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 ...

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 ...

Beginning as what was essentially a war for independence for Namibia and Angola, the South African Border War started in 1966. The South African Defence Force (SADF), entered the war on the side of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...