Unita shakes foundations of MPLA, slashing ruling party’s majority by 27% in Angola

Cosmik Debris

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Deaths (only those related to political violence and to necklace/burnings, not counting the human rights violations in ANC detention camps):


YearTotal political violence deathsNecklace/burning
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
TOTAL
175 (164)
922 (636)
1 352 (834)
706 (361)
1 149 (401)
1 403 (474)
5 707 (2 870)
3 (3)
67 (28)
306 (84)
19 (35)
10 (20)
(21)
+/- 700 (191)

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You may want to watch the 16 episode Grensoorlog documentaries on YT then. They will give you first hand accounts and visuals from the border/Angolan war. It's where former Colonel Jan Breytenbach gives his views on UNITA.
To get a better picture of the bigger context of the 70's and 80's, there's also a similar series on on Rhodesia/Zim.
 

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You may want to watch the 16 episode Grensoorlog documentaries on YT then. They will give you first hand accounts and visuals from the border/Angolan war. It's where former Colonel Jan Breytenbach gives his views on UNITA.
Link?
 

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Spotify have an audio playback of SA Border Wars. Interesting to hear the various ones and lead up to them.
 

My_King

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Each time I hear Unita reminds me of this legend:


"Savimbi sustained 15 gunshot wounds to his head, throat, upper body and legs. While Savimbi returned fire, his wounds proved fatal"\

RIP
 

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