S Africa Honours Black Soldiers Killed In World War I
More than 250 black South Africans, who perished during a bloody battle in World War I in France, have been finally commemorated for their role during the Great War, the country's Minister of Defence has said.
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, Minister of Defence and Military Veterans said on Friday in Dieppe in northern France, that it was the first time the lives of black South African troops, who died and were buried in Arque-la-Bataille in 1916, would be honoured and remembered.
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