa), a combined arms force consisting of infantry, armour and artillery.

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76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3)

The 76-mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3) (76-мм дивизионная пушка обр.) was a Soviet 76.2 mm divisional field gun used during World War II.

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8 Mobile Hospital

8 Mobile Hospital (8 Mob Hosp) was a mobile hospital in the South African Medical Service (SAMS), part of the South African Defence Force (SADF).

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8 South African Infantry Battalion

8 South African Infantry Battalion is a mechanized infantry unit of the South African Army.

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81 Armoured Brigade (South Africa)

81 Armoured Brigade was a Formation of 8th Armoured Division (South Africa), a combined arms force consisting of armour, mechanised infantry, and mechanised artillery.

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82 Mechanised Brigade (South Africa)

82 Mechanised Brigade was a Formation of 8th South African Armoured Division, a combined arms force consisting of infantry, armour and artillery.

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84 Motorised Brigade (South Africa)

84 Motorised Brigade was a formation of 8th Armoured Division (South Africa), a combined arms force consisting of infantry, armour and artillery.

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911 Battalion (SWATF)

911 Battalion was part of the South West African Territorial Force's 91 Brigade.

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912 Battalion (SWATF)

Regiment Erongo was a quick-reaction unit of the South West African Territorial Force.

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913 Battalion (SWATF)

913 Battalion was part of 91 South West African Brigade.

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9K31 Strela-1

The 9K31 Strela-1 (9К31 «Стрела-1»; arrow) is a highly mobile, short-range, low altitude infra-red guided surface-to-air missile system.

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9K32 Strela-2

The 9K32 Strela-2 (Cтрела, "arrow"; NATO reporting name SA-7 Grail) is a man-portable, shoulder-fired, low-altitude surface-to-air missile system (MANPADS) with a high explosive warhead and passive infrared homing guidance.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Border_War

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