We can vote in the UN against South African apartheid or Portuguese rule in Angola, but we cannot even introduce a motion on the Berlin Wall -- much less, give the simple order to push the Wall down.

An excellent article was published recently in the Journal Of The Church Peace Union by a South African journalist on the inhuman economic conditions of the blacks in South Africa, amounting to virtual slavery, and the economic complicity of both the government and the people of the United States in these conditions.

Albert John Luthuli, awarded a Nobel prize for his South African integration struggles, has to get permission to fly to collect his honor.

Gary Player, the small, trim South African, was the eventual winner, but in all his 25 years he never spent a more harrowing afternoon as he waited for the victory to drop in his lap.

* Austin Stevens ( born 1950 ), South African photographer

International and domestic services are maintained by TAAG Angola Airlines, Aeroflot, British Airways, Brussels Airlines, Lufthansa, Air France, Air Namibia, Cubana, Ethiopian Airlines, Emirates, Delta Air Lines, Royal Air Maroc, Iberia, Hainan Airlines, Kenya Airways, South African Airways, TAP Air Portugal and several regional carriers.

Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau served as stop-over points for Cuban troops on their way to Angola to fight UNITA rebels and South African troops.

Angola-South Africa relations are quite strong as the ruling parties in both nations, the African National Congress in South Africa and the MPLA in Angola, fought together during the Angolan Civil War and South African Border War.

* Atlas Aircraft Corporation, a South African military aircraft manufacturer, formerly known as Atlas Aviation

** Atlas Cheetah, a fighter aircraft of the South African Air Force

** Atlas Carver, a South African military jet development project that was cancelled in the 1990s

* 1984 – Siboniso Gaxa, South African footballer

* 1942 – Jacob Zuma, African politician, President of South Africa

* 1969 – Lucas Radebe, South African footballer

* 1923 – Francis Tucker, South African race car driver ( d. 2008 )

* 1916 – Tony Harris, South African cricketer ( d. 1993 )

* 1928 – Mangosuthu Buthelezi, South African politician

* 1947 – Gavin Pfuhl, South African cricketer ( d. 2002 )

* 1911 – Norman Gordon, South African cricketer

* 1954 – Ray Jennings, South African cricketer and coach

* Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Niger, Togo, Central African Republic, São Tomé and Príncipe, South Sudan, Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia, Uganda, Angola, Comoros, Mauritius, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana

From 1863 to 1869, Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson ( who became president on April 14, 1865 ) took a moderate position designed to bring the South back to normal as soon as possible, while the Radical Republicans ( as they called themselves ) used Congress to block the moderate approach, impose harsh terms, and upgrade the rights of the Freedmen ( former slaves ).

In a move that security commentators say is aimed at countering China's build-up of naval power in the South China Sea, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung announced on October 31, 2010 that the bay would reopen to foreign navies after a three-year project to upgrade the port's facilities.

In 1949, that year's Road Plan for South Lancashire specified the need to upgrade to dual carriageway and grade separation of the A580, and bypasses of both Huyton and Cadishead.

After the American Civil War during the Reconstruction Era of the United States 1863 to 1869, Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson undertook policies designed to bring the South back to normal as soon as possible, while the Radical Republicans used Congress to block the president, impose harsh terms, and upgrade the rights of the Freedmen ( the ex-slaves ).

3GPP2 should not be confused with 3GPP ; 3GPP is the standard body behind the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System ( UMTS ) that is the 3G upgrade to GSM networks, while 3GPP2 is the standard body behind the competing 3G standard CDMA2000 that is the 3G upgrade to CDMA networks used mostly in the United States ( and to some extent also in Japan, China, South Korea and India ).

The South Africans improved and upgrade their tanks throughout the Border War.

The South Africans undertook a much more ambitious upgrade program in 1976, producing the Olifant ( later the Olifant Mk 1 after further-upgraded versions were built ).

Meanwhile, work began to upgrade the South Korean section for high-capacity commuter services.

The South Korean section of the Gyeongui Line was integrated with the Seoul Metropolitan Subway system with the opening of the DMC-Munsan upgrade on July 1, 2009.

This three-digit prefix, now identified by numbers — " 727 " — is the only one of five exchanges which existed immediately prior to the aforementioned upgrade that is still in service on the island ( in addition to St. George itself, this numeric designation is encountered in many other North Shore communities, as far away as Mariners Harbor to the west and South Beach and Grasmere to the south ).

The segment between South Bend and Indianapolis is scheduled for upgrade or replacement with Interstate-standard freeway ( see U. S. Route 31 in Indiana ).

Currently, the Penn State OPP and Athletic Department are working to upgrade the North and South Video Boards.

New noise barriers and extra lanes were also constructed, and the freeway ' upgrade ' was completed and the entire length renamed back to the South Eastern Freeway, before changing name again to the now-current Monash Freeway, so named by Premier Kennett after General Sir John Monash, arguably Australia's greatest soldier, engineer, scholar and nation builder.

The Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation Company intended to upgrade the system to take 300 or 400 ton boats, and to allow compartment boats to be used.

* Adelaide, South Australia – On June 5, 2008, the Government of South Australia announced plans for train-tram operation on the Adelaide Metro's Outer Harbor / Grange train lines and City West-Glenelg tramline extension as part of a 10-year A $ 2 billion public transport upgrade.

The upgrade to Highway 416 took place between 1989 and 1999 and was carried out through two separate projects: Highway 416 North was a freeway on a new alignment through Ottawa and an interchange at Highway 417, and Highway 416 South was the twinning of of Highway 16 New and an interchange at Highway 401.

Due to the construction and development of Smart City Malta in the Ricasoli area, the construction of the South Harbour Link Road has been proposed in order to upgrade and improve the road network of the area and also cater for the influx of traffic once Smart City Malta is fully operational.

It has been suggested that the line between and be electrified as part of the Midland Main Line upgrade, and it has also been suggested that the line between Bristol and Birmingham be electrified once the South Wales Main Line is done, as an in-fill scheme.

The first proposal would be an upgrade of US 31 in Indiana between Indianapolis and South Bend, continuing northward via the US 31 freeway north to Benton Harbor, Michigan, and going northward from there along existing Interstate 196.

Meanwhile Indiana is expediting the upgrade of US-31 between Indianapolis and South Bend using funds received through the 2006 Major Moves deal ( see U. S. Route 31 in Indiana ).

As part of the upgrade, new 48-hour moorings were constructed on The Haven, for boats about to enter the Drain, and on the South Forty-Foot Drain near the Black Sluice pumping station at Boston, at Swineshead Bridge and at Hubbert's Bridge.

In October 2010, a substantial upgrade of the road between Nerriga and Nowra was completed by the Roads and Traffic Authority, New South Wales Department of Infrastructure and Transport and the Shoalhaven City Council, providing high quality, sealed all weather road access for the community.

The South African main contractor GLTA, part of the Aveng Group in a joint venture with the Dutch company BAM who had a 25 % stake, constructed the upgrade, which was designed by the architects HOK Sport ( renamed Populous in January 2009 ) and Boogertman + Partners.