This video is a shortened version of a 1988 SABC documentary. The SADF withdrew from Angola after the successful completion of Operations Modular, Hooper and Packer. Most people knows little about these operations except for the battle of Cuito Cuanavale. The withdrawal started after the battle. An artillery group however remained stationed for a longer […]
Rise O Voices of Rhodesia was adopted as the national anthem of Rhodesia in 1974, during the years of international isolation that followed its Unilateral Declaration of Independence from Britain in 1965. The tune was that of the “Ode to Joy” from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 (“The Choral Symphony”), which was also used by the […]
As the war escalated the Rhodesians increasingly resorted to external raids, attacking targets in Mozambique, Angola and Zambia. Their view of these raids is reproduced in the fictionalised account of the Green Leader raid, Operation Zambezi. The Green Leader raid was not the most significant strategically, but it was the most heavily publicised, within Rhodesia […]
Some milestones in the South African history: 1652 – Dutch Settlers arrive under the leadership of Jan van Riebeeck 1795 – British occupation 1800 onwards – the Zulu kingdom becomes mighty 1835 – Dutch and other settlers leave the Cape colony 1838 – Zulu-Boer battle at Blood River 1879 – Anglo-Zulu war 1880 – First […]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Modular In August 1987, four brigades of the Soviet-led FAPLA forces (the 47th, 59th, 16th and 21st brigades), departed from the Angolan city of Cuito Cuanavale with the aim of capturing the UNITA stronghold at Mavinga, which was the gateway to Jonas Savimbi’s capital of Jamba. The presence of an armoured formation in the form […]
Division General Arnaldo Ochoa Sanchez, commander of the Cuban Expeditionary Force in Angola between November 1987 and January this year the man, in other words, sent in to clean up the mess after Unita and the SADF had thrashed the MPLA and its Soviet advisers at Mavinga was executed on charges, principally, of attempting to […]
http://www.rhodesia.nl/cuito.htm THE BATTLE OF CUITO CUANAVALE A Batalha de Cuito Canavale In 1988 the Angolan Minister of Defence and other official Angolan and Cuban sources claimed that a South African offensive consisting of up to 9,000 troops with 500 tanks, 600 artillery field guns and scores of aircraft had attacked the town of Cuito Cuanavale […]
After the Anglo-Boer War from 1899 to 1902 and the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910, the British Union Flag became the national flag of South Africa. As was the case throughout the British Empire, the Red and Blue Ensign with the Union coat of arms were granted by British Admiralty warrants […]
The Second Boer War (Dutch: Tweede Boerenoorlog, Afrikaans: Tweede Boereoorlog), commonly referred to as The Boer War and also known as the South African War (outside of South Africa), the Anglo-Boer War (among most South Africans) and in Afrikaans as the Boereoorlog or Tweede Vryheidsoorlog (“Second War of Liberation”), was fought from 11 October 1899 […]
In time, Kruger emerged as a leader. He started as a field cornet in the commandos, eventually becoming Commandant-General of the South African Republic. He was appointed member of a commission of the Volksraad, the republican parliament that was to draw up a constitution. People began to take notice of the young man and he […]
The Boer Republics (sometimes also referred to as Boer states) were independent self-governed republics created by the Dutch-speaking (proto Afrikaans) inhabitants of the Cape of Good Hope and their descendants (variously named Trekboers, Boers and Voortrekkers, but today collectively known as Afrikaners) in mainly the northern and eastern parts of what is now the country […]
Welkom by VIDEO 8 oor plaasveiligheid. Hierdie reeks is saamgestel uit inligting van meer as 100 plaasaanvalle. Ons gaan in hierdie deel fokus op plaashuis aanvalle, en meer spesifiek op hoe aanvallers by vensters inkom.. In die aanvalle wat geanaliseer is, het aanvallers op die volgende maniere ingekom: – by ‘n venster sonder diefwering ingekom […]