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    Pongola Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army and was based in the town of Pongola. It formed part of the South African Army...
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  • guises. Pongola is home to Tugam Game Farm, uPhongolo's oldest game reserve. Pongola Commando "Main Place Pongola". Census 2011. Pongola Tourism Pongola Game...
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    The Commando System was a mostly voluntary, part-time force of the South African Army, but in their role as local militia the units were often deployed...
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  • Beaufort Commando Part of Natal Command in late 1970s. Originally named Empangeni/Richards Bay Commando. The unit was renamed Insele Commando on March 2...
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    Oribi Commando South Coast Commando Umgeni Commando Drakensberg Commando Dundee and District Commando Insele Commando Northern Natal Commando Pongola Commando...
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    Christiaan Beyers. From 1960 to 1966, Regiment Botha was called Regiment Pongola. SANDF's Motorised Infantry is transported mostly by Samil trucks, Mamba...
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    the coast of the Indian Ocean from the Tugela River in the south to the Pongola River in the north. A bitter civil war in the mid-19th century erupted...
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    bakaNgwane), before entering Swaziland had been settled on the banks of the Pongola River and prior to that in the area of the Tembe River near present-day...
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    Battalion, was a border protection unit responsible for the area around Pongola to Kosi mouth including the Makhatini Flats. The unit was established originally...
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    Mpumalanga (Macadamia and Skukuza), two sub-units to Kwa-Zulu- Natal (Ndumo and Pongola) and one sub-unit to the Free State (Ladybrand). Phase three also focused...
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    now known as Nquthu, Babanango, Empangeni, Mtubatuba, Hlabisa, Nongoma, Pongola, Vryheid, Melmoth, and Mahlabathini. They were respectively led by kings...
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    added to Utrecht ran from Rorke's Drift on the Buffalo to a point on the Pongola River. The boundary was beaconed in 1864, but when in 1865 Umtonga again...
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    in Zululand created a militaristic kingdom between the Tugela River and Pongola River, under the driving force of Shaka kaSenzangakhona, son of the chief...
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    military leader who conquered the Nguni peoples between the Tugela and Pongola rivers in the beginning of the nineteenth century, and created a militaristic...
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  • military leader who conquered the Nguni peoples between the Tugela and Pongola rivers in the beginning of the 19th century, and created a militaristic...
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    passing just north of the town of Wakkerstroom, to the headwaters of the Pongola River (now called Phongolo River), and thence following the river to the...
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  • Game Reserve in Botswana, and Tuli Circle Safari Area in Zimbabwe Nsubane Pongola Transfrontier Conservation Area – Proposed protected area in South Africa...
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