My rifleman r in a watch tower losing a fight to a unit thats not in cover company of heros 29/2/2023 ![]() ![]() The Institute for African Studies at the then Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education (PU for CHE) played a crucial role in the formative years of the movement, by providing key sociocultural knowledge on the ‘human terrain’ of the Kavango people to the government of SWA. The primary aim of the ‘Kavango Jeugbeweging’ (youth movement) was to prevent the spread of communist propaganda, foster a sense of Kavango nationalism, and limit the political influence of the South-West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO) amongst the local Kavango youth. The Kavango Department of Education, at the behest of the government of South-West Africa (SWA), ordered the creation of a local youth movement during 1975. The originals of `Pro Patria’ and `Grensvegter?’ have been cited in several articles by Gary Baines, Professor of History at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. The more established books in the series are `Pro Patria’ originally published in 1995, and `Grensvegter?: South African Army Psychologist’ published in 1996 – both republished via Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing in 2021. This is part of a series of books of personal accounts of South African Servicemen from 1966 – 1998. These personal accounts cover not only their involvement in Angola but the broader aspects of their service in the South African Army. This is a series of recollections by six former South African soldiers about their experiences in Angola, during Operation Hooper. ![]() The South African offensive in late 1987 and early 1988, collectively known as Operation Hooper, consisted of a number of battles fought around the town of Cuito Cuanavale wherein a numerically inferior force of South African tanks, armoured cars and artillery, supported by UNITA forces, decimated three FAPLA Army Brigades and drove them back to Cuito Cuanavale itself. ![]() It had been hit by a FAPLA tank." 2008 marks the 20th anniversary of a series of battles fought in southern Angola, during a long and bitter war that had wracked that region of Africa for over 21 years. The next moment there was a huge bang and the tank came out backwards towards us. ![]() STEADFAST WE DID STAND "Ahead of us was an Olifant with UNITA soldiers riding on top. ![]()
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