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RSS Feed1 April 1989: SWAPO held a rally and attempted a march of its supporters from the black township of Katutura to Windhoek, but was turned back by SWA police #Namibia #Angola
4Barthelemy Boganda was the leader of the #CentralAfricanRepublic independence movement who died in a plane crash on 29 March 1959; Unfortunately, his death would lead to David Dacko, 'Emperor' Jean-Bedel Bokassa, Dacko reprise, Andre Kolingba, Ange-Felix Patasse, Francoise Bozize
27 March 1979: Yusuf Lule, President of the newly created UNLF in Moshi #Tanazania at the conclusion of the Moshi Unity Conference held to unite #Uganda resistance groups #UgandaTanzaniaWar https://youtu.be/VE1-JAnfdI0 via @YouTube
Peace in our Time #Angola March 1996 #AngolanCivilWar https://youtu.be/quHaoDrKYRQ via @YouTube
Crisis in the Sahel Becoming France’s Forever War #Mali #BurkinaFaso #Niger Operation SERVAL BARKHANE @brkinibeachriot https://nyti.ms/39vjhkt
27 March 2002: Ian Smith asserts he has lost his #Zimbabwe citizennship; He had not renounced his British citizenship as required by a new law and his passport renewal was refused https://youtu.be/N5bjAqHy8r0 via @YouTube
28 March 1994: An @IFPinParliament march of 20,000 including armed Impis in Johannesburg #SouthAfrica in support of Zulu Sovereignty saw 55 killed in related violence, including nine shot dead by ANC guards at Shell House HQ
4The first Alouette III for the Royal Rhodesian Air force RRAF and the Central African Federation, of eight, arrived at New Sarum airbase in Salisbury Southern #Rhodesia on 27 March 1962
3Operation SAVANNAH: The last #SouthAfrica SADF vehicles cross the Cunene River at Rucana into SW Africa on 27 March 1976 #AngolanCivilWar
226 March 1976- Operation SAVANNAH: #SouthAfrica troops withdrawing from #Angola #AngolanCivilWar https://youtu.be/nVb9NzlxK-E via @YouTube
25/26 March 1978: Summit in #Tanzania between leaders Machel #Mozambique, Kaunda #Zambia, Seretse Khama #Botswana, Julius Nyerere, Nkomo and Mugabe issued a commminque accusing the US and Britain of failing to condemn the #Rhodesia internal settlement https://youtu.be/EhuibXpHWeo
Mozambique Insurgents Stage Attacks Near Big Gas Projects https://nyti.ms/2vKoes7
Bake your own water sponge cake. Rhodie recipe for sponge, happiness and resilience. Hard times have always been with us. The world has changed a lot over time, but some truths prevail. I’m thinking about people. No matter how much we indulge ourselves in fun, shopping, complaining and other entertaining distractions – We become brave
Uys has made me cry many times over the years, often with laughter – not always. A razor-sharp satirist, with or without eyelashes.
ESKOM, the power that should be providing South Africa with electric, has a reputation for its erratic supply. Don Clarke – songwriter, writer, music man, producer and fellow erratic now has another etc after his name – Cartoonist. Load shedding has affected everyone in South Africa at some point. There is no end in sight.
Parents or other adults determine your name, sometimes before you’re even born. You can change it if you like. Your African name is different. It’s inspired by you, yet you have no power over it. Family or Surname Your family or surname links you to your relatives (biological or adopted). It’s predetermined. It links you
Culture is Good. Nationalism is Bad. Now you have caught up on your culture cues ….It’s all change. Culture risks becoming CULT – YOUR. (or Your Cult – for people who speak languages that run in straight lines). Diverse cultures were often misunderstood. This caused problems until cultures blended. Many forgot their root cultures for
Grass is Legal in South Africa The news burnt through the headlines. It’s legal to grow & smoke dagga. Like most facts of our times, this is true, but not quite. Judge Davis with two other judges concurring found that laws prohibiting the use of cannabis and the possession, purchase & cultivation of it in private
African Dreams and Initiatives I have been away from Africa for too long, I blinked & missed the exciting growth & initiatives that seem to be sprouting, budding & colonising land where only despair once lived. While I writing an earlier article about hail in Limpopo, the research quickly drew my attention to community
Water shortages in Zambia & Zimbabwe might just be helped by ritual The countries of the Zambezi have experienced wars, corruption, bad governance, tough economic times, & all of the evils that come with prolonged poverty. Now water shortages in Zambia & Zimbabwe are bringing power cuts, reducing access to clean drinking water, & affecting everyone,
