The South African government has released details of a South African Defence Force (SADF) raid into Southern Angola.

Updated: 30 Sep 2019

The South African government has released details of a South African Defence Force (SADF) raid into Southern Angola. Between two and three hundred South West African People's Organisation (SWAPO) fighters are believed killed, with upwards of another hundred injured at a forward base in the Cambeno Valley. A significant amount of equipment was also captured and destroyed, including rations originally obtained from the UN High Commission for Refugees.

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South African History Online. (2012, July 31). The South African government has released details of a South African Defence Force (SADF) raid into Southern Angola.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089552

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"The South African government has released details of a South African Defence Force (SADF) raid into Southern Angola.." South African History Online, 31 July 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089552. Accessed 27 July 2026.

South African History Online. "The South African government has released details of a South African Defence Force (SADF) raid into Southern Angola.." South African History Online. July 31, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089552.