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I am deeply outraged by the video now making the rounds, showing President Cyril Ramaphosa at the South African National Memorial in Longueval, France, during the 110th Commemoration of the Battle of Delville Wood on 12 July 2026. In it, he is seen shaking hands exclusively with white veterans’ representatives. Not a single black veteran or representative of our black African heroes is visible. Watch it here. This comes moments after the wreath-laying and UNESCO plaque unveiling honouring South Africa’s World War One sacrifices. While the 1st South African Infantry Brigade’s heroic stand at Delville Wood — where they suffered over 2,500 casualties holding the wood “at all costs” — deserves recognition, we cannot erase the monumental contribution of black South Africans. Barred from combat by racist Union policies, 25,000 black men joined the South African Native Labour Corps, with 21,000 sent to France for vital logistical work that sustained the Allied forces. Their sacrifice culminated in the SS Mendi disaster of 21 February 1917, where 607 black troops perished. As the ship sank, Rev. Isaac Wauchope Dyobha declared: “Let us die like brothers… we are the sons of Africa.” The black labourers of the SANLC and the fallen of the Mendi form part of the continuum of our liberation struggle — fighting imperialism abroad while enduring it at home. Their exclusion today is painful and unacceptable. It reflects a government that has abandoned radical transformation and true inclusion. Why only white representatives, President Ramaphosa? Black veterans from MK, APLA and other liberation armies already face discrimination compared to old SADF veterans. This selective video perpetuates that injustice. True commemoration demands full recognition of all who sacrificed!

Carl Niehaus

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