South African House of Assembly pays tribute to the SS Mendi
… February 1917 the SS Mendi troopship sunk. As a result 616 South Africans lost their lives, 607 of which were Black men serving in the South African Native Labour Contingent. On 9 March 1917, the … as follows: “It has never happened in the history of South Africa, Mr Speaker, that in one moment, by one fell swoop, …