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Desmond Latham
South African Border Wars
Much has been written about the South African Border war which is also known as the Namibian War of Independence. While the fighting was ostensibly about Namibia, most of the significant battles were fought inside Namibia’s northern neighbour, Angola.
South Africa’s 23 year border war has been almost forgotten as the Cold War ebbed away and bygones were swept under the political carpet. South African politicians, particularly the ANC and the National Party, decided during negotiations to end years of conflict that the Truth and Reconciliation commission would focus on the internal...
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4.9 stars from 281 ratings
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“A fantastic and captivating podcast about the history of Southern Africa. As a European who partially grew up in SA this provided valuable context to the stories I‘d been told by participants of the war.
Thank you very much for producing the podcast.
I highly recommend this to anyone...”Read full review »
appleuserdeutschland via Apple Podcasts ·
Germany ·
11/16/24
Brilliant
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“Brilliant story telling and such detailed information, really gives you the visuals in your minds eye as to how the scene looked
Love it!!!”
NickW-1 via Apple Podcasts ·
South Africa ·
07/28/24
Fascinating Account
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“Up to now I had very little idea of what happened ... really appreciate the effort you have made in putting together this account and to all who served, albeit to sometimes questionable agendas.”
Gourmet Garcon via Apple Podcasts ·
South Africa ·
06/26/24
Recent Episodes
This is episode 113, we’re wrapping up the series with the final days of South West Africa as the country became Namibia.
I’ll talk about the SADF’s departure later in this episode. First we need to go over the events in early April 1989 that almost put paid to the peace agreement. As you heard...
Published 07/10/23
Published 07/10/23
So here we are, the sound of peace settled over Ovamboland, it was the end of 1988.
The South Africans were actually in a much better position than it appeared. Yes, they were losing Namibia, and were going to also lose their vital strategic port of Walvis Bay.
Still, UNITA was left out of...
Published 07/03/23
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