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17 Sep

#SouthAfrica Prime Minister John Vorster and #Transkei leader Chief Kaiser Matanzima sign documents in Pretoria as a prelude to independence of the black homeland 16 September 1976

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#Ghana @UN troops prepare defenses in Leopldville the capital city of #Congo on 16 September 1960 after an Army coup d'etat

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ANC Chief of Staff Mobutu at a press conference in Leopoldville holding "Hands off the #Congo" booklet with Kruschev on cover; he ordered the Soviet embassy staff out of the country 16 September 1960

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Dead bodies of PLAN fighter killed in a clash with security forces after the cease-fire in September 1988 #Angola #Namibia #SouthAfrica

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13-16 September 1987- Operation Modular: The #SouthAfrica attack on 47 FAPLA Brigade south of the Lomba River #Angola

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15 September 1977: 1,200 students who had gathered at Fort Hare University to commemorate the death of Steven Biko were arrested by #SouthAfrica police

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15 September 1961 "I'd never thought I'd see the day when one plane would stop the US and the whole @UN ": Pierre Magain and the Katanga 'air force' Fouga Magister marauder

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14 September 1960- "This is not a coup d'etat": The #Congolese Army ANC took control of the government in the #Congo

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Operation Morthor: Four of the 23 @UN Irish soldiers captured by Katangan gendarmes during the fighting in Elisabethville #Congo on 15 September 1961

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Operation Morthor: @RedCross workers help a wounded Katangan soldier during battle between @UN Gurkha soldiers and Katanga gendarmes at the post office in Elisabethville #Congo 14 September 1961

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14 Sep

7 September 1987: After 28 months in captivity since being captured during Operation Argon in Cabinda enclave, 4 recce's Maj. Wynand du Toit was exchanged in Maputo #Mozambique for 133 #Angola soldiers #SouthAfrica

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14 Sep

Operation Modular: UNITA troops fire a mortar on FAPLA positions northwest of Mavinga #Angola September 1987

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14 Sep

13-16 September 1987- Operation Modular: The #SouthAfrica attack on 47 FAPLA Brigade south of the Lomba River #Angola

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13 September 1979: The designated tribal homeland of #Venda #SouthAfrica declared itself an independent nation; the third Bantu after Transkei and Bophuthatswana

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Operation Manta: Oum Chalouba #Chad , just beyond the #France red-line at the bridge between the Arab and African world, a burnt out armoured vehicle from the recent fighting between government and #Libya-backed rebel forces 13 September 1983

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13 September 1961 Operation Morthor: The @UN military operation to round up remaining foreign soldiers and end the secession of #Katanga began in Elisabethville #Congo

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When #Museveni took power in 1986, he promised stability in a country notorious for upheaval and ethnic fragmentation. But after 32 years of rule, there are questions as to whether the ruling party's tenets still ring true for #Uganda's young #population. https://t.co/sEJin47TuM

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12 September 1977 Port Elizabeth weather fine, it was business as usual in police room 619 https://t.co/xdBKWeG8MZ via @YouTube #SouthAfrica

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Operation Morthor: A dead Katangan soldier in a jeep and @UN Gurkha soldiers stand guard at the post office which was captured after heavy fighting in Elisabethville #Congo 13 September 1961

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13 September 1966 "I will walk further along the road set by Hendrik Verwoerd": At Volksraad in Cape Town, the Nationalist party caucus selected Balthazar "John" Vorster as Prime Minister of #SouthAfrica

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12 Sep

12 September 1977: #Rhodesia Ian Smith and #SouthAfrica John Vorster met in Pretoria to discuss the Vance-Owen peace plan

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11 Sep

#Zimbabwe Declares Emergency as Cholera Spreads in Capital https://t.co/uJhCgzF2Va

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11 Sep

11 September 1964: After four days of talks, #Britain PM Alec Douglas-Home and #Rhodesia Ian Smith came to agreement on conditions for granting Rhodesian independence

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9-10 September 1987 Operation Modular: The crossing of the Lomba by the FAPLA 21 Brigade is thrown back across the river by a #SouthAfrica attack with heavy losses #Angola

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Operation Modular: A FAPLA TMM bridging vehicle destroyed at the Lomba River #Angola on 10 September 1987 #SouthAfrica

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Operation Modular: The three T-55 tanks destroyed during the #SouthAfrica attack on the FAPLA bridghead across the Lomba River on 10 Spetember 1987 #Angola

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10 September 1966 "Ons treur": Hundreds of thousands of people filled Pretoria #SouthAfrica for the funeral of slain Prime Minister Hendrik Vorwoerd

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10 September 1979: The Lancaster House Conference began in London #Britain with the #Zimbabwe- #Rhodesia government and the Patriotic Front

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9-10 September 1987 Operation Modular: The crossing of the Lomba by the FAPLA 21 Brigade is thrown back across the river by a #SouthAfrica attack with heavy losses #Angola

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Operation Modular: The leadership of #SouthAfrica forces for the opening battles with the FAPLA on the Lomba RIver #Angola 9 September 1987

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"An object in a museum": Ian Smith arrives in London #Britain as part of the 12-person #Zimbabwe- #Rhodesia delegation to the Lancaster House Conference 9 September 1979

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#Rhodesia soldiers train for anti-guerrilla warfare September 1979

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Operation Modular: UNITA 106 mm recoilless rifle anti-tank unit September 1987 #Angola #SouthAfrica

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8 Sep

Captured Belgian paratrooper displayed at a news conference in Leopoldville #Congo after the Senate voted it supported Premier Lumumba in his power struggle with President Kasavubu 8 September 1960

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7 Sep

7 September 1960 #Congo Premier Patrice Lumumba: "I am not a Communist"

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7 Sep

The "Welcome to Free Katanga" sign near Elisabethville Airport in 1960; Katanga province, under the leadership of Moise Tshombe, seceeded from #Congo upon independence until 1963

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6 Sep

Operation Modular: G-5 artillery and trucks before crossing into #Angola; the G-5's and Valkiris took a heavy long range toll on the FAPLA brigades advancing towards the Lomba on 4-6 September1987 #SouthAfrica

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6 Sep

6 September 1979 Operation Uric/Bootleg: The combined #Rhodesia/ #SouthAfrica attack on the FRELIMO base at Mapai #Mozambique ended in failure, with 14 soldiers killed when a SADF Puma was shot down

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6 Sep

6 September 1966 "A stroke of violence": Prime Minister of #SouthAfrica Hendrik F. Verwoerd was slain by a knife-wielding assassin at the Volksraad in Cape Town

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Pearls_2_Swine @Rowland_1820·

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@ModernConflict Lt Nigel Osborne was the co-pilot on this chopper. Used to work with his father. As far as I remember, SADF only recovered their remains many years later. There is also a book about this recovery. RIP Brothers!!!

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5-7 September 1979 Operation Uric/Bootlace: Combined #Rhodesia/#SouthAfrica assault on road and rail bridges in southern #Mozambique and attack on Mapai base

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Operation Uric/Bootlace: #SouthAfrica SADF recce operator sets charges on the Vila do Chibuto bridge in #Mozambique , one of three assigned to recces for destruction on 5 September 1979

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5 September 1960: President Kasavubu ousted Patrice Lumumba as Premier of #Congo and replaced him with Joseph Ileo, the leader of the Senate

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One of 10 Soviet Ilyushin-14 prop planes lent to #Congo government to ferry 200 troops to Bakwanga in Kasai province from Stanleyville to fight the Kalonji-led rebellion 5 September 1960

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4 Sep

4 September 1960: US newsman Henry Taylor was killed during fighting between #Congo government soldiers and Baluba tribesmen at Tshilenge outside Bakawanga in in South Kasai

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4 Sep

#Congo government soldier thrust bayonet into the dead body of Baluba tribesman who was fighting for Kalonji seccessionist forces at Tshilenge outside Bakwanga in South Kasai 4 September 1960