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

[Cosmik Debris]

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

Year	Total political violence deaths	Necklace/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)

Winnie Mandela's legacy. And there are those who lionise her...

 

[TheChamp]

Angolan opposition files legal challenge, seeks annulment of vote

UNITA leader Adalberto Costa Junior said his party did “not recognise the final results” of the August 24 election.

www-aljazeera-com.cdn.ampproject.org

 

[Cosmik Debris]

Funnily enough, I'm the other way round. Rather doccies than movies.

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.

 

[Howdy]

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.

 

[PrimeSteak]

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?

 

[Cosmik Debris]

Link?

Episode 1:

 

[sefeddt]

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

 

[wingnut771]

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.

Link?

 

[Howdy]

Link?

Now you are really go make me look for it in my bookmarks?

https://www.youtube.com/c/JohnvanZyl7

 

[wingnut771]

Now you are really go make me look for it in my bookmarks?

https://www.youtube.com/c/JohnvanZyl7

 

[Howdy]

Link?

Another good series of interviews I enjoyed:

https://www.youtube.com/c/LegacyConversations

 

[R13...]

Angolan opposition files legal challenge, seeks annulment of vote

UNITA leader Adalberto Costa Junior said his party did “not recognise the final results” of the August 24 election.

www-aljazeera-com.cdn.ampproject.org

They won't win that challenge. The head of their court is a ruling party deployment and was head of some party function in the past.

 

[My_King]

Each time I hear Unita reminds me of this legend:

Jonas Savimbi - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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

RIP

 

[GreatWmR]

 

[Kola-CT]

Each time I hear Unita reminds me of this legend:

Jonas Savimbi - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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

RIP

He was a very interesting character.