She broke barriers in 1991 by becoming the first Indian female to enlist in the South African Army. Arend’s achievements continued to excel as she was the first Indian officer, the first non ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The names are carved on poles of African hardwood that are set upright as if reaching for the sun. No one knows where the men they represent were buried. But their ...

South African troops are in Congo as part of a deployment by Southern African regional bloc SADC to help the government fight rebel groups. Sign up here. "Four members who were critically injured ...

In a Cape Town memorial opened Wednesday, African "iroko" hardwood posts bear the names and the date of death of 1,700 Black South African servicemen who died in non-combatant roles in WWI.