After 106 years, Black South African WWI troops honored with memorial. Story by Gerald Imray • 2mo. C APE TOWN, South Africa - The names are carved on poles of African hardwood that are set ...

South Africa's WW1 servicemen finally honoured at new memorial. 22 January 2025. Share Save. Mayeni Jones & Khanyisile Ngcobo. BBC News, Johannesburg & London. Share Save. Reuters.

Hundreds of South African servicemen, mostly black, who died during World War One have been honoured with a new memorial in Cape Town after going unrecognised for more than a century. The 1,772 ...

Togo in Africa saw the first battle between Allied and German forces in World War One. They fought for control of the Kamina wireless station.

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 ...