If you can prove that the SADF had its heart set on taking Cuito Cuanavale, you may credibly argue that the South Africans wanted to use it as a springboard for an advance on Luanda. It often happens ...

Johannesburg — THE Battle of Cuito Cuanavale, in the remoteness of southeast Angola 20 years ago was, in the words of Nelson Mandela, "a turning point for the liberation of our continent and my people ...

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the opening of the battle of Cuito Cuanavale, in south-eastern Angola, which pitted the armed forces of apartheid South Africa against the Cuban army and ...

Both sides claim victory in Angola fight that was a turning point in liberating the continent, writes Ronnie Kasrils TWENTY-five years ago in October 1987 a ferocious battle began in a remote part of ...

There are more lies and distortions about the battle of Cuito Cuanavale, on all sides, than any other recent event in Southern African history. Let’s start with the Cubans. In International Brigades ...

When it comes to southern Africa, the Reagan administration has little to show in more than seven years in office. Its cold-war perspective missed the point on most southern African issues. Now, in ...

Did the last leader of the apartheid-era defence force really contribute to a peaceful transition to democracy, or did he extort damaging concessions from black people from the then future president, ...

After 40 years, Republic of Guinea native Alpha Diallo still remembers the emotion he felt as a 20-year-old college student in Cuba when he made a decision that would change his life. The Cuban ...

Pretoria - The South African Defence Force in the 1980s actively assisted Mozambican resistance movement Renamo to execute five men suspected of assassinating Renamo's secretary-general Orlando ...

The legacies of apartheid in South Africa can only be understood by making sense of the complexities of the past. This includes recognising what those who were young during the apartheid era – and who ...

The 62 suspected mercenaries just released from jail in Zimbabwe are people whose lives have been determined by being trapped on the wrong side of history. For 30 years, they have been caught up in ...