Tag: Border War
Book review: The Many Wars I Fought by Emile Wolfaardt
Between 1967 and 1994 the then-South African Defence Force (SADF) conscripted approximately 600,000 men (mostly Caucasian school-leavers) for compulsory military duty, commonly known as...
Book review: Across the Border by Norman McFarlane
“Many South African men live with the dichotomy of having fought in an immoral, inexplicable, illogical and politically inspired war, yet have fierce pride...
Former enemies visit key sites of the “Border War”
Veterans from both sides of the Border War have remembered their former comrades who died or were wounded in that conflict and are bringing...
Elite Border War unit remembers key South African victory, and losses
Veterans of 61 Battalion Group remembered their fallen comrades and discussed the most intense periods of the "Border War" in southern Angola...
Book review: Battle for Cassinga
"Battle for Cassinga" is the third in a new series on African conflict, "Africa@War", and examines South Africa's still-very controversial cross-border parachute...
